Palestine Polytechnic University

Palestine Polytechnic University

جامعة بوليتكنك فلسطين
Established	1978
Affiliation	Association of Arab Universities
President	Amjad Barham
Vice-president	Ayman Soltan Raed Amro Zuhdi Salhab Islam Hassouneh
Location	Hebron , West Bank , Palestine 31°32′1″N 35°5′50″E / 31.53361°N 35.09722°E / 31.53361; 35.09722
Website	www.ppu.edu

Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU; Arabic: جامعة بوليتكنك فلسطين) is a university located in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. The school was founded in 1978 by the University Graduates Union (UGU).^[1]

PPU has six colleges: Engineering and Technology, Medicine and Life Sciences, IT and Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Administrative Sciences and Informatics, and Applied Professions.^[1]

History

The university was established by the University Graduates Union, a non-profit organization in Hebron, in 1978, as an engineering technical college. The university granted a three-year diploma in the field of technical education for electrical, mechanical, civil, and architectural engineering. Beginning in 1991, the university granted a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and computer systems, and established the Faculty of Applied Professions, which grants a diploma degree for about twenty-five disciplines. In 2018, it established the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, first program of its kind in the Hebron Governate.^[2]

Palestine Polytechnic University is a member of Association of Arab Universities.

In 2019, the "Palestinian-Korean Center for Biotechnology" was opened, which was funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency.^[3][4] The buildings goal was to expand research capacity.^[5]

Campus

The university is located in Hebron, in the neighborhoods of Wadi Al-Huriya and Abu Rumman.

Wadi Al-Huriya

The Wadi Al-Huriya area contains Buildings A, B, and C of the university. Building A contains the College of Applied Professions, computer laboratories, teaching halls and offices. Building B contains the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Applied Sciences. Building C contains University Administration, vice president's offices, Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Nursing, University Library and Warehouse, Faculty of Engineering Building: Office of the Deanship of Scientific Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, laboratories of the two departments and Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Engineering, Registration and Finance Offices, the president's office, and other administrative offices of the university.

Abu Rumman

The Abu Rumman are contains the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Information Systems building, Palestinian-Korean National Center for Biotechnology Research and the Joint Human Medicine Program, and the Friends of Fawzi Kaoush Center for Information Technology and the Department of Continuing Education.

See also

• List of Palestinian universities
• Education in the State of Palestine

References

1. de Waal, André; Sultan, Suhail (2012-01-01). "Applicability of the high performance organization framework in the Middle East: The case of Palestine Polytechnic University". Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues. 5 (3): 213–223. doi:10.1108/17537981211265598. ISSN 1753-7983.
2. "جامعة بولتكنيك فلسطين | مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني". 2022-04-25. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
3. "افتتاح مبنى المركز الفلسطيني الكوري للتكنولوجيا الحيوية بالخليل" [Opening of the Palestinian-Korean Biotechnology Center building in Hebron]. النجاح الإخباري (in Arabic). 30 July 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
4. "About | Palestine-Korea Biotechnology Center". biotech.ppu.edu. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
5. "Projects". KOICA PALESTINE. Archived from the original on 1 Jun 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2025.