Al Zaiem Al Azhari University
Al Zaiem Al Azhari University is a Sudanese public university based in Khartoum North, named after the leader Ismail al-Azhari, the first president of Sudan after independence, in commemoration of his memory. Its idea began through a popular effort, as Decision No. 485 of 1990 was issued to establish a university bearing the name of Al Zaiem Al Azhari, and its foundation stone was laid on the occasion of independence in 1991, then Republican Decree No. 22 of 1993 was issued, by which it became a public university under the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
The university began with five faculties: Medicine, Engineering, Education, Agriculture, and Political Science and Strategic Studies. It opened applications in 1991, admitted its first cohort in the 1993-1994 academic year, studies began at the Abbassia complex in Omdurman, and it was officially inaugurated on 18 June 1994.
The university has since expanded until the number of its faculties reached 17, including, alongside the first faculties, faculties such as Dentistry, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Medical Technology Sciences, Radiology and Medical Imaging, Computer Science and Information Technology, Economics and Administrative Sciences, Sharia and Law, Public Health, and Technical Studies. It awards bachelor's and postgraduate degrees in its various specialisations, and its complexes are distributed between the central campus in Khartoum North and Abbassia, Wad Nubawi, Al-Tijani Hilal, and Kafouri.
The university is a member of the Federation of Universities of the Islamic World and the Association of African Universities, and it carries out its role within the public higher education system in preparing professional and academic cadres and serving scientific research and society.
(Sources: Official website of Al Zaiem Al Azhari University aau.edu.sd, Sudanese Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Arabic and English Wikipedia encyclopedia - Al Zaiem Al Azhari University entry)
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