the University of Libya
I am looking for knowing the first university in Libya. I found that the first university in Libya was the University of Libya which was established in Benghazi in 1955. The first college was the college of Arts which constituted the center of all Libyan Universities. In 1957, the Tripoli branch was opened. In 1970, after military movement, the University of Libya was divided into two separate universities: the University of Tripoli, later called El-Fateh University that is located in Tripoli, and the University of Benghazi, called Garyounis University that is located in Benghazi. After February 17th, 2011 (Libyan Revolution), Garyounis University is named University of Benghazi, and El-Fateh University is named the University of Tripoli.
Between 1962 and 1967, colleges of Economics & Commerce, Law, Sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, and Education were successively opened in the cities of Benghazi and Tripoli. Because of increasing the number of students at university level, government established some universities in different parts of Libya. Nowadays, there exist 12 universities with a total of 90 colleges based on the website of Higher Education Minister.
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The University of Benghazi (UoB) was established on December 15,1955 under the name of “Libyan University”. The cornerstone of the university was the Faculty of Arts and Education, including 31 students and 6 staff members then. The univesity was founded in the center of Benghazi. In 1973, the university was shifted to its current location at the area of Garyounis. In 1976, the university’s name was changed into “University of Garyounis”. Now, the university includes various of faculties and centers of consulting, research, and service. The university is located on an arear of roughly 530 hectares, including a number of students exceeding 70,000, an almost number of staff members, reaching 2,000, and a number of officials and employees, exceeding 5,000. After the revolution of Feb. 17th and based on the decree of the university’s top management, the university has been renamed “University of Benghazi”, hoping to achive a new jump towards improvement. http://uob.edu.ly/
Thanks Khalid for your helpful comment.