Al-Azhar University – Gaza

Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Arabic: جامعة الأزهر بغزة), often abbreviated AUG, is a Palestinian, public, non-profit, and independent higher education institution. During the first intifada, Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat issued a decree in September 1991 to establish a Palestinian national university. AUG opened on 18 October 1991 in a two-story building with 725 students enrolled in two faculties; the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Sharia and Law (now the Faculty of Law).

For the university of the same name in Egypt, see Al Azhar University.
Al Azhar University – Gaza
TypePublic
Established1991
PresidentOmar K. A. Melad
Academic staff
290
Undergraduatesabout 16,000
Postgraduatesabout 700
Location
Gaza
,
Palestine
AffiliationsUNIMED
Websitewww.alazhar.edu.ps/eng/index.asp

In 2023, the university's facilities were destroyed by Israeli bombardment of Gaza during the 2023 Israel–Hamas War.

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