Sana'a University ( ) was established in 1970 as the first and the primary university in the

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(North Yemen), now the

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(see also Aden University). It is located in

Sanaa Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Gove ...

, the capital of Yemen, and is currently organized with 17 faculties. Previously the university was located at . The university includes several accommodation buildings for staff and students and is partnered with the Kuwait University Hospital for medical students.

Overview

When Sanaa university was first established, it had two faculties: the Faculty of Sharia and Law and the Faculty of Education, which also included the specialties of Colleges of Arts, Sciences and Education. In 1974, those specialties were developed and formed three new faculties: Arts, Science, Education. The Faculty of Sharia and Law celebrated the launch of the Business Department, which became an independent faculty a year later. By that time, the university included five faculties and continued expansion until it included the rest of the other specialties. As of 2005, Sanaa University was composed of twenty faculties with 12 faculties at the main campus of Sanaa and eight others at different branches throughout the country. The university started postgraduate studies at the start of the 1980s.

Faculties

* Faculty of Engineering * Faculty of Computer & Information Technology * Faculty of Commerce & Economics * Faculty of Medicine * Faculty of Dentistry * Faculty of Pharmacy * Faculty of Science * Faculty of Agriculture * Faculty of Law & Legislation * Faculty of Education * Faculty of Art * Faculty of Languages * Faculty of Publication

Notable faculty

*Nasser al-Aulaqi, Yemeni Agriculture Minister and president of Sanaa University.

Notable alumni

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, politician * Yahya Al-Mutawakel, Minister of Industry and Trade * Hoda Ablan, poet * Abdulla A. Alshammam, ambassador to Netherlands, earned a graduate degree in political science in 1982–1983. A Yemeni diplomat, he works at the Ministry of foreign affairs, ambassador. * Tawakel Karman earned a graduate degree in political science.Agence France Presse. "Tawakkol Karman, figure emblématique du soulèvement au Yémen." NordNet, 7 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 201
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. She is the first Yemeni citizen and first Arab woman to win a

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* Ahmed Mohammed, politician *

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, professor of Arabic language, University of Washington * Saqr Alsubaiti, * Zeyad Ghanem, poet, politician * Mithaq Aljarf, Diplomat, Member of Yemen delegation to United Nations· * Ammar Abdullah Al Nono, Faculty of Sharia and Law, PhD in law from Malaysia.

References

External links

* * Matriculation guide booklet – Sanaa University, annually revised in

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