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Association of Arab Universities

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Abbreviation
  
AARU

Type
  
NGO

Purpose
  
Educational

Formation
  
1964

Legal status
  
Association

Headquarters
  
Amman, Jordan

The Association of Arab Universities (Arabic: إتحاد الجامعات العربية), also called the Union of Arab Universities (Arabic: تحاد الجامعات العربية), is an organization working within the framework of the Arab League. It is based in Amman, Jordan. The objective of the organization is to support and connect universities in the Arab world, and to enhance cooperation among them. Two member institutions, the Arabic Academy in Denmark and Alhuraa University in the Netherlands, are outside of the Arab world.

Members

Universities that are members (280) in the AARU are from the following 22 countries:

  •  Algeria
  •  Bahrain
  •  Egypt
  •  Iraq
  •  Jordan
  •  Kuwait
  •  Lebanon
  •  Libya
  •  Mauritania
  •  Morocco
  •  Oman
  •  Palestine
  •  Qatar
  •  Saudi Arabia
  •  Somalia
  •  Sudan
  •  Syria
  •  Tunisia
  •  United Arab Emirates
  •  Yemen
  • References

    Association of Arab Universities Wikipedia