The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, met with a delegation from the Qatari Ministry of Education and Higher Education, which included the Assistant Undersecretary for Higher Education Affairs in the Ministry, Dr. Khaled Abdullah Al-Ali, the Director of the Department of Higher Education Institutions Affairs, Dr. Abdullah Hamad Fetais, the Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Jordan Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Sharif, and Dr. Alaeddin Tawaha from the Qatari Cultural Attaché in Amman. During the meeting, possible means of cooperation were discussed between Yarmouk and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar. The two sides reviewed the stages of development and modernization that Yarmouk University is witnessing at all levels, acknowledging the University’s plan of keeping pace with recent developments in all fields of knowledge and qualifying human cadres with high-level skills to engage with the local and international labor market.
Massad said that Yarmouk University is witnessing a new phase of modernization and development in its academic programs emanating from the visions of economic modernization and the associated administrative and political modernization processes at the national level. He then pointed out that the University is moving steadily towards excellence and leadership and that it works within a strategic plan and clear visions to achieve a comprehensive and sustainable academic renaissance in a way that befits its history and scientific status.
For his part, Al-Ali expressed the keenness of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in the State of Qatar to build bridges of cooperation with Yarmouk in various fields of knowledge. He then pointed to the possibility of granting scholarships for Qatari students wishing to study in Jordan in specializations that meet their aspirations, stressing that his Ministry is working on modernizing and developing Higher education to keep pace with the global technological developments and the unprecedented progress made by artificial intelligence in various fields of life.
The Vice President for Planning, Development, Scientific Research, and Quality Affairs at Yarmouk, Dr. Samer Samara, gave a detailed presentation about the many Faculties of Yarmouk and the academic programs offered by them at the undergraduate and graduate levels, highlighting the new academic programs offered by the University for the first time in the academic year 2023/2024, namely digital arts, and Computer Engineering Program - Internet of Things, and Supply Chain Management and Logistics Sciences, Business Law, and Systems Engineering and Biomedical Informatics. Samara also reviewed the University's international ranking and accreditation pointing to its interest in achieving further development at this part.
