Dicle University (Turkish: Dicle Üniversitesi, Kurdish: Zanîngeha Dîcleyê) is a public university located in Diyarbakır, Turkey, and one of the largest higher education institution.

Vocational schools are located in Ergani, Çermik, Çüngüş, Bismil, and Silvan[3] Dicle University's early history is linked with Diyarbakır Eğitim Enstitüsü which was chartered on 1962.

[4][5] The Faculty of Medicine, which was opened in 1966 as a part of Ankara University, forms the nucleus of the present Dicle University.

With the opening of the Faculty of Art and Sciences in 1974, Dicle University was officially founded including two faculties.

[6] Dicle University is at the centre of the GAP.