Dar al-Kalima College

Dar al-Kalima College is an institution of higher education. It has a board of directors that put the policy and is administered by the Dean and the chairpersons of the different departments. The number of full time staff that are there is 16 and 45 part time faculty members. The budgetary resources for the College vary, and one third comes form tuition. The rest is raised either through grants or through income generating projects. The sources of funding, other than the students, come form individuals and NGOs as well as the parent organization, which is the Diyar Consortium. The College has the focus of the visual and the performing arts and is accredited to give diploma degrees in 10 programs. These programs range between 70-80 credits each and are taught over two years and are taught as courses, some are practical and others theoretical. As part of the policy of building networks with other like-minded institutions, the Dar al-Kalima College has several MOUs with international colleges and universities in Europe and the USA. As a result, student and teachers exchange is taking place on an annual basis. Among the partners who support the work of the College is the parent organization Diyar Consortium, the Bight Stars of Bethlehem (in the USA), the Church of Sweden, DAAD (Germany) and several friendship associations in Germany, Denmark and Switzerland.