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Homs University (Arabic: جامعة حمص‎, ALA-LC: Jāmiʻat Ḥimṣ), founded in 1979, is a public university located in the city of Homs, Syria, 180 km north of Damascus. It is Syria's fourth largest university.

History

The university was established in 1979 as Al-Baath University (Arabic: جَامِعَة الْبَعْث, ALA-LC: Jāmiʻat al-Baʻth); it was established by Presidential Decree No. 44 issued by Hafez al-Assad.

Al-Baath University has 22 faculties, 5 intermediate institutes, 40,000 regular students, 20,000 students in open learning, 1310 high studies students and 622 faculty members. The library contains some 63,000 volumes (as of 2011).

Following the fall of the Assad regime, the university was renamed to "Homs University" by interim prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir of the Syrian transitional government on 25 December 2024.

Gallery

• The main walkway at the university
• The Faculty of Medicine

See also

• Faculty of Medicine of Homs University

References

1. Collelo, Thomas (editor) (1987) Syria: A Country Study Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. page 123
2. ^ Lesch, David W. (2005) The new lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and modern Syria Yale University Press, New Haven Connecticut, page 267, ISBN 0-300-10991-1
3. World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011
4. "تغيير اسم جامعتي البعث وتشرين بعد سقوط الأسد" (in Arabic). Alhurra. 25 December 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Syrian Physical Therapy community (syriaPT.com) (Arabic)
• Open education in Homs university (Arabic)

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