The Karary University is a university based in the city of Omdurman

Omdurman

Omdurman is the second largest city in Sudan and Khartoum State, lying on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the capital, Khartoum. Omdurman has a population of 2,395,159 and is the national centre of commerce...

 in the state of Khartoum

Khartoum (state)

Khartoum is one of the 15 states of Sudan. It has an area of 22,122 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 7,152,102 . Khartoum, the national capital of Sudan, is the capital of the Khartoum State....

, Sudan

Sudan

Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

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The university was established in 1996 as a public university funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

The Karary Academy of Technology was conceived as tertiary educational institution that would prepare engineering and technological students to meet the needs of the armed forces and military industries, and to guide the relevant scientific research.
In 2011, according to Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, the university ranked 10,494 in the world, fourth in Sudan. In Sudan, it ranked behind the University of Khartoum

University of Khartoum

The University of Khartoum ia a multi-campus, co-educational university located in Khartoum. It is the largest and oldest university in Sudan. UofK was founded as Gordon Memorial College in 1902 and established in 1956 when Sudan gained independence...

, Sudan University of Science and Technology

Sudan University of Science and Technology

Sudan University of Science and Technology, or SUST, is one of the main public universities in Khartoum, Sudan.It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World....

, National Ribat University

National Ribat University

The National Ribat University is a university based in the city of Khartoum, Sudan.The President of the Republic is the sponsor of the University....

 and ahead of the International University of Africa.