President Dr. Nabil al-Araji Number of students 10,000 | Established 1991 Website www.uobabylon.edu.iq Founded 1991 | |
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The University of Babylon (Arabic: جامعة بابل) is a university located in Babylon, Iraq. It consists of 20 colleges within three compounds, located seven kilometers south of the city of Hillah, in Babylon Province. The campus was originally the Administrative Institute of Babylon. Later some of the buildings were adopted for use by the medical college of the University of Kufa, before being established as a university in its own right in 1991.
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- University of northampton and university of babylon partnership
- Nomenclature
- Student body
- Colleges
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The university now teaches a wide variety of subjects, and during the 1990s, started teaching night classes. These became popular, especially among well-off families, after the increase in difficulty of high school examinations in 1997.
It publishes the Medical journal of Babylon.
Nomenclature
University of Babylon and Babylon University are used interchangeably.
Student body
The university attracts students from various regions. The largest part of the student body is made up of students from Babylon Province. It also attracts numerous students from Karbala, Baghdad, Diwaniyah, Kufa and Najaf.
The university has a student-run newspaper. Plays produced by students of the College of Fine Arts are performed both internally and in national events and forums. University alumni have powers to elect staff.
Colleges
The university is split into twenty colleges, which are as follows: