Jerash University

Jerash University or Jerash Private University (Arabic: جامعة جرش الخاصة) is the only university in Jerash Governorate, Jordan, located about 5 km from Jerash city center. The university offers undergraduate degrees in Arts and science.
About The university
President: Yousef Abu Addous
The approval of the Ministry of Higher Education to establish this university was granted in 1992, and teaching process started in the university in 1993. It was the first private university in northern Jordan, it is the major private investment institution at the level of Jerash Governorate. The university graduated more than 30000 students with the bachelor's degree, and more than 800 students with the master's degree. Hence, the university provided the public and private sectors with professional cadres, including judges in courts, representatives in legislative councils, teachers in schools, accountants in companies, and engineers in the contracting and agriculture fields.
Jerash University is located on an area of more than three hundred dunams. The area of the university's buildings is approximately 70.000 square meters. It includes twelve faculties: Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Business, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Sharia, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Information Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences.
Academics
There were ten colleges in the university in 2012:
Faculty of Information Technology :
Computer Science
Computer Networks .
Faculty of Literature:
Arabic Literatures,
English Literatures,
Translation,
Social Science
Humanities.
Faculty of Nursing :
Nursing .
Faculty of Engineering :
Civil Of Engineering
Electronics & Telecom
Architecture .
Faculty of Science :
chemistry
Biology
Mathematics
Physics .
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science :
Accounting
Admin sciences
Finance and Banking science
Faculty of Educational Sciences :
Classroom Teaching
kindergarten
General Administration
General Curriculum.
Faculty of Shari'a (Islamic Studies):
Jurisprudence
Comparative Jurisprudence .
Faculty of Agriculture: the only private university in Jordan that offers a degree in agricultural sciences.
Plants Production
Animals Production
agricultural Economics
Food & Nutrition .
Faculty of Law :
Public Law
Private Law .
Faculty of Pharmacy :
Pharmacy .
Applied Medical Science:
physical Therapy
Library
The university contains also four deanships: Deanship of Scientific Research and Graduate Studies, Deanship of Accreditation and Quality, Deanship of Student Affairs, and Deanship of distance education.
As for the bachelor's majors, the university offers 26 majors for bachelor's degree, and 10 majors master's degree.
In addition, the university has a computerized scientific library encompassing nearly 125.000 volumes and books; it also contains periodicals and scientific journals covering all disciplines.
The university's Strategic Plan 2019-2022 includes eleven themes, namely:
I- Study programs and plans.
II- Scientific research.
III- Human Resources.
IV- Students.
V- Quality Management.
VI- Infrastructure.
VII- Administrative Development.
VIII- Community Service.
IX-Promoting the university's financial position.
X- Global Spread.
XI- Governance and Strategic Planning.
Centers
Languages Center
Consultations
Computer and IT Center.
Career Guidance .
Consultant Office.
See also
List of Islamic educational institutions
References
Educational institutions established in 1992
Jerash Governorate
Jerash University
1992 establishments in Jordan