The University of Kairouan is a

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located in

Kairouan Kairouan (, ), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan ( ar, ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, al-Qayrawān , aeb, script=Latn, Qeirwān ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by t ...

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, and it was founded 2 September 2004.

History

Buildings, collections and facilities

Organization

The university of Kairouan is formed by nine higher institutes:

Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Kairouan

The faculty is a

research faculty located in

, Tunisia. It was founded on 31 December 1984. The core of the faculty is formed by five

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; Arabic, English, French, Philosophy and Archaeology Department.

Higher Institute of Arts and Crafts of Kairouan

It was founded on 9 July 2002.

Higher Institute of Computer Science and Management of Kairouan

It was founded on 9 July 2002.

Higher Institute of Juridical and political Studies of Kairouan

It was founded on 14 July 2005.

Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Kairouan

It was founded on 6 June 2006.

Higher Institute of Arts and Crafts of Kasserine

It was founded on 14 July 2005.

Higher Institute of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science of Kairouan

It was founded on 6 June 2006.

Higher Institute of Applied Studies in Human Sciences of Sbeitla

It is a public institute located in

Sbeitla Sbeitla or Sufetula ( ber, Sbitla or Seftula, ar, سبيطلة ') is a small town in west-central Tunisia. Nearby are the Byzantine ruins of Sufetula, containing the best preserved Byzantine forum temples in Tunisia. It was the entry point of the ...

. It was founded in 2007. In the academic year 2009–2010, the number of students of the institute reached 1200 students divided in two fields; literature and

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Higher Institute of Arts and Crafts of Sidi Bouzid

It was founded on 8 September 2008, and it is located in

Sidi Bouzid Sidi Bouzid ( ar, سيدي بوزيد '), sometimes called ''Sidi Bou Zid'' or ''Sīdī Bū Zayd'', is a city in Tunisia and is the capital of Sidi Bouzid Governorate in the centre of the country. Following the suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi in ...

Notable alumni and academics

* Bouraoui Agina, Tunisian author and researcher. * Ahmed Jdey, Tunisian historian * Seifeddine Rezgui, alleged perpetrator of the

2015 Sousse attacks On 26 June 2015, a mass shooting occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia. Thirty-eight people, 30 of whom were British, were killed when a gunman, Seifeddine Rezgui, attacked a ...

References

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