Editing Tunis (section)

==Education==
[[File:FaculteLettre9AvrilTunis.jpg|left|thumb|Faculty of the Human and Social Sciences]]
Tunis and its suburbs have many of the major Tunisian universities including the [[University of Tunis]], [[Tunisia Private University]], [[University of Ez-Zitouna]], the University of Tunis – El Manar, the [[University of Carthage]] and the [[Manouba University]]. It therefore has the highest concentration of students in Tunisia, with a student population of 75,597 {{As of|2006|lc=y}}.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.mes.tn/francais/donnees_de_base/p_etud.htm Statistiques officielles (Ministère de l'éducation nationale)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207143229/http://www.mes.tn/francais/donnees_de_base/p_etud.htm |date=2014-02-07 }}</ref>

[[File:New building of the Higher School of Communication of Tunis (Sup'Com).png|thumb|Higher School of Communication of Tunis]]
There are also a number of other post-secondary institutions, such as the [[National School of Engineers of Tunis]], the [[National School of Science]], the [[Graduate School of Communications of Tunis]], and the [[Higher Institute of Technological Studies in Communications of Tunis]]. In addition, private training institutes include the [[Open University]] of Tunis, the Central University Private Business Administration and Technology, the Graduate School of Private Engineering and Technology, and the North African Institute of Economics and Technology.

Among the high schools in the capital, the best-known are the Lycée de la Rue du Pacha (founded 1900), Lycée Bab El Khadhra, Lycée de la Rue de Russie, Lycée Bourguiba (formerly Lycée Carnot de Tunis), and the Lycée Alaoui. Until independence, [[Sadiki College]] (founded 1875) and [[Khaldounia]] (founded 1896) were also among the most recognized. A legacy of the French presence in the country remains, and the city retains many French schools, the most important being the Lycée Pierre Mendes-France at [[Mutuelleville]].{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Students can pursue language studies at small private schools such as [[Sidi Bou Said Centre for Languages]] (Centre Sidi Bou Said de Langues et d'Informatique) in the picturesque Tunis suburb of Sidi Bou Said, next to the Sidi Bou Said TGM station that specializes in Arabic, offering classes in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), classical Arabic, Tunisian Arabic and the various dialects of North Africa, the Gulf and the Levant.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

===Libraries===
[[File:Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie (19-09-2008).jpg|right|thumb|National Library of Tunisia]]
Tunis has some of the most important libraries in Tunisia including the National Library of Tunisia which was first installed in 1924 in the Medina, in a building built in 1810 by [[Hammuda ibn Ali|Hammouda Bey]] to serve as barracks for troops and then a jail.<ref name="MUN2">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/culture_bibliotheque0.htm Bibliothèques (Municipalité de Tunis)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106122348/http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/culture_bibliotheque0.htm |date=2009-01-06 }}</ref>  The library moved to its current location on Boulevard 9 April in 1938. The new building contains a reading room, conference room, laboratories, an exhibition gallery, a block of technical and administrative services, a restaurant, parking, and green space areas.

Housed in a former home of a Hafsid scholar, the library of the [[Khaldounia]] was founded in 1896 along with the creation of the educational institution. After independence and following the consolidation of programs of education, the association ceased operations but the library is now linked to the National Library, which provides for its management.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/culture_bibliotheque1.htm Bibliothèques (Municipalité de Tunis)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211164528/http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/fr/culture_bibliotheque1.htm |date=2008-12-11 }}</ref>

Built in the 17th century, the Dar Ben Achour also contains a library. Acquired in the late 1970s by the municipality of Tunis, the house was restored in 1983 into a library.<ref name="MUN2"/>