Students and Enrollment

• In the academic year 2015/2016 12,101 students are registered at Birzeit University
• 10,710 undergraduate students, 1,290 graduate and PhD students, and 101 diploma and special students
• 64% of the student body is female and 36% is male. (64.1% of the undergraduate students and 65.9% of the graduate students are females)

Campus Grounds

• The area of the campus of Birzeit University is nearly 800 dunums (80 hectares or 200 acres)
• There are 24 main buildings on campus

Faculties

Birzeit University has eight faculties. These offer 91 academic programs, among them 59 to achieve a Bachelor’s degree, 28 graduate studies programs, one PhD program, two diploma programs, and one program for foreign students.

The faculties, in alphabetical order, are:

• Faculty of the Arts 
• Faculty of Business and Economics 
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engineering and Technology
  
• Faculty of Law and Public Administration
• Faculty of Nursing, Pharmacy and Health Professions
• Faculty of Science 
• Faculty of Graduate Studies

Faculty Members & Staff

• The university has 504 academic staff members (387 faculty members and 117 researchers and teaching assistants)
• More than 31% percent of faculty members are women
• 61% of full-time faculty members hold a Doctorate
• 142 faculty members part-timer
• The university also has 449 non-academic staff members, including senior professionals, administrators, technicians, and service workers

Institutes & Centers

As part of its community outreach mission, the university is also home to 11 specialized Institutes and Centers. The institutes offer graduate programs and conduct academic and applied research. The centers offer training and conduct applied research.

• Institute of Community and Public Health 
• Institute of Environmental and Water Studies
• Institute of Law
• Institute of Women’s Studies
• Ibrahim Abu Lughod Institute of International Studies 
• Birzeit University Testing Laboratories 
• Center for Continuing Education 
• Center for Development Studies
• Media Development Center 
• Najjad Zeenni IT Center of Excellence 
• Sina Institute for Knowledge Engineering and Arabic Technologies

Facilities

• Birzeit University includes one main library (the Yusuf Ahmed Alghanim Library) and three branch libraries: the Institute of Law Library, Institute of Woman Studies Library and the library of Said Khoury Building for Development Studies.
• The campus of Birzeit University includes Birzeit University Museum, Naseeb Aziz Shaheen Theatre, Samih Darwazah Pharmaceuticals Institute and Michel and Sanieh Hakim Observatory.

Financial Aid

• During the academic year 2014/2015, students received more than 3.3 million Jordanian Dinars ($4.7 million) in financial aid
• 45% of the university students where beneficiaries of this aid
• 20% of the students made special arrangements or implemented installment plans to make their payments

Financial Report

Download the Financial Statements of the external auditor for the past years. All files are in PDF format:

• 2015 Finanical Statements
• 2014 Finanical Statements
• 2013 Financial Statements
• 2012 Financial Statements
• 2011 Financial Statements
• 2010 Financial Statements
• 2009 Financial Statements

Full reports are available upon request.

For more details please contact the Institutional Research Unit: director.iru@birzeit.edu.