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Al-Baath University
جامعة البعث
	Al-Baath University Emblem
Motto	"طريقك الى مستقبل مشرف"
Motto in English	Your way to a bright future
Type	Public
Established	September 14, 1979
Academic affiliation	UNAI; UNIMED;
President	Abd Albaset Alkhatib
Administrative staff	600
Students	12,000
Location	Homs, Syria
Website	albaath-univ.edu.sy

Al-Baath University (Arabic: جَامِعَة الْبَعْث, ALA-LC: Jāmiʻat al-Baʻth), founded in 1979,^[1] is a public university located in the city of Homs, Syria, 180 km north of Damascus. It is Syria's fourth largest university.^[2]

History

The university was established in 1979; it was established by Presidential Decree No. 44 issued by Hafez al-Assad.^{[citation needed]}

Al-Baath University has 22 faculties, 5 intermediate institutes, 40,000 regular students,^[2] 20,000 students in open learning, 1310 high studies students and 622 faculty members. The library contains some 63,000 volumes (as of 2011).^[3]

Gallery

The main walkway at the university
The Faculty of Medicine

References

^ Collelo, Thomas (editor) (1987) Syria: A Country Study Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. page 123
^ ^a ^b Lesch, David W. (2005) The new lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and modern Syria Yale University Press, New Haven Connecticut, page 267, ISBN 0-300-10991-1
^ World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011