Education
University College London.
University College London.
He was Dean of Engineering and later President of the University of Aleppo where he founded the Institute for the History of Arabic Science (IHAS) and was its first director. He also served as Minister of Petroleum, Electricity and Mineral Resources of Syria prior to 1971. He migrated to Canada in 1982 and settled there, The scientific endeavours of Professor Ahmed Y. al-Hassan earned him many prestigious awards from several countries.
He was a distinguished author on the subject of history of science and technology and his books have been translated into many languages. Visiting Professor at the Department for the History and Philosophy of Science, University College, London
Visiting Professor at the Department of Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of Toronto
Associate of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto
Professor Emeritus of the Institute for the History of Arabic Science (IHAS), University of Aleppo
Recipient of the Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur of the French Republic.
Member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO’s project: The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture, and the chief editor of Volume IV: Science and Technology in Islam
Member of the editorial committee of the Journal of the History of Arabic Science (JHAS)
Past member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations University, Tokyo
Corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science
Corresponding Member of the Iraqi Academy.