Hebron University

Hebron University is a university in the city of Hebron, Palestine. It began in 1971 with the Islamic Shari’a College, and the university describes itself as the first university in Palestine. Its stated objectives include offering Palestinians an alternative to travelling abroad for their education and providing equal access to higher education.

The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma programmes and an intensive academic programme, and has a scholarships and loans service. Bachelor's programmes cover a wide range of fields:

• Islamic Shari’a, jurisprudence and fundamentals of religion
• Arabic and English language and literature, translation, history and media
• Teacher education, kindergarten and educational counselling
• Mathematics, chemistry, biology, computer science and cyber security
• Agriculture and food processing
• Business administration, finance and accounting
• Medicine, nursing, midwifery, pharmacy and other health sciences
• Law and political science

Most bachelor's programmes require between 127 and 155 credit hours; the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) requires 206 and the Medicine programme 264. Besides its public relations office in Hebron, the university has offices in Ramallah and in Amman, Jordan.