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Higher education in Palestine

Education at the tertiary level in Palestine is provided by eleven universities, thirteen university colleges and nineteen community colleges. Seven universities are located in the West Bank: An Najah National University, Nablus and the American University of Jennin in the north, Birzeit University in the centre, three universities south of Jerusalem - Bethlehem University, Hebron University and the Hebron Polytechnic- and one in Jerusalem - Al Quds University. Also located in Jerusalem is Al Quds Open University, which operates throughout the Palestinian Territories. Three universities are located in Gaza: Al Azhar, Gaza Islamic and Al- Aqsa.

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