Al-Zaytoonah University of Science and Technology
Al-Zaytoonah University of Science and Technology, is a private Palestinian university founded by a promising pioneering idea of a Palestinian academic who headed two universities for more than twelve years. This long academic experience enabled a deep understanding of the reality of higher education and its institutions, and generated a subjective feeling among the founder of the importance of having a private university that transcends most of the historical educational problems suffered by higher education institutions, and fills the shortcoming in some sensitive aspects of Palestinian higher education.
Proceeding from this background, which the Academy brought together from its educational and administrative sides, the idea was presented to some investors, and in 2014 a group of entrepreneurs responded to it. They began translating it into practice by registering the idea with the Palestinian Ministry of Economy as a company aiming to establish a private university. After completing the registration procedures, the follow-up procedures for obtaining the initial license for the university from the official authorities (Higher Education and the Council of the Ministry) continued, where the relevant papers were submitted.
The year 2015 witnessed the inauguration of the foundation stone of the university in the presence of His Excellency the Prime Minister, Dr. Rami al-Hamdallah, on a land whose current area is 144 dunums, which was chosen for national, societal, and developmental dimensions, in an area located between Salfit and al-Laban al-Sharqiya, at the crossroads of three governorates (south of Nablus, north of Ramallah, and east of Salfit); to put an end to the near settlement expansion. Al-Zaytoonah University of Science and Technology, began its journey by announcing the launch of its first academic semester of the academic year 2020-2021.
The Intermediate College consists of five unique majors that are offered for the first time in Palestine, and grant an Intermediate Diploma degree. The Bachelor College also consists of three basic colleges: the College of Technology and Engineering, the College of Business Management and the College of Natural Sciences.
Vision: Towards a globally distinguished university in education, scientific research and community service, capable of creating and disseminating knowledge, and contributing to achieving sustainable development.
Mission: Providing distinguished and qualitative educational programs with intermediate diploma, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, in a creative scientific and research environment, dominated by non-traditional teaching methods, to graduate scientifically qualified cadres with competencies and skills that are consistent with the needs of the local market, and compete locally, regionally and internationally.