Islamic University of Gaza

The Islamic University of Gaza (Arabic: الجامعة الإسلامية بغزة), also known as IUG and IU Gaza, is an independent Palestinian university. It was founded in 1978 in Gaza City.[2] It was the first university to be founded in the Gaza Strip.[2] The university has 11 faculties that can award BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MD, PhD, diplomas and higher diplomas.[2][3] It also has 20 research centers and the affiliated Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital.[2][4]

Islamic University of Gaza
الجامعة الإسلامية غزة
TypePublic
Established1978
Academic staff
307
Students17,874[1]
Undergraduates16,212
Postgraduates1,662
Location
Gaza, Gaza Strip
,
Palestine
Colors         White and green
Websitewww.iugaza.edu.ps
Luhaidan Building - Islamic University of Gaza
Students at Islamic University.

The Islamic University of Gaza is a member of twelve regional and international associations and networks of higher education.[5] These include the International Association of Universities (IAU),[6] Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED),[7] Association of Arab Universities (AAU),[8] Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW),[9] Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean Academic Network (BSEMAN),[10] and the Global University Network for Innovation-GUNi.[11]

The Islamic University was damaged in airstrikes during the 2008–2009 Gaza war, the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, and the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[12][13] In December 2023, Professor Sufyan Tayeh, the University's president, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Jabalia refugee camp. His family also died in the airstrike.[14][15]

References
  1. "About IUG". The Islamic University Gaza. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. "Islamic University of Gaza". Times Higher Education (THE). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  3. "About IUG – الجامعة الإسلامية بغزة". Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. "Islamic University Takes Up the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital – الجامعة الإسلامية بغزة". Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  5. "Islamic University of Gaza is a permanent member of Global University Network for Innovation – الجامعة الإسلامية بغزة". Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  6. "List of IAU Members - IAU". www.iau-aiu.net. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  7. "Adherents". Cmungo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  8. "اتحاد الجامعات العربية". www.aaru.edu.jo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  9. "Islamic University of Gaza". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  10. Admin, Bseman. "Members". Bseman. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  11. "Institutional members". Guni Network. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  12. "Israel strikes university in Gaza City". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  13. "Watch: Israel Strikes the Islamic University of Gaza". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  14. "Israeli air strike in Gaza kills prominent scientist Sufyan Tayeh, Palestinian ministry says". Reuters. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  15. "Gaza university president killed in Israeli air strike". Times Higher Education (THE). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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