Hebron University is a public university in Hebron. Established in 1971, it has an undergraduate enrollment of eight thousand students.A group of citizens in the city of Hebron, headed by mayor Sheikh Mohammad ‘Ali Al-Ja’bari, wished to establish a university there. This was after the rest of Palestine came under Israeli occupation in 1967. Hebron University was established with the Islamic Shari’a College in 1971, the first educational institution for university education in Palestine.