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Sirte University

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Main Campus, Sirte Libya

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103Undergrad. & Postgrad. Programmes

About Sirte University

The university was founded as a branch of the University of Garyounis (now known as the University of Benghazi) in the year 1989. In 1992, it became an autonomous institution and was then known as Al-Tahaddi University but was later re-named as Sirte University in 2010. Since it gained its autonomous status, the university has been continuously expanding and has become one of well-recognised higher education institutions in Libya. Starting off with a few schools and academic departments, the university has at present 15 different Faculties on and off-campus in different cities Harawa, Marada and Zamzam and with a total number of students of 13409. The university currently employs about 1046 full-time teaching staff and 40 are contractual foreign employees from Arab and non-Arab countries. The university also employs 1603 non-academic staff in different departments and offices across the university. The university is also trying to enhance self-learning and research culture among its students by building a new and comprehensive library with more than 100000 resource materials .

Furthermore, Sirte University runs a number of scientific and research centers that serve the educational process at the university. The most important of these centers are: The Languages Centre, the Renewable Energies Center, The Center for Community Service and Sustainable Development, the Research and Consultation Center, the E-Learning Center, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center, and the Information Technology Center .

In the field of international cooperation, the Sirte University is considered to be one of the leading universities in opening the horizons of cooperation with many universities and international institutions. The University has many agreements for scientific cooperation with many Arab, regional and international universities, the number of which exceeded 64 agreements. The university also has scientific partnerships in many funded international projects from the European Union, according to Erasmus + framework, one of these projects is a project related to capacity building in the field of media, another in the field of renewable energies, and another project is in the field of health management and other projects. In addition to that valuable collaboration with the German DAAD Foundation through two projects, one of which is related to digital transformation and the other is related to climate change .

About Sirte University

The university was founded as a branch of the University of Garyounis (now known as the University of Benghazi) in the year 1989. In 1992, it became an autonomous institution and was then known as Al-Tahaddi University but was later re-named as Sirte University in 2010. Since it gained its autonomous status, the university has been continuously expanding and has become one of well-recognised higher education institutions in Libya. Starting off with a few schools and academic departments, the university has at present 15 different Faculties on and off-campus in different cities Harawa, Marada and Zamzam and with a total number of students of 13409. The university currently employs about 1046 full-time teaching staff and 40 are contractual foreign employees from Arab and non-Arab countries. The university also employs 1603 non-academic staff in different departments and offices across the university. The university is also trying to enhance self-learning and research culture among its students by building a new and comprehensive library with more than 100000 resource materials .

Furthermore, Sirte University runs a number of scientific and research centers that serve the educational process at the university. The most important of these centers are: The Languages Centre, the Renewable Energies Center, The Center for Community Service and Sustainable Development, the Research and Consultation Center, the E-Learning Center, the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center, and the Information Technology Center .

In the field of international cooperation, the Sirte University is considered to be one of the leading universities in opening the horizons of cooperation with many universities and international institutions. The University has many agreements for scientific cooperation with many Arab, regional and international universities, the number of which exceeded 64 agreements. The university also has scientific partnerships in many funded international projects from the European Union, according to Erasmus + framework, one of these projects is a project related to capacity building in the field of media, another in the field of renewable energies, and another project is in the field of health management and other projects. In addition to that valuable collaboration with the German DAAD Foundation through two projects, one of which is related to digital transformation and the other is related to climate change .

Available programmes

Studying a bachelor's degree at Sirte University aims to help students obtain comprehensive knowledge about a subject or specialty.

Sirte University operates on a semester system, where the academic year is divided into two semesters, for theoretical faculties, while for practical faculties such as human medicine, dentistry, engineering, and science, they have study systems and other divisions that differ from this. The academic year at Sirte University usually begins in September and ends in July every year.


The university student will be granted the academic degree after passing the requirements for graduation from the specialized and general courses in one specialty, with no less than 120 one hundred and twenty academic units. The maximum number of units for each scientific department is determined accordingly. Based on a proposal from the relevant scientific department, the approval of the Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs, and the approval of the University President, the courses will be distributed over a number of years.


The academic system at undergraduate level follows varies from one faculty to another according to the nature of the scientific specialization, and the duration of study in the university’s facilities is as follows: Faculties with a four-year study period: Arts, Economics, Education, Science, Agricultural Sciences, Medical Technology, and Information Technology. Faculties with a five-year study period: Engineering, Dentistry. Faculties with a duration of study of six years: Faculty of Human Medicine. A period of one year of internship is added for graduates of various types of medical colleges in accordance with their internal regulations.

The master's degree at Sirte University is a stage of postgraduate studies that follows obtaining a bachelor's degree. Applicants for the master's degree must possess advanced information and knowledge about the specialty to be studied, and be able to transfer this knowledge to its applied context, and possess critical and analytical skills in The field of specialization to be studied, and the primary goal of studying for a master’s degree revolves around the student’s acquisition of the necessary skills and knowledge that qualify him to conduct independent research in his field of specialization.

Studying a master’s degree at the Sirte University includes high-level courses and training in research methods and extrapolation of results. It ends with the performance of a thesis accepted by the examination committee. The student is not awarded the degree until he successfully performs the final examinations. The duration of study may not be less than two years - with the exception of the master’s degree, which is preceded by preparatory studies or preceded by certain diploma studies.

Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

15 USD
15 USD

International Students

15 USD
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