Al-Mustansiriya University

Al-Mustansiriya University
الجامعة المستنصرية
Established	1227
Type	Public University
Location	Baghdad, Iraq
Campus	Urban
Website	www.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq

Al-Mustansiriya University (Arabic: الجامعة المستنصرية) is a university located in Baghdad, Iraq. It was established in 1227 by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustansir and is one of the oldest universities in the world. Formerly named Mustansiriya Madrasah, it was restructured as a modern university in 1927. Its building, located on the left bank of the Tigris River, survived the Mongol invasion of 1258 and has been restored. Nearby buildings included the Saray souq, the Baghdadi Museum, Mutanabbi Street, the Abbasid Palace and Caliph's Street. Now the university is relocated in new campus after restructuring.

Colleges

• College of Medicine: Based outside the main campus, attached to Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital. It is one of four medical schools in Baghdad and the second established (after the University of Baghdad medical college).
• College of Dentistry: The second in Baghdad (after the University of Baghdad dentistry college).
• College of Law
• College of Management and Economy
• College of Arts
• College of Education
• College of Science
• College of Physical Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Political Science
• College of Basic Education

2007 bombing

The 16 January 2007 Baghdad Mustansiriya University bombing was a series of attacks on students and teachers at the largely Mustansiriya University on January 16, 2007. Some 70 people were killed and 169 were wounded.^[1]

In early December 2006, the insurgent group Ansar al-Sunna distributed statements at mosques in western Baghdad and on websites calling on students and professors to cancel classes in preparation for a purge of Shiite militias from campuses. A December 3 statement named Mustansiriya University as one of the schools that should be closed.

Notable alumni

• Kasim Muhammad Taqi al-Sahlani, member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq
• Rahim AlHaj, oud player and composer
• Alia Mamdouh, novelist, author and journalist

References

1. ^ Deaths top 100 in Baghdad bombings, shootings, CNN

External links

• Official website (Arabic)

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