Garyounis University (Arabic: جامعة قاريونس‎) is a public university in Benghazi. It is the oldest and first Libyan university. It was founded on 15 December 1955 as The Libyan University. The nucleus of the university was the College of Arts and Education, which then had an enrollment of 31 students. Since then, the College of Science was established in Tripoli, the College of Economics in Benghazi in 1957, the College of Law in Benghazi in 1962 and the College of Agriculture in Tripoli in 1966. In 1967 the College of Higher Technical Studies, and the Higher Teacher's College were incorporated into the University. The names of these two colleges were changed into the College of Engineering and the College of Education. Moreover, the College of Medicine was established in 1970 in the city of Benghazi. In 1972, the College of Petroleum and Minerals was established in Tripoli. In 1973 The Libyan University was split into two independent universities. All the colleges (faculties) located in Tripoli joined the University of Al Fateh while those located in Benghazi joined Garyounis University. Subsequently, the following faculties were established at Garyounis University.