Islamic University of Gaza

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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]

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]

1. ↑ "About IUG". The Islamic University Gaza. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "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.