Yarmouk University (Arabic:جامعة اليرموك), also abbreviated YU, is a comprehensive public and state-supported university located near the city centre of Irbid in northern Jordan. Since its establishment in 1976, it has been at the forefront of Jordanian and Middle Eastern universities. The University consists of 15 faculties offering 52 bachelor's degrees, 64 master's degrees, and 18 PhD Programs in different disciplines. The university also hosts 12 research and career centers.

As of the Academic Year 2016/2017, the university had 1,004 faculty members and 1,597 staff with 34,651 students in all academic programs (31,282 Undergraduate, 2,807 Postgraduate, and 562 Doctoral). In addition, there were around 5,000 international students from 50 different nations.

History

YU was established in 1976, and contains 15 faculties. Each year YU grants over 4000 Bachelor's and Master Degrees. The university started with a small number of faculty members; now it hosts 1,004 faculty members, of which 260 are full professors, 239 associate professors, 278 assistant professors, and 227 lecturers.[citation needed]

Presidents

  • Prof. Malek A. Alsharairi

Campus

YU campus is located near the city center of Irbid, the second largest city in Jordan. The campus consists of independent buildings for each faculty and administration unit.

YU Campus

Academics

There are fifteen faculties in the Yarmouk University that offer doctoral, graduate and undergraduate degrees, the medium of lectures, exams, and tuition depends in the faculty, scientific faculties use mainly English while other faculties use mainly Arabic, while Arabic is the main communication language in the university.[citation needed]

Faculty of ArtsFaculty of ScienceFaculty of Economics and Administrative SciencesHijjawi Faculty for Engineering TechnologyFaculty of ShariaaFaculty of EducationFaculty of Physical EducationFaculty of Fine ArtsFaculty of Mass CommunicationFaculty of Information Technology and Computer SciencesFaculty of Archaeology and AnthropologyFaculty of Tourism and Hotel ManagementFaculty of LawFaculty of MedicineFaculty of Pharmacy
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Scientific colleges

Faculty of Science:

Hijjawi Faculty of Engineering Technology:

Faculty of IT and Computer science:

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences

Colleges of arts and humanity sciences

Deanships & Centers

Deanship of Student Affairs Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies The Language Center Computer & Information Center Faculty Development Center (FDC) Queen Rania Center Refugees & Displaced Persons & Migration Center Center of Theoretical and Applied Physics Center Speech and Hearing Center The Jordanian Design Center (JDC) Academic Entrepreneurship Center of Excellence UNESCO Chair for Desert Studies and Desertification Control Marine Science Station Center (MSS)

Yarmouk University Press

The university publishes journals that are internationally peer-reviewed journals, they are published in cooperation with the Jordanian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and other annual and semiannual periodicals:

  • Jordan Journal of Chemistry (ISSN)(LCCN 2006308967)
  • JordanJournal physics (ISSN)
  • Jordan Journal of Mathematics and Statistics (ISSN)
  • Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature (ISSN)
  • Jordan Journal of Arts
  • Jordan Journal of Educational Sciences (ISSN)

Periodicals published by the university that include dissertations and masters thesis works:

  1. Abhath Al-Yarmouk (AYBSE). (ISSN)
  2. Abhath Al-Yarmouk (AYHSS). (ISSN)

Media

Yarmouk University has an FM radio station that broadcasts 24/7 at the frequency 105.7 FM. The station Yarmouk FM broadcasts news, music, political, social, and academic programs, and weather forecast. Yarmouk University has a newspaper that published periodically. The newspaper Sahafat Al-Yarmouk publish in the following topics:

  • news
  • music
  • political
  • social
  • academic programs

Notable alumni

Faculty

Notable past Yarmouk University faculty include:

  • Prof. Adnan Badran (1976-1986).
  • Prof. Ali Mahafza (1989-1993).
  • Prof. Marwan Kamal (1994-1997).
  • Dr. Seteney Shami, Anthropologist.
  • Ina'am Qaddoura Al-Mufti.
  • Sayed Awad (1982-1986), Egyptian composer of contemporary classical music.
  • Dr. Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri, Iraqi American mathematician.
  • Dr. Khaldoun H. Shami, Syrian scholar of ethnographic documentary.
  • Dr. Mohammad Basil Altaie, Iraqi physicist, philosopher and professor of theoretical physics.
  • Dr. Muhammad Mufaku, Albanian Syrian professor of Middle East studies.
  • Dr. Salam Fayyad, Economist.
  • Ali Talib, Iraqi artist.

See also

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