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Damascus University

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Damascus, Syria
1501+ in World University Rankings 2025
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<厙ぴ藷 class="css-1enjqce">About Damascus University

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Damascus University is the oldest public university in Syria, established at the beginning of the 20th century. Opening as a medical school, Damascus taught medicine and pharmacy programmes in Turkish language.

Today, Damascus University offers postgraduate and undergraduate degrees including agriculture, economics, fine arts, engineering, and tourism.

In addition to its faculties, the university＊s technical institutes offer practical learning to equip students with workplace skills in finance, agriculture, medicine, dentistry, engineering, and computer science. Damascus also has six higher institutes for regional planning, language, and more.

Students have the opportunity to study abroad as part of the student exchange programme.

At Damascus, there＊s a whole host of activities for students to take part in outside of their studies, including writing for the university newspaper.

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<厙ぴ藷 class="css-1enjqce">Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at Damascus University

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
62 F : 38 M (1)
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International student percentage
6% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
68.1 (1)
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Student total
182503 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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<厙ぴ藷 class="css-1enjqce">Subjects Taught at Damascus University

See below for a range of subjects taught at Damascus University

Arts and Humanities

  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Art, Performing Art and Design
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics

Business and Economics

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Business and Management
  • Economics and Econometrics

Computer Science

  • Computer Science

Education Studies

  • Education

Engineering

  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • General Engineering

Law

  • Law

Life Sciences

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Biological Sciences
  • Sport Science
  • Veterinary Science

Medical and Health

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Other Health

Physical Sciences

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Physics and Astronomy

Psychology

  • Psychology

Social Sciences

  • Communication and Media Studies
  • Geography
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Sociology