University of Tartous, a new public university was established based on the decree no. 2 for 2015. It is based in the city of Tartous. The university's faculty and administrative staff were transferred from Tishreen University.
Faculties:
- medicine,
- education,
- economy,
- literature and human sciences,
- pharmaceuticals,
- technical engineering,
- communications and IT,
- tourism, and sciences.
Higher Institute for Languages was also established in April 2016 via a presidential decree.