Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU; ) is a
university
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located in
Hebron
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,
West Bank
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,
Palestine
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. The school was founded in 1978 by the
University Graduates Union (UGU).
PPU has six colleges: Engineering and Technology, Medicine and Life Sciences, IT and Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Administrative Sciences and Informatics, and Applied Professions.
History
The university was established by the University Graduates Union, a
non-profit organization
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in Hebron, in 1978, as an engineering technical college. The university granted a three-year diploma in the field of technical education for electrical, mechanical, civil, and architectural engineering. Beginning in 1991, the university granted a
bachelor's degree
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in
mechanical engineering
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and computer systems, and established the Faculty of Applied Professions, which grants a diploma degree for about twenty-five disciplines. In 2018, it established the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, first program of its kind in the Hebron Governate.
Palestine Polytechnic University is a member of
Association of Arab Universities.
Campus
The university is located in Hebron, in the neighborhoods of Wadi Al-Huriya and Abu Rumman.
Wadi Al-Huriya
The Wadi Al-Huriya area contains Buildings A, B, and C of the university. Building A contains the College of Applied Professions, computer laboratories, teaching halls and offices. Building B contains the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Applied Sciences. Building C contains University Administration, vice president's offices, Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Nursing, University Library and Warehouse, Faculty of Engineering Building: Office of the Deanship of Scientific Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, laboratories of the two departments and Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Engineering, Registration and Finance Offices, the president's office, and other administrative offices of the university.
Abu Rumman
The Abu Rumman are contains the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Information Systems building, Palestinian-Korean National Center for Biotechnology Research and the Joint Human Medicine Program, and the Friends of Fawzi Kaoush Center for Information Technology and the Department of Continuing Education.
See also
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List of Palestinian universities
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Education in the State of Palestine
References
Universities and colleges established in 1978
1978 establishments in Palestine
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