Al-Istiqlal University
جامعة الاستقلال | |
| Established | 2007 |
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| Location | , |
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Al-Istiqlal University (Arabic: جامعة الاستقلال) is a Palestinian university located in the city of Jericho. It is considered the newest of the Palestinian public universities and the first and only one specializing in security, military, and police sciences.[1][2]
Establishment
[edit]It's foundation stone was laid in 1998 under the name The Palestinian Academy for Security Sciences. It was inaugurated in 2007 as a higher education institution. In 2011, it was converted into a university.[3][4] The university became associated with the Mediterranean Universities Union in 2023.[5]
Colleges
[edit]- College of Humanities (or Faculty of Humanities).[6]
- College of Administrative Sciences (or Faculty of Administrative Sciences)
- College of Law (or Faculty of Law)
- Institute of Training and Development (or Training and Development Institute)
See also
[edit]- Education in the Palestinian territories
- List of Palestinian universities
- List of universities and colleges in Palestine
References
[edit]- ^ Manhom. "جامعة الاستقلال". من هم | بوابة الشخصيات والمؤسسات (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ "Al-Istiqlal University Employees Scholarship". www.aaup.edu.
- ^ Ahmad, Waleed. "جامعة الاستقلال | الرئيسية". alistiqlal.edu.ps. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ "جامعة الاستقلال تفتتح فعاليات الأسبوع الثقافي في اريحا". moc.pna.ps. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ "Al-Istiqlal University | UNIMED". UNIMED. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "مجلة جامعة الاستقلال للأبحاث". journal.pass.ps (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-11-09.