Science & Technology

The idea of establishing an institution of higher learning in the outskirts of Jerusalem was conceived early in 1957, when a Board of Trustees was formed in Kuwait. The Board elected an Executive Committee entrusted with bringing this grand project into being.
 

The Committee have the following distinguished members in it:

  • His Excellency Abdul Aziz Hussein [ President ]
  • Al-Haj Yusuf Al-Fuleij
  • Mr. Zuhair Al-Karmi [ Secretary ]
  • Mr. Yakoub Al-Hamad [ Member ]
  • His Excellency Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Awadi [ Member ] 
  • Mr. Said Breik [ Member ]
  • His Excellency Sheikh Sabah A. Al-Jaber 

The Committee entrusted the honorable Mr. Rawhi Al-Khatib, the Mayor of Jerusalem with the task of assisting the Executive Committee in its endeavors and to initiate the constructural work, which actually began in 1965. Work on the site was interrupted by the outbreak of the 1967 war. Nevertheless, a sizable section of the buildings on the campus was completed later and utilized as a primary and secondary school servicing basically Palestinian orphans.  In October 1979, the College of Science was established, but was forced to close down by an Israeli military order, and was reopened in October 1981, as a College of Science and Technology.

The College is governed by a local Palestinian Board of Trustees composed of the following:

  • Mr. Zuhair Al-Karmi [ Vice-Chairman ]
  • Mr. Taiseer Kana'an [ Secretary ]
  • Mr. Anton Safieh [ Treasurer ]
  • Mr. Nihad Abu Gharbieh [ Member ]
  • Dr. Ishak Al-Huseini [ Member ]
  • Dr. Amin Al-Khatib [ Member ]
  • Mr. Yusuf Al-Budeiri [ Member ]
  • Mr. Husni Al-Ashhab [ Member ]
  • Mr. Ibrahim Daqqaq [ Member ]
  • Dr. Mohammed Said Kamal [ Member ]
  • Dr. Amin Majaj [ Member ]
  • Mr. Mohammed Nuseibeh [ Member ]
  • Sheikh Ali Tazziz [ Member ]
  • Dr. D.N.D. Tlil [ Member ]
  • Mr. Hafez Toukan [ Member ]

Furthermore the “Friends of the College Society” was established in Amman-Jordan, the Executive Committee has the following individuals on its board :

  • H.E. Sheikh Abdul Hamid As-Saeh [ ]
  • Haj Mohammed Ali Budeir [ Vice-Chairman ]
  • H.E. Rouhi Al Khatib [ Secretary ]
  • Mr. Osama D. Miqdadi [ Treasurer ]
  • Mr. Raouf Abu Jaber [ Member ]
  • H.E. Moh'd Nazzal Armouti [ Member ]
  • Mr. Ala' Uddin An-Nammari [ Member ]
  • H.E. Moh'd Khalaf [ Member ]
  • H.E. Raif Nijm [ Member ]
  • H.E. Rashid Uraiqat [ Member ]
  • Mr. Zaki El Ghoul [ Member ]
  • Mr. Shakib Shakhshir [ Member ]

In 1984,the College of Science and Technology unified with the three other Colleges (College of Islamic Studies, College of Nursing, and College of Arts) and established the nucleus of Al-Quds University, which became later a member of the Union of Arab Universities and the Union of International Universities.

In 1995, Al-Quds University with all its Colleges began the implementation of unified laws and regulations. The name of the College became The Faculty of Science and Technology.

The College is located southeast of the City of Jerusalem, in the town of Abu-Dis. The area of the Campus is around 190,000 square meters. The Faculty Campus hosts classrooms, staff offices, laboratories, workshops, a library, a cafeteria, several playgrounds, bookstore and computer centers.