[2] It is located mainly in Deir ez-Zor, which hosts the medical school, and has campuses in other cities in Syria.

[4] The responsible authority for the campus in Deir ez-Zor is the Ministry of Higher Education (Syria).

[2] In 2014 Islamic State imposed behavioural conditions on the staff and students of the university's Raqqa campus to remain open.

[5] As of 2021, its Raqqa campus is now the site of al-Sharq University opened by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.

On the 28th of January 2017, students were reportedly at risk from active combat on and around the Deir ez-Zor campus.