Back الجامعة الإسلامية (غزة) Arabic الجامعة الاسلاميه فى غزه ARZ গাজা ইসলামি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Bengali/Bangla Universitat Islàmica de Gaza Catalan Prifysgol Islamaidd Gaza Welsh Islamische Universität Gaza German Islama Universitato en Gazao Esperanto Universidad Islámica de Gaza Spanish Gaza Islamiülikool Estonian Gazako Unibersitate Islamikoa Basque
الجامعة الإسلامية غزة | |
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1978 |
Academic staff | 307 |
| Students | 17,874[1] |
| Undergraduates | 16,212 |
| Postgraduates | 1,662 |
| Location | , |
| Colors | White and green |
| Website | www.iugaza.edu.ps |
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The Islamic University of Gaza (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية بغزة), also known as IUG and IU Gaza, is an independent Palestinian university established in 1978 in Gaza City.[2] It was the first higher education institution to be established in the Gaza Strip.[2] The university has 11 faculties capable of awarding BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MD, PhD, diplomas and higher diplomas,[2][3] in addition to 20 research centers and institutes and the affiliated Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital.[2][4]
The Islamic University suffered damage in air strikes during the 2008–2009 Gaza war, the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, and the Gaza war.[5][6] In December 2023, Professor Sufyan Tayeh, the university's president and a prominent scientist, was killed along with his family in an Israeli air strike on Jabalia refugee camp.[7][8]
The university is generally considered the top-ranked in the Gaza Strip.[9]
- ^ "About IUG". The Islamic University Gaza. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Islamic University of Gaza". Times Higher Education (THE). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "About IUG – الجامعة الإسلامية بغزة". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Islamic University Takes Up the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital – الجامعة الإسلامية بغزة". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Israel strikes university in Gaza City". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Watch: Israel Strikes the Islamic University of Gaza". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Israeli air strike in Gaza kills prominent scientist Sufyan Tayeh, Palestinian ministry says". Reuters. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Gaza university president killed in Israeli air strike". Times Higher Education (THE). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Silva, Chantal Da; Salam, Yasmine; Mulligan, Matthew; Britton, Bianca (4 April 2024). "Class destroyed: The rise and ruin of Gaza's revered universities". www.nbcnews.com. Retrieved 23 February 2025.