This is a list of universities and colleges in the State of Palestine, which comprises both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The West Bank and Gaza together had 14 universities, an open university for distance learning, 18 university colleges and 20 community colleges.
All universities in Gaza have been destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces. See "Attacks on schools during the Israeli invasion of Gaza" for more.
West Bank
Al-Quds University Al-Quds Open University An-Najah National University Arab American University Bethlehem Bible CollegeBethlehem Bible Collegeكلية بيت لحم للكتاب المقدس Bethlehem University Birzeit University Dar Al-Kalima University Edward Said National Conservatory of Music Hebron Universityجامعـــة الخــليل Ibrahimieh College Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie Palestine Ahliya UniversityPalestine Ahliya University جامعة فلسطين الأهلية Palestine Polytechnic University International Academy of Art, Palestine Al-Istiqlal University
Gaza Strip Due to the Israeli invasion, all universities in Gaza have been destroyed.
Al-Aqsa UniversityAl-Aqsa University Al-Azhar University – Gazaجامعة الأزهر - غزة Al-Quds Open University Gaza University (Gaza) Islamic University of Gaza Israa University Palestine Technical College University College of Applied Sciences University of Palestine Gaza Community/Training CenterGaza Community/Training Center Palestine College of Nursing Hassan University
Other education and research institutions Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute Palestinian Academic NetworkPLANET :: Al-Quds University Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Educationوزارة التربية و التعليم والعالي - فلسطين
Education and research organizations outside Palestine Durham Palestine Educational Trust Institute for Middle East Understanding Institute for Palestine Studies PEACE Programme - under the auspices of UNESCO
References Medea’s information files: Palestinian Universities (Internet Archive version of July 2007)
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