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University of Al-Karaouine:-

The University of Al-Karaouine or Al-Qarawiyyin (Arabic: جامعة القرويين‎) (other transliterations of the name include Qarawiyin, Kairouyine, Kairaouine, Qairawiyin, Qaraouyine, Quaraouiyine, Quarawin, and Qaraouiyn) is a university located in Fes, Morocco which was established in 1947. Its origins date back to 859, when it was founded as a mosque school or madrasa. The madrasa has been (and still is) one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the Muslim world.




The Al-Karaouine madrasa played a leading role in the cultural and academic relations between the Islamic world and Europe in the middle ages. The cartographer Mohammed al-Idrisi (d. 1166), whose maps aided European exploration in the Renaissance is said to have lived in Fes for some time, suggesting that he may have worked or studied at Al Karaouine. The Madrasa has produced numerous scholars who have strongly influenced the intellectual and academic history of the Muslim and Jewish worlds. Among these are Ibn Rushayd al-Sabti (d. 1321), Mohammed Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari al-Fasi (d. 1336), Abu Imran al-Fasi (d. 1015), a leading theorist of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence, Leo Africanus, a renowned traveler and writer, and Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon.



The Al Karaouine institution is considered by the Guinness book the oldest continuously operating academic degree-granting university in the world.However, this claim on precedence appears to confound the distinct nature of madrasas and medieval universities which followed very different historical trajectories until the former were expanded to the later in modern times, and fails to take into account that the Islamic Ijazah certificate deviated in concept and procedure from the medieval doctorate out of which modern university degrees evolved. In 1947, it was reorganized to become a university.. Before it was known simply as "Al-Qarawiyin".

Mission:-
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane is a Moroccan independent, public, not-for-profit, coeducational university committed to educating future citizen-leaders of Morocco and the world through a globally oriented, English-language, liberal-arts curriculum based on the American system. The University enhances Morocco and engages the world through leading-edge educational and research programs, including continuing and executive education, upholds the highest academic and ethical standards, and promotes equity and social responsibility.

Academics:-
With approximately 1,700 fulltime students living and studying together on a beautiful, comfortable, and modern campus in the Middle Atlas town of Ifrane, Al Akhawayn offers a number of undergraduate program options in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, and Business Administration – all connected by a University Common Core of courses based on the American liberal arts model.

School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS):

Bachelor degree programs:-

Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Development (BSHRD)
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BAIS)
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies (BACS)
Intensive Summer Arabic and North African Studies program (Arabic and North African Studies Program Website)
Master's degree programs:
Master of Arts in International Studies and Diplomacy (MAISD)
The School of Science and Engineering (SSE):