Hashemite University


The Hashemite University, often abbreviated HU, is one of the Jordanian state-run universities. It was established in 1995. The University is located in the vicinity of the city of Zarqa. As regards to the study systems, it applies the credit hour system. Each college has its own number of credit hours. The university is the first university in Jordan to apply the Two- Summer –Semester system.
The Hashemite University offers a variety of different master programs. It also offers an international admission program which allows non-Jordanian students to enroll at the university.

Geographical location

The Hashemite University is located in the city of Zarqa on a site parallel to two international highways. The west gate of the university, which is the main gate, opens to the international highway that links Amman with Mafraq and Irbid and from there to Syria. The south gate opens to the highway that leads to AzZarqa and from there to Iraq And Saudi Arabia.

History

The Royal Decree to establish the Hashemite University was issued on 19 June 1991. Teaching at the university started on 16 September 1995. The total area of the university's campus is 8519 acres. The university received the order of Independence of first class for its achievements in renewable energy and higher education.

Academics

The university comprises 19 colleges and institutes. It offers specialties at undergraduate level and specialties at postgraduate level

Faculty of Medicine

The decree of establishing the Faculty of Medicine at the Hashemite University was issued in the academic year 2005/2006. The faculty admitted the first intake of students in the academic year 2006/2007. It signed a collaboration protocol with the Ministry of Health and the Royal Medical Services. The agreement includes a number of terms that contribute to aiding and supporting the knowledge in the field of medicine, and to enhancing the exchange of scientific and practical experience.
The Permanent Council of the faculty was established to implement the Standards and the guidelines of granting the bachelor's degree of Medicine. The council accomplished the study plan and course descriptions for the award of this degree. The college grants the BA Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" after the completion of 257 credit hours. The plan was modified in the beginning of 2011 to bring about more focus on the practical elements.
The faculty was officially opened in an opening ceremony attended by his majesty king Abdullah II in 2010. The faculty is assigned on to World Directory of Medical Schools.

Faculty of [Engineering]

The Faculty of Engineering was established in August 1998. The faculty offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight programs. The bachelor's degrees are in Architecture, Civil, Electrical, Industrial, Biomedical, Mechanical, Computer, and Mechatronics Engineering. The Master programs offered by the faculty are Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Energy Systems, Maintenance Management and Testing Technology. On 28 August 2018, the faculty fulfilled the criteria of Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

Faculty of [Sciences]

The Faculty of Science was initially established as part of a combined Science and Arts Faculty in 1995/1996. In 1998/1999, the Department of Geology was separated from the Faculty and become a part of the Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment and in 2001/2002. It holds four departments, which are Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biotechnology.

Faculty of [Arts] (FOA)

The Faculty of Arts has been active at the University since its establishment in 1995. The Faculty offers courses in four majors:
The Faculty provides MA degree in Arabic literature, Arabic linguistics, English Language and Literature, and Peace Studies and Conflict Management. Recently, an updated PhD program is established in Arabic Language and literature.

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (FOE)

Since its establishment in September 1995, the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences has various specialized programs that aim at achieving the educational goals of the faculty. Under this general interest, the faculty offers the following specialties: Banking and Financial sciences, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Financial Economics, administrative Information systems,Insurance and Risk Management, Hotel Management,Accounting and Commercial law.
The faculty also provides the following master programs: Accounting and Funding, Business Administration, Production and Operations, Funding and Investment, Business Administration
The expansion of the BA courses has been positively reflected in the number of students who got enrolled. Statistically, 3880 enrollments have been reflected by the faculty during the year 2007/2008 compared to 123 enrollments for year 1995/1996. Currently, there are 174 students at the master level and 3706 students at the undergraduate level.

Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

The Faculty of Allied Health Sciences was established in 1998 by the decree of the board of trustees in. The students’ enrolment first start was in 2000 after a comprehensive study of the importance of such medical fields. The faculty provides a bachelor's degree in the following programs:
It also provides MA degree in Medical Laboratory Science.

Faculty of [Nursing]

It was established 1999 to keep progress in the health sector in Jordan. In addition the Faculty provides one BA program in Nursing and two MA degree programs in: Cancer Nursing and Adult Health Nursing.

