1. Dr. Nazmi Al-Masri 23 Oct. 2013

2. The First university founded in Gaza Strip in 1978. The Largest Palestinian university in number of students (21,000: 63% females & 47% males).  It has more than 400 full-time PhD academics, graduated from many different countries: o More than 130 graduated from American, British and other European universities. o More than 40 graduated from Turkish, Malaysian, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese universities. o The others are graduates of universities in different Arab countries, including Palestine.

3.  IUG has International memberships with : AAU, CMU, EUU, FUIW, IAU, PEACE Program, EMUNI and UNIMED.  Currently IUG is engaged in 15 EU-funded projects: o 11 multilateral projects under TEMPUS, ERASMUS MUNDUS and FP7 programmes. o 5 bilateral projects under ALMqdisi programme & Researching Multilingually AHRC Translating Cultures programme.  This engagement resulted in partnership with 121 universities & research centers from 23 countries in Europe, Canada and Arab Regions.

4.  IUG offers approx. 100 bachelor, higher diploma & master programs in 10 faculties. The courses in English are supported in 7 ones : Sciencecommerce Information Technology Engineering Art NursingMedicine Maths Business Administration computer science Electrical English Literature PhysicsComputer Chemistry Accountancy Multimedia Technology Industrial Environmental Biology Geology Economics & Political Sciences software and web development Civil Architecture Biotechnology

5.  The preferred courses for master and PhD programs are : SciencecommerceITEngineering Art EducationNursingMedicine Maths & informatics Business Administration computer science Electrical Social sciences Education and teacher training Computer Natural sciences Accountancy Multimedia Technology Industrial History & Geograp hy Environmental Economics & Political Sciences Civil Journali sm Architecture

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