Al-Baath University founded in 1979, is a public university

Public university

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 located in the city of Homs

Homs

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, Syria

Syria

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, 180 km north of Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

. It is Syria's fourth largest university.

Overview

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.

Research is a strategic activity of the university. It is administrated in accordance with plans decided by various departments and approved by the sequential academic councils of the university. The aim of research is to contribute to national development in Syria. Research is conducted in basic science and applied science. It is mainly financed by funds from the university itself.

History

Al-Baath University was established in 1979. It started with preexisting colleges and institutes such as the faculty of veterinarian medicine in the city of Hama

Hama

Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria north of Damascus. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. Hama is the fourth-largest city in Syria—behind Aleppo, Damascus, and Homs—with a population of 696,863...

 and the higher institute for chemical and petroleum engineering

Petroleum engineering

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and the faculty of science in the city of Homs.

Centers

• Woman center for studies & Development
• Biotechnology Center
• Gear Office (A German body for German university graduates in the fields of Agriculture & Veterinary and Economy)
• AGEF Office (A German body for experts in the fields of cooperation of Development & Immigration)
• Syrian-Russian Friendship Society
• Syrian-Japanese Friendship Society
• An outlet for the Francophone
• Homs-Saxonia Center for Environmental Studies

Faculties and institutes in Hama

• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
• Faculty of Dentistry
• Second Faculty of Education
• Faculty of physical education
• Faculty of Economics
• Second Faculty of Arts & Humanities
• Faculty of Nursing. Established but it opened on 2008
• Faculty of Informatics Engineering
• Intermediate Institute of Veterinary Medicine
• Intermediate Dental Institute (prosthesis)
• Intermediate Institute of Computer Engineering

Faculties and institutes in Homs

• Faculty of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
• Faculty of Arts and Humanities
• Faculty of Architecture
• Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Faculty of Agricultural Engineering
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Information Technology
• Faculty of Tourism
• Faculty of Health Sciences (Physical Therapy (Physiotherapy), Nutrition)
• Faculty of Music
• Faculty of Law
• Intermediate Institute of Engineering
• Intermediate Institute of Computer Sciences
• Open Learning
• Institute for Foreign Languages

External links

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