Latakia University

{{Short description|Public university in Latakia, Syria}} {{Infobox university |name = Latakia University |native_name = {{lang|ar|جامعة اللاذقية}} |image_name = University of Latakia building and perimeter 2002.jpg |image_size = |caption = |former_name = Tishreen University |motto = |established = 1971 |type = Public |endowment = |administrative_staff = 2085 |faculty = 892 |president = Iyad Fahsa<ref>{{Cite web |title=مرسوم رئاسي بتعيين “إياد اسماعيل فحصة” رئيساً لجامعة اللاذقية |url=https://alikhbariah.com/مرسوم-رئاسي-بتعيين-إياد-اسماعيل-فحصة/ |date=29 June 2025 |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=Alikhbaria Syria |language=ar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629131626/https://alikhbariah.com/مرسوم-رئاسي-بتعيين-إياد-اسماعيل-فحصة/ |archive-date=29 June 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> |provost = |principal = |rector = |chancellor = |vice_chancellor = |dean = |head_label = |head = |students = Over 70,000 |undergrad = |postgrad = |doctoral = |profess = |city = Latakia |state = |country = Syria |campus = Urban |free_label = |free = |colors = |colours = |mascot = |fightsong = |nickname = |affiliations = | academic_affiliation = {{hlist|UNAI|UNIMED}} |footnotes = |website = {{URL|https://latakia-univ.edu.sy/}} |address = |publictransit = |coor = {{coord|35|31|24|N|35|48|28|E|type:edu_region:SY|display=title}} |logo = Latakia University logo.png }}

'''Latakia University''' ({{langx|ar|جامعة اللاذقية}}, {{ALA-LC|ar|Jāmiʻat al-Lādhiqīyah}}), formerly known as '''Tishreen University''', is a public university located in Latakia, Syria. It is the third-largest university in Syria.

In 2025, the university was ranked first in Syria by the AD Scientific Index.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latakia University - AD Scientific Index |url=https://adscientificindex.com/university/latakia-university/8914/ |access-date=2026-02-27 |website=adscientificindex.com}}</ref>

== History == The university was founded under the name of the University of Latakia on 20 May 1971. The name was changed in 1975 to '''Tishreen University''' ({{langx|ar|جامعة تشرين|lit=October University}}) to honor the memory of the October War (Tishreen War in Arabic).<ref name="latakia-univ">{{cite web |url=https://latakia-univ.edu.sy/en/General/GeneralInfo|title=History of the University |publisher=Latakia University }}</ref>

In the beginning, the university only had 3 faculties, Arabic literature, science, and agriculture, and an enrollment of 983 students during the 1970s.<ref name="latakia-univ"/> However, that number has grown to more than 70,000 students, making Tishreen University the third largest in Syria, with the number of its faculties increasing from 3 to 21.<ref name="latakia-univ"/>

Many internally displaced students enrolled at the university after the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Milton|first=Sansom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mlxCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA48|title=Higher Education and Post-Conflict Recovery|date=2017|publisher=Springer International Publishing|isbn=978-3319653495|language=en}}</ref>

After the fall of the Assad regime, interim Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir of the Syrian caretaker government renamed the university to "Latakia University" on December 25, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alhurra.com/syria/2024/12/25/تغيير-اسم-جامعتي-البعث-وتشرين-سقوط-الأسد |title=تغيير اسم جامعتي البعث وتشرين بعد سقوط الأسد |publisher=Alhurra |language=ar |date=25 December 2024 |access-date=25 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225132933/https://www.alhurra.com/syria/2024/12/25/تغيير-اسم-جامعتي-البعث-وتشرين-سقوط-الأسد |archive-date=25 December 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Staff== ===Academic staff=== The academic staff of the University consists of: * Faculty Members: 892. * Higher Education Instructors: 24. * Members of the Technical Staff: 133. * Teaching Assistants: 598. * Engineers: 420.

===Administrative and laboratory staff=== * Laboratory Workers: 240. * Administrative Employees: 1,119.

==Faculties== * Faculty of Arts and Humanities: Opened in 1971. * Faculty of Agriculture: Opened in 1971. * Faculty of Science: Opened in 1971. * Faculty of Civil Engineering: 1972. * Faculty of Medicine: Opened in 1974. * Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: Opened in 1980. * Faculty of Dentistry: Opened in 1983. * Faculty of Architecture: 1984. * Faculty of Economics: Opened in 1986. * Faculty of Pharmacy: Opened in 1990. * Faculty of Nursing: Opened in 1994. * Faculty of Physical Education: 1995. * Faculty of Education: Opened in 1997. * Faculty of Informatics: Opened in 2000. * Faculty of Technical engineering in 2002. * Faculty of Information and communication technology engineering: opened in 2008. * Faculty of Law

==Intermediate institutes and vocational schools== * Intermediate Institute of Agriculture: Opened in 1974. * Intermediate Institute of Engineering: Opened in 1979. * Intermediate Institute of Medicine: Opened in 1979. * Intermediate Institute of Commerce: Opened in 1980. * Intermediate Institute of Administration Skills: Opened in 1995. * Intermediate Institute of Computer Engineering: Opened in 1998. * Nursing School: Opened in 1980.

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==External links== *{{Official website}}

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