Al-Quds University (Arabic: جامعة القدس‎) is a Palestinian university with campuses in Jerusalem, Abu Dis, and al-Bireh. It was founded in 1984, but its official constitution was written in 1993 when Mohammed Nusseibeh, its first Chancellor and Chancellor of the College of Science and Technology, announced its formation.

Overview 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 had 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. Rouhi 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.