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universities A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

and

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary sc ...

s in the

State of Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

, which comprises both the

West Bank The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

and the

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine. I ...

. The West Bank and Gaza together had 14 universities, an open university for distance learning, 18 university colleges and 20 community colleges. All universities in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and ...

. ''See "

Attacks on schools during the Israeli invasion of Gaza Since the outbreak of the Gaza war on 7 October 2023, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has conducted Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, numerous airstrikes on more than 200 educational facilities, including universities, in the Gaza Strip. The I ...

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West Bank

Al-Quds University Al-Quds University () is a public university in the Jerusalem Governorate, Palestine. The main campus is located in Abu Dis town, near Jerusalem, with three more campuses in Jerusalem and other campuses in Ramallah and Hebron. It was establish ...

Al-Quds Open University Al-Quds Open University () is an independent, distance education public university in Palestine. It was created by a decree issued by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1991. QOU is the first Open Learning institute in the Pales ...

An-Najah National University An-Najah National University () is a non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine. The university has 22,000 students and 300 professors in 19 faculties. It is the largest university in the ...

* Arab American University *

Bethlehem Bible College Bethlehem Bible College is a Christian evangelical college, founded in 1979 in Bethlehem, under Israeli military occupation. It was created to prepare Christian leaders to serve Arab churches and society in the Holy Land. It trains students to mo ...

Bethlehem University Bethlehem University () is a Catholic university located in the city of Bethlehem, in the West Bank, Palestine. History Established shortly before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the university traces its roots to 1893, when the ...

Birzeit University Birzeit University () is a public university in the West Bank, Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as a charitable organization. It is accredited by the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Mini ...

* Dar Al-Kalima University * Edward Said National Conservatory of Music *

Hebron University Hebron University () is a non-profit, public university in the city of Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. It has an undergraduate enrollment of more than ten thousand students. History The late mayor of Hebron, Sheikh Mohammad ‘Ali Al-Ja’bar ...

Ibrahimieh College Ibrahimieh College () is a private school and college in the a-Suwane neighborhood of East Jerusalem. History Nihad Abu Gharbieh, who worked as a teacher at the Ibrahimieh National School in the Musrara quarter of Jerusalem, became the sole propr ...

Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie (formerly known as Tulkarm Community College) is an agricultural college located in Tulkarm, in the northern West Bank, Palestine. The college was inaugurated in 1930 after the British Government had ...

* Palestine Ahliya University *

Palestine Polytechnic University Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU; ) is a university located in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. The school was founded in 1978 by the University Graduates Union (UGU). PPU has six colleges: Engineering and Technology, Medicine and Life Scien ...

* International Academy of Art, Palestine

Gaza Strip

Al-Aqsa University Al-Aqsa University () is a public university with campuses in Gaza City and Khan Younis, Palestine. Established in 1955 as a teachers' institute before later expanding its curriculum, it is the first and oldest public higher education institution ...

Al-Azhar University – Gaza Al-Azhar University – Gaza (AUG; ) is a Palestine, Palestinian, public, non-profit, and independent higher education institution. During the first intifada, Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat issued a decree in September 1991 to establish a Pal ...

* Gaza University (Gaza) *

Islamic University of Gaza The Islamic University of Gaza (), also known as IUG and IU Gaza, is an independent Palestinian university established in 1978 in Gaza City. It was the first higher education institution to be established in the Gaza Strip. The university has ...

* Israa University *

Palestine Technical College The Palestine Technical College () is a college in Deir El-Balah, Gaza Strip, Palestine. The college offers bachelor degree programs and 2-year associate degrees in technical education at the post-secondary level, as well as programs for different ...

University College of Applied Sciences University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) is a technical college in Gaza, Palestine founded in 1998. It offers 40 majors in engineering, health, technology, administration, education and the humanities. The school had a student population o ...

University of Palestine The University of Palestine (UP; ) is a private university in Al-Zahra', Gaza Strip, Palestine. The university was established in 2005, making it one of Gaza's youngest higher education institutions. Across its seven colleges, UP offers four non ...

* Gaza Community/Training Center *

Palestine College of Nursing Palestine College of Nursing () is a Palestinian university college in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. The school is administratively and financially affiliated to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Its academic program is supervised by the Palestinian ...

* Hassan University

Other education and research institutions

Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ; ) is a Palestinian NGO founded in 1990 with its main office in Bethlehem in the West Bank. ARIJ is actively working on research projects in the fields of management of natural resources, water m ...

Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute The Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute (HDIP) was established in 1989 by a group of researchers and health practitioners and development experts, including Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, committed to improving the status of health ...

* Palestinian Academic Network *

Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA; ) was founded in Jerusalem in March 1987 by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi and a group of Palestinian academics and intellectuals. PASSIA is a member of the Palestinian NGO ...

Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education The Ministry of Education and Higher Education of the Palestinian National Authority is the branch of the Palestinian government in charge of managing the education in Palestine. It was established in 1994 after the formation of the Palestinian N ...

Education and research organizations outside Palestine

Durham Palestine Educational Trust Durham Palestine Educational Trust (formerly Durham Birzeit Studentship Fund) is a British charity that offers scholarships to outstanding graduates in Palestine to take master's degree courses at Durham University. History The trust was esta ...

Institute for Middle East Understanding The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) is a 501(c)(3) pro-Palestinian non-profit advocacy organization. Founded in 2005, it received a grant from the Washington-based Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development in 2006 for E ...

Institute for Palestine Studies The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) is the oldest independent nonprofit public service research institute in the Arab world. It was established and incorporated in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1963 and has since served as a model for other such ins ...

* PEACE Programme - under the auspices of UNESCO

References

Medea’s information files: Palestinian Universities
(Internet Archive version of July 2007) *

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Universities A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

Palestinian universities, List of

Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...