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The University of Garyounis is located in
Benghazi, which is the second largest city in Libya,
North Africa. Benghazi is bounded to the north of
the Mediterranean Sea and is situated at 32◦
latitude to north of the equator with the longitude
20◦ east of Greenwich.
The University was established on
December 15, 1955. It was then named the Libyan
University. The first nucleus of this university was
the Faculty of Arts and Education, which included 31
students, 6 professors and 9 administrative staff
members.
In 1973, the name of the university was changed from
the Libyan University to the University of Benghazi.
In the academic year 1973-1974 the university moved
out of the city of Benghazi to its recent position
in the Garyounis area. In 1976, its name was changed
again: the University of Garyounis became the
official name instead of the University of Benghazi.
The
university
has been developing and expanding, with the result
that it has become a city including a large number
of faculties as well as facilities. It has many
campuses and scientific institutes inside Benghazi.
Its total area is about 460 hectares.
Each year, Garyounis University registers
approximately 35,230 students, of which about 1300
students are not Libyans. They study in nine
faculties (75 academic sections). The number of
professors who teach in the university is 1,300 with
approximately 270 teaching assistants, in addition
to 2,000 employees.
The
number of graduate students who have been awarded
their BA or BSC degree during the academic years
1958-1969 is approximately 62,000 from different
faculties in a variety of scientific
specializations. The actual beginning for the
post-graduate studies program was in the year 1978.
The University of Garyounis also awards the MA and
PhD degree. The number of post-graduate students
totals about 1,700 students, of which 830 have
received the MA degree as well as the PhD degree.
The University of Garyounis gives also honorary
certificates in the following fields: Science,
Knowledge, Arts, Policy, Law, and Economics. |
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