Faculty of [Physical Education and Sport Sciences]

The Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences was established in 1998. The Faculty was brought to life in order to meet the increasing needs of the local community and to keep abreast with. However, it was 1999/2000 when the faculty receives its first class. The faculty provides two BA degree programs in :
The Faculty of Educational Sciences is the heart and soul of Hashemite University The Faculty offers all undergraduate and graduate students a rigorous and forward-looking education in the educational, pedagogical sciences, and counseling psychology, and offers opportunities for students to major in many areas of study. EDS is a great place to explore fields of study that educate the person as a whole and open doors to careers that make a difference. The faculty was established in 1995/1996 offering the following programs on both BA and MA level degrees:
The Faculty of Prince Hussein Bin Abdulla II of Information Technology at Hashemite University was established in 2001/2002 In response to the continuous development in information technology and to keep pace with times and rapid changes in this sector, and because of the increasing regional and international demand for highly qualified specialists in information technology.
The faculty providesa bachelor's degree in the following programs:
It also provides MA degree in: Information and Creativity Systems and Software Engineering.

[Queen Rania] Faculty for Childhood (QRFC)

The Faculty was established in 2002, as the first faculty dedicated to early childhood education and services in Jordan. The main goal of the Faculty is to equip and provide highly qualified graduates who are professionally and ethically ready to work with children and their families locally and regionally.
The Faculty offers undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Care, and in Special Education.
It provides two BA Programs :
The Queen Rania Faculty of Tourism and Heritage was established in 1999/2000 in the fields of tourism, conserving antiquities and managing cultural resources.
It provides BA degree Programs in :
The Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment is an alternative name to The Institute of Land, Water and Environment which was established at the beginning of the year 1999. The objective of having such a faculty was to strengthen the involvement of the Hashemite University, these are its departments Department of Land Management and Environment, Department of Earth Sciences and Environment, and Department of Water Management and Environment.

Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences

The university grants a bachelor's degree of pharmacy in two specialty tracks: the Administrative pharmacy and the Industrial pharmacy. This faculty accepted its first group of students during the fall semester of 2013. The faculty incorporated a hypothetical pharmacy established in 2015 to train students and enhance the practical aspect of the specialty.

Deanship of Students’ Affairs

The deanship was established in 1995-1996. It is mainly linked with students and the local community. It aims to develop students physically, mentally, socially and physiologically through fostering their personal characteristics in order to be the future leaders and be capable of bearing any responsibilities. The deanship aims at enhancing a sense of belonging and loyalty to the country, to spread out the sense of group work, unity and sharing. In addition it strengthens national unity. The deanship is divided into seven departments.
  1. Department of students’ care and services which has two sections: one is associated with students' services and the other with students' health care.
  2. Department of Athletic Activities.
  3. Department of Cultural and Artistic Activities.
  4. Department of Students Committees.
  5. International Students Office.
  6. Alumni Students Affairs Office.
  7. King Abdullah II Fund for Development / Career Counseling.
There are different facilities related to the deanship such as: The Deanship's Facilities
  1. Al-karamah Theater.
  2. : symposiums and lectures
  3. Three students lounges.
  4. Exhibition lounge.
  5. Music room.
  6. Drawing studio.
  7. Student Service facilities such as Multipurpose sport gymnasium and out-door Pitches. in addition, the deanship offers students loans and Counseling.

    Deanship of Scientific Research

In collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, The Hashemite University Deanship of Scientific Research issues three international peer-reviewed scientific journals:

Faculty of Graduate Studies

The Hashemite University offers 35 programs in master, doctoral and high diploma. It also offers several professional diploma programs. The Faculty of Graduate Studies accepts outstanding students into various graduate programs, based on top-of-the-line, up-to-date study-plans that meet with the latest ever-developing international standards and market needs.

