Al-Mustansiriya University

Al-Mustansiriyah University
الجامعة المستنصرية
Mottoاقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ (3) الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ (4) عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
Motto in English
"Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous – Who taught by the pen – Taught man that which he knew not." (Surah Al-‘Alaq, 96:3–5)
TypePublic University
Established1227 (1227)
1963 (modern)
FounderMustansir
PresidentProf. Dr. Hamid Tamimi
Location,
Websitewww.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq

Al-Mustansiriya University (Arabic: الجامعة المستنصرية, romanizedal-Jāmiʿa al-Mustanṣariyya) is a public university located in Baghdad, Iraq. It traces its origin back to 1227. The modern form of the university was founded in 1963.