List of universities and colleges in the State of Palestine

This is a list of universities and colleges in the State of Palestine, which comprises both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The West Bank and Gaza together had 14 universities, an open university for distance learning, 18 university colleges and 20 community colleges.

All universities in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces. See "Attacks on schools during the Israeli invasion of Gaza" for more.

West Bank

 * Al-Quds University
 * Al-Quds Open University
 * An-Najah National University
 * Arab American University
 * Bethlehem Bible College
 * Bethlehem University
 * Birzeit University
 * Dar Al-Kalima University
 * Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
 * Hebron University
 * Ibrahimieh College
 * Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie
 * Palestine Ahliya University
 * Palestine Polytechnic University
 * International Academy of Art, Palestine
 * Ariel University in the illegal settlement of Ariel. The upgrade of its status from a college to a university was highly controversial within Israel itself (see Ariel University for details).

Gaza Strip

 * Al-Aqsa University
 * Al-Azhar University – Gaza
 * Al-Quds Open University
 * Gaza University (Gaza)
 * Islamic University of Gaza
 * Israa University
 * Palestine Technical College
 * University College of Applied Sciences
 * University of Palestine
 * Gaza Community/Training Center
 * Hassan University

Other education and research institutions

 * Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem
 * Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute
 * Palestinian Academic Network
 * Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs
 * Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education

Education and research organizations outside Palestine

 * Durham Palestine Educational Trust
 * Institute for Middle East Understanding
 * Institute for Palestine Studies
 * Scientists 4 Palestine
 * PEACE Programme - under the auspices of UNESCO