Jerusalem University College

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Jerusalem University College, founded in 1957 as the American Institute of Holy Land Studies is an undergraduate and graduate academic institution operated by a consortium of 100 American theological seminaries and Christian colleges and universities. It provides a two-year graduate program of courses leading to the degrees of M.A. in Biblical History and Geography and in Middle Eastern Cultures and Religions, an undergraduate program offering a semester or year abroad, and a variety of shorter courses.

There are 13 faculty, almost all with doctorates from major American universities, teaching in the full-time programs, and additional faculty for the shorter programs.

The program is faith-related, offering its program within "within the framework of the conservative evangelical Christian thought represented by the members schools of the consortium," ^[1]--these schools include a wide range of Protestant traditions. it is an affiliate of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities ^[2] The campus is in Mount Zion of the Old City of Jerusalem near Jaffa Gate. Before 1967, it had been the grounds of the Bishop Gobat School, founded in 1853.

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• Home page
• List of undergraduate colleges and universities in the consortium
• List of seminaries and graduate schools in the consortium