High education in Jordan

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High education in Jordan
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Universities in Jordan

• Al Hussein Bin Talal University Al-Balqa
  Applied University Al-Isra University
  Al-Zaytoonah University Amman University
  Applied Science University Arab Academy for
  Banking and Financial Sciences Hashemite
  University Jerash Private University Jordan
  Academy of Music / Higher Institute of Music
  Jordan University Jordan University of Science
  and Technology Mu' tah University New York
  Institute of Technology Philadelphia University
  Princess Sumaya University for Technology
  University of Petra Yarmouk University Zarka
  Private University

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How to apply to the universities as Jordanian
student?

• We have an exam called the ( tawjihi) student
  apply to that exam after finishing high school
  and there are many kinds of specialty in this
  exam
• 1.scientific
• 2.letreat
• 3.others nursery ,IT,
  commercial
• 4. international
• And the greats you take are the main determinant
  of which university you will be in and the major
  you will study.
• students with high greats mainly apply to the
  medical ,economical collages mainly to the public
  uni and specially the Jordanian uni

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Some of the public universities
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Al al-Bayt University (The House of the Prophet
University) is located on the outskirts of the
city of Mafraq , 65 Kilometers to the north-east
(about 45 minutes drive) of the capital Amman -
Jordan .The university has integrated academic
facilities, student housing, and social services
on one site, extending over an area of 7539
dunums (dunum1000 square metres).
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Al-Hussein Bin Talal University was established
by a Royal Decree in April 1999.It is located in
the southern part of Jordan, where almost all
educational disciplines are needed, particularly
Tourism, Hotel Management, Science, Computer
Engineering, Education, and Mining Engineering.
The University's main campus  is located 7Kms. 
to the west of the city of Ma'an. .
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• Al-Balqa' Applied University is a public
  university established by the virtue of a royal
  decree, under the auspices of his majesty the
  late King Hussein -may his soul rest in peace- to
  provide qualified professionals who focus on
  applied technical studies, besides the academic
  studying in different fields to encounter all
  contemporary challenges faced by advanced
  technology

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• The University of Jordan is both a modern as well
  as old  institution of Higher Education in
  Jordan. Established in 1962, the University has,
  since then, applied itself to the advancement of
  knowledge no less than to its dissemination.
• In its capacity as a comprehensive teaching,
  research and community-service institution, the
  University of Jordan enables its students to
  choose from a wide range of programs- more than
  3500 different courses are offered by some 18
  faculties.
• Many current and former staff members head
  important academic, administrative, and political
  establishments in the Kingdom many have served
  as ministers in a number of government cabinets,
  top advisers to the Jordanian leadership, members
  of Parliament, and presidents of Jordanian public
  and private universities. Among its more than
  1086 faculty members are freelance writers in the
  national newspapers and magazines as well as
  consultants for the radio and TV. stations,
  poets, novelists, short-story writers

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• the Royal Decree ordaining the establishment of
  the Hashemite University was issued in June 1996.
  A Royal Committee was formed to manage and
  supervise this task headed by His Excellency the
  senate, Mudhar Badran, and included seven other
  members of specialists and experts in different
  fields of higher education. Similarly, The Board
  of Trustees was formed and included eleven
  members of specialists and experts of different
  education-related fields and headed by his
  Excellency the senate, Mudhar Babdran. The total
  area of the university's campus is 8519 acres 15
  of which was used for buildings, 25 for
  planting and agriculture. 200 acres have been
  planted with various vegetation. Teaching started
  at the onset of the academic year 1995/1996.
  Students were admitted to the three functioning
  faculties Sciences and arts, Economics and
  Administrative Sciences and Educational Sciences.
   

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Some of the privet universities
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