about hebron university - palestine - 2015

1. Presentation
Cass Business School
Dr. Samir Abuznaid
Dean, School of Finance and Management
Head of MBA Program
Hebron – Palestine
21st May 2015

2. “Science will continue to
surprise us with what it
discovers and creates; then it
will astound us by devising
new methods to surprise us.”
• KEVIN KELLY, author of Out of Control and New Rules for the
New Economy, and his writings has appeared in the New York
Times, The Economist, Time, Harpers, Science, GQ, and
Esquire

3. HU-Hebron University
 HU-Is a non-governmental public university
 Location: Hebron
Several facilities are located of campus

4. HU-Hebron University….
Motto : “No student will be deprived
of education for financial reasons”
Founder : Sheik Mohammad Ali
Jabari, first Mayor of Hebron City
Founded : 1971 as a College of
Islamic Sharia
The first institution for university
education in Palestine

5. • Symbolizes religious and historical
heritage; the Ibrahimi Mosque, also
symbolizes the torch of science that
lightens the way to educated people.
• To maintain its role as a
distinguished, leading university in
academic education, research
,community outreach and leadership
development.
VISION
HU-Hebron University….

6. • HU-Is a non-governmental public university . It
strives to promote sustainable excellence by
providing the best quality education, training,
research and community development,
emphasizing democratic values in a free civil
Palestinian society. In addition , the university aims
to provide students with the opportunity to realize
their educational ambitions and to be productive
citizens and active members of their community.
MISSIO
N
HU-Hebron University….

7. Academic
Staff
• 179 full time
• 161 Part time
Administrative
Staff: 110
HU-Hebron University

8. Undergraduates
6274 full time
students( 5 days a
week)
Postgraduates
313 students
(Evening
classes)
Intensive program
1442 students
(Friday and
Saturday)
HU-Hebron University
Enrollment: 8029 full time students
Male: 24.61%
Female: 75.38%

9. Intensive program students

10. Trend in big
families is going
down due to
education

11. Colleges
Colleges : 10 Colleges
Undergraduate: 9 colleges with a total of 43 programs
Graduate studies faculty: 8 programs
Total: 51 programs
Colleges
and year of
establishme
nt
Sharia
1971
Arts
1980
Scienc
e &
technol
ogy
1986
Agricult
ure
1987
Finance
and
manage
ment
1994
Nursing
1998
Educati
on
1999
Pharmac
y and
medical
science
2010
Law
2013
Intensiv
e
Progra
m
1998-
1999
Gradua
te
studies
2001

12. College of Graduate Studies
10 masters’ programs
All thesis track
Arabic language & literature
Applied linguistics &teaching English language
History
Islamic judiciary
Plant protection
Natural agriculture resources
Business administration(MBA)
Foundations of religion
Mathematics
Chemistry

13.  MBA
 119 students: 56% female
 Full time
 Language of teaching English
 36 credit hours
 Almost all are working MBAs
 Thesis track

14. Research Centers and
Institutes
Aim : to help fulfill social and economic needs of local
and regional communities
 Center for languages: English, French, Turkish and
Hebrew
 Station of plant production research
 Station of animal production research
 Station of pastures and environmental research
 Continuing education department
 Center for technical and administrative assistance
 University model school

15. Future plans
 Online programs cooperation i.e. E- courses
between Hebron and Cass
 Cooperation through video conference and other
methods i.e. lectures
 Expand campus
 Establishment of medical school and medical
hospital
 Modernization in the field of technology
 Upgrade facilities
 Establishment of more bilateral agreements with
regional, and global institutions of higher
education

16. Challenges
Internal Challenge
• Financial resources
• No free access s to education
• Students inability to cover fees
External Challenges
• Political and
economic
instability
• Economic
situation
• Recruitment of
academic staff
from Arab world
and foreign
countries

17. What is needed?
1-Training university staff in management of
universities
2.Faculty development
3.Scholarships and grants for study abroad
4.Support for scientific research
5.Joint graduate programs in relevant fields

18. 6.Put an end to Israeli harassment of Palestinian academics and
students?

25. Research Centers
Industrial Linkage Unit and Renewable
Energy Unit
Elearning Unit
Succeed Stories
Future Cooperation
Innovation at Hebron University

26. Stone and
marble
Plastics
(molding)
Food
industries
Leather
tanning
Traditional
industry
Industrial
sectors

27. Renewable Energy Unit
Water-Air Pollution Research lab.
Epidemiology and Biology Research Unit
Radiation Pollution Unit
Plastic Recycling Unit (proposed)
HU-Industry Linkage Unit
HU- Selected Research Centers and Units
Research group in various Centers act as an
interface between industry and academics
ExcellenceCenterfor
Environment|Research

28. To connect student and
curriculum to labor market
opportunities and
demands.
To assist students in
finding appropriate
internship and jobs
by organizing job
fairs and training
programs
Searching local
industry unsolved
technical problems
and finding the
appropriate scientific
solution based on
Hebron University
capabilities.

29. - Trained graduated students
- Solutions for technical
problems
- Consultations
- Innovations
- Research proposals
- Publications
Bachelor's
degree
- Training
- Jobs
related to
their study
Master
degree
- Successful
research
proposal
- Jobs related
to their study

30. Elearning Unit at HU
We start with one course in each faculty
More than 1000 E-course has been developed
Each semester we provide training for
academic staff (15-20) from different faculties.
More than 70% of our academic staff has the
ability to develop there own e-courses.
More than 4000 students access our ELearning
platform daily
We start recording some classroom lectures.
Conferences and too many workshops and
seminars were conducted

31. HU eLearning system
Elearning
Eportfolio
HU Live class
SMTP, other
system
CMS

32. Generating
Electricity from
solar energy
220KWp Under
Construction ,
2015
Fakhit and Tabban
Communities,2012
Utilizing Solar
Energy to
Empower
vulnerable
Community in
Bethlehem, 2014
Hebron University
Solar street lighting,
2012
Hebron University
Renewable Energy
Green Tent, 2011
Supplying Rawa’een
Mosque and School
with Solar Energy,
2011
Renewable Energy Unit

33. Annual Science week since 2009
Exhibitions
• Multimedia
• Technology
• Biology & chemistry
• Sciences ….
seminars
workshops
Schools
Innovation
Projects
Undergraduate
Innovation
projects

34. Science and Technology
Week

37. Succeed Stories
First place in
Made in
Palestine 2010
Third place at
Zayed University
IT Competition
2011.
First place in
Final debate
competition,
2014.
Two
undergraduate
projects from
DCS awarded
from PICTI, 2015

38. Annual Excellence Summer Camp for School Students
 Training sessions in critical thinking and
creative skills.

39. Future Cooperation
Developing
Mutual Online
courses
Students
Exchange
Summer
Sessions
courses
Online
Programs.
Exchange of
researchers
Accessing
electronic
resources
Technological and Business
Incubator at HU

40. Thank You for Your kind Attention
www.hebron.edu