University of Benghazi Reopens After 11 Years, Sets 3 Guinness Records
Benghazi – September 15, 2026 -- The University of Benghazi reopened all its faculties and facilities on September 4, 2026, after an 11-year closure caused by war damage, following a reconstruction project led by the Libyan Fund for Development and Reconstruction.
Reconstruction took three years to rebuild an integrated university campus
The project, personally overseen by Fund Director-General engineer Belqasim Khalifa Haftar, restored the faculties of engineering, arts, law, science and languages, along with the central library, administrative buildings, laboratories, service facilities, student housing and internal infrastructure.
University serves nearly 100,000 students as one of Libya's oldest institutions
Known as the "Mother of Libyan Universities," the institution has provided free education for decades, training generations of scientists, academics, experts and officials who helped build Libya's state institutions.