Al-Quds University

Al-Quds University, a Palestinian institution, was established in 1984. Its main campus is located in Abu Dis, with four additional sites situated in Jerusalem: Sheikh Jarrah, Beit Hanina, and Ramallah (Al-Bireh). The main campus in Abu Dis is the only university in the world surrounded by the separation wall.

The university provides higher education opportunities and community services in the Jerusalem area, as well as in the surrounding towns, villages, and refugee camps in the West Bank. The university comprises fifteen academic faculties distributed across four sites, namely: the College of Da‘wa and Fundamentals of Religion, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Business and Economics, Al-Quds Bard College, the Faculty of Dentistry, the Deanship of Dual Studies, the Faculty of Educational Sciences, the Najjad Zeenni Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Health Professions, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Faculty of Public Health, the Faculty of Qur’an and Islamic Studies, and the Faculty of Science and Technology. These faculties serve over 13,000 students from Jerusalem and areas such as Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin, Jericho, Nablus, Ramallah, Tulkarm, and Qalqilya.

Al-Quds University provides a dynamic educational environment for its students, fostering creativity, the exchange of ideas, freedom of expression, and innovation in research. Its vision emphasizes offering students the best possible education, instilling values of committed citizenship, openness to new ideas, promoting constructive collaboration, and respecting world cultures. In its ongoing efforts to enhance its educational model and teaching methods, the university has established partnerships with American and European educational institutions. More than 30 centers and institutes are affiliated with the university, some focusing on innovative research and others addressing community needs by providing support to the Jerusalem community.

For more information, please visit our website:   https://www.alquds.edu