El-Hassan Bin-Talal faculty of arid land studies

It was named Arid Lands Academy then renamed as El-Hassan Bin-Talal faculty of arid land studies at the Hashemite University in Jordan launched as a tripartite collaborative endeavor between Jordan's Higher Council of Science and Technology, Hashemite University, and International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas. El-Hassan Bin-Talal faculty of arid land studies born as an initiative of HRH Prince El-Hassan Bin-Talal.
El-Hassan Bin-Talal faculty of arid land studies came to enhance the agricultural investments in the arid land of Jordan, which consist about 80% of Jordan area, so it can face the rapid demand of food productions due to rapid population growth. However, the faculty proposed to transfer its experience in the arid lands investments to the countries that face the same conditions of Jordan.
The mission of the El-Hassan Bin-Talal faculty of arid land studies is to provide spearheading solutions for unbalance use for the natural resources and environment by developing interactive educational and research programs. These decisive results to be use in mitigate the climate change effect, natural resource degradation, and depleted water resources and increase the arid land productivity in Jordan. Furthermore, El-Hassan Bin-Talal faculty of arid land studies tactics to be internationally resource for sustainable development of arid lands by collaborating with other international institutions and attracting scientists and students from across the world.
El-Hassan Bin-Talal faculty of arid land studies vision is establishing an exceptional education curriculum that grants bachelor's degrees in the arid lands studies including range-livestock science and management, natural resources and the environment, economic development, policy analysis, and rural sociology. El-Hassan Bin-Talal faculty of arid land studies objectives are to impart knowledge from the scientist from Arab countries and the world on the sustainable development of arid lands, and to generate an entrepreneurial approach in solving the problems of over-use and misuse of natural resources in arid land by involving local communities, which will involve them in decision-making and open new opportunities for employment.

Library

The library contains nearly 250 thousand paper materials and about 430 billion a computerized database of scientific documents in various aspects of knowledge. The library also offers a computerized and comprehensive system for circulating books depending on radio waves for identification.

Main library

The library has undergone automation project offering computerized library information covering systems of acquisition, cataloging and circulation services using the HORIZON database management system.
The library is a member in the consortium of Jordanian Public University libraries. Jordan Library and Information Association, Arab Federation of University Libraries, and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, and the Center Of Excellence.

Special-purpose libraries

It is located in the Ibn Sina Medical complex in the Medical college section and houses many medical books for the students.
The Childhood Library houses a special collection on childhood, children, family and related subjects to serve the information needs of staff and students at the Faculty of Queen Rania for Childhood. Houses a total of 7,000 books and periodicals that focus on childhood, children family, and related subjects.
Social Work Library was launched within the context of a cooperation agreement between the Social Work Center at Hashemite University and Abdel-Hameed Shoman Foundation.
For resources on American Literature, Heritage, American Foreign and Domestic Policies, American Economy, American Society and Cities, Music and Arts, and Famous American Characters. It also organizes digital video conferencing with affiliated universities and institutions in the United States.
For English literature, English Language, and related subjects.

Units and Centers

The academic centers and the specialized and services offices

  1. Doll Lab: this laboratory has a control room and a video room where educating videos are displayed for students in addition to a room where a student can observe his/her college or professor while s/he is performing medical skills and how s/he is dealing with the patient. The lab also includes a room for the observer and a doll which acts like a real patient who performs human vital physiological processes such as pulsing, breathing, defecating, pressure and light sensing, and it is connected with a computer from which it the pathological case can be selected from a computerized list through a computer program as it includes 59 pathological scenarios which are able to be increased by preparing other possible pathological cases according to the training and educating need. The doll simulates wounds bleeding as the blood can get out of it as is the case with real wounds. Moreover, the doll reacts with anesthesia, and it has the ability to defecate other liquids from the body like urine and mucus as it is provided with liquids and gases regularly from the main providing room. It also can react to 250 kinds of medicine, their effect as well as their side effects as it is given the medicine through a digital injection that has a barcode and contains a liquid with the same color of the medicine. The doll is capable of being Cardiopulmonary resuscitated since it is connected with the respiratory system and the electric shocks device. The Electrocardiography is displayed on a screen which is connected to the doll in addition to two cameras, one of which records students while they are dealing with the medical case and the other records the doll and its response for the doctor and it shows their pictures on the main screen in the control room. The doll is also capable of producing sounds as those used to express pain and it also can ask for a medicine, food, or for seeing a doctor.
  2. Sub-Laboratory clinics: the Lab consists of 23 medical training clinics, each of which contains an office, a medical bed and a computer connected to the Internet which contains an electronic medical library, in addition to a doll which differs from one clinic to another. Each clinic teaches the students a certain medical skill as blood pressure checks, the spinal cord puncture, ear checking, hearing the heart sounds, identifying the intravenous entrances, venipuncture, intravenous solutions, giving medicine through the intramuscularly injection, bones or venous. Also they learn the wounds suture, medical sutures and all kinds of surgical thread, In addition to dealing with new born babies, and the anal checking. The lab contains two rooms to monitor and follow up the students during the learning process by a faculty member to assess their practice and perfection and their behavior during the patient's diagnosis and preview. The lab also includes two rooms for communication skills provided with a display screen to watch educational videos or recordings for students during their training in addition to a smart board. It also