 thumb|founded by royal decree in 1955, al manar palace in benghazi was the first campus thumb|students during a seminar at the university (1966)  the university of libya ()university of libya was the formal translation of al jame'a al libiya to english. however, its more accurate to translate it the libyan university since al libiya is an adjective for al jame'a. was a public university based in tripoli and benghazi, libya. the university was established in 1955 and disestablished in 1973, when its colleges were split into two new universities: the university of tripoli (later al fateh university) in tripoli, and the university of benghazi (later garyounis university) in benghazi. == history == ===origins === despite its difficult economic situation at the time, in the 1950s the libyan government decided to found a university. towards that goal it sent a delegation to egypt in 1955 to meet the then-prime minister gamal abdul nasser, and seek his permission for the loan of some lecturers working in egypt. the egyptian government agreed, and promised to pay the salaries of the four borrowed lecturers for four years.mohammed faraj dghaim, p. 106. the u.s. nominated professor majid khadduri to be the dean of faculty of literature, and took the burden of paying him.mustapha ben halim, "libia : inbe'ath omma.. wa soqout dawla", manshurat al jamal, koln, germany, 2003. a royal decree was issued on 15 december 1955 for the founding of the university. the first faculty to be formed was the faculty of literature in benghazi, and the royal p
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