Homs University (, ) is a

public university A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

located in the city of

Homs Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level, above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

, 180 km north of

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

. It is Syria's fourth largest university.Lesch, David W. (2005) ''The new lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and modern Syria'' Yale University Press, New Haven Connecticut
page 267

History

The university was established in 1979 as Al-Baath University (, ) during Ba'athist rule by Presidential Decree No. 44 issued by

Hafez al-Assad Hafez al-Assad (6 October 193010 June 2000) was a Syrian politician and military officer who was the president of Syria from 1971 until Death and state funeral of Hafez al-Assad, his death in 2000. He was previously the Prime Minister of Syria ...

. As of 2005 the University had 22 faculties, 5 intermediate institutes, 40,000 regular students, 20,000 students in open learning, 1310 high studies students and 622 faculty members. As of 2025 Homs University has 10 faculties, 9 colleges, 1 school, 1 preparatory course, 4 intermediate institutes, 2 higher institutes, around 100,000 students and 1400 faculty members. The library contains some 63,000 volumes (as of 2011). Following the

fall of the Assad regime On 8 December 2024, the Assad regime collapsed during a 2024 Syrian opposition offensives, major offensive by Syrian opposition, opposition forces. The offensive was spearheaded by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported mainly by the Turk ...

, the university was renamed to "Homs University" by interim prime minister

Mohammed al-Bashir Mohammed al-Bashir (; born 1984) is a Syrian politician and engineer who is currently serving as Minister of Energy in the Syrian transitional government since March 2025. He previously served as the last prime minister of Syria. As prime minist ...

of the

Syrian transitional government The Syrian transitional government () is the current provisional government of Syria, formed on 29 March 2025 under President Ahmed al-Sharaa. It succeeded the Syrian caretaker government headed by Mohammed al-Bashir. The government was ...

on 25 December 2024.

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File:Homs University, Homs, Syria. 12.10.2010.jpg, The main walkway at the university File:Faculty of Medicine, Homs University.jpg, The Faculty of Medicine

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Official websiteSyrian Physical Therapy community (syriaPT.com)
(Arabic)
Open education in Homs university
(Arabic)

Education in Homs Buildings and structures in Homs Universities and colleges established in 1979 1979 establishments in Syria {{Syria-university-stub

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