University of Benghazi

The University of Benghazi (UoB) was established on December 15, 1955. It was then named the Libyan University. The nucleus of the University was the Faculty of Arts and Education, which included 31 students, 6 professors and 9 administrative staff members at that time. 

Now, the UoB includes 23 faculties 230 departments and centers. It has many campuses and scientific institutes inside Benghazi; as its total area is about 500 hectares. It also has 10 centers of research, media production, languages, medical services, info & IT, innovation, academic development, public administration, engineering consulting and legal studies. UoB is the largest university in Libya with 82,000 undergraduate students, 3,000 graduate students, 2,000 academic staff members and 4,500 employees.