Academic Profile
New graduate and undergraduate programs in information technology, engineering, sciences, social policy, economics and management are being developed. The University campus is being expanded. At the same time, Birzeit University's various community Centers and Institutes engage in policy-oriented research to assist in the economic, social and human development of Palestine.
The university offers numerous undergraduate and post-graduate degrees through its seven faculties: Arts, Commerce and Economics, Engineering,Nursing-Pharmacy and Allied Health, Sciences, Law and Public Administration, Information Technology and Graduate Studies.
The Graduate Studies programs offers post-graduate diplomas and masters degrees in the following fields: Contemporary Arabic Studies; Arabic Islamic History; Education; Sociology; International Studies; Democracy and Human Rights; Economics; Law; Community and Public Health; Water and Environmental Engineering; Water and Environmental Sciences ; Gender, Law and Development; Business Administration; Applied statistics; Scientific Computing; Urban Planning And Design; and Medical Laboratory Sciences.
The university also offers two High Diplomas in Primary Healthcare (Supervision and Training); and Gender, Law and Development. In addition to its academic programs, the University has a wide range of institutes, centers and programs that aim to develop and support the community-oriented programs that contributes to the achievement of sustainable development in Palestine.
Everyday life in the local town and Birzeit University were described by Irish journalist David Lynch in his book, A Divided Paradise: An Irishman in the Holy Land (New Island, Jan 2009). Lynch spent the summer of 2005 living in the town, and studying in the local university and wrote about his experiences there.
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