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University College of Applied Sciences

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “public technical education”. Today it says “technical college in gaza”.
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University in Gaza Strip, Palestine UCAS administration building University College of Applied Sciences ( UCAS ) is a technical college in Gaza , Palestine founded in 1998. It offers 40 majors in engineering, health, technology, administration, education and the humanities. The school had a student population of 6,000 with its main campus is in Gaza City . The College offers undergraduate degrees in a number of specializations such as education technology, technological management and planning, and geographic information systems. Its campus buildings were completely destroyed by Israeli bombing during the Israel–Hamas war on 19 October 2023. Israeli forces then shelled Palestinians living amid the rubble of the university on January 22, 2024. The university's president, prominent academic Said Alzebda , was killed during the Gaza War on 31 December 2023. Despite the destruction of its campus, in August 2024 the university announced a project to integrate medical students directly into Gaza's health sector via a five-month training program funded by Kuwait . Galil, Tarek A. el (2024-01-04). "غزة تودع الأكاديمي سعيد الزبدة بنيران الاحتلال الإسرائيلي.. ودورات تدريبية لتعليم مدرسي اللغة العربية في لندن" . "الكلية الجامعية للعلوم التطبيقية في غزة تطلق مشروعا لدمج طلبة العلوم الصحية في القطاع الطبي بتمويل كويتي من الهيئة الخيرية الإسلام العالمية" .

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public technical education

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technical college in gaza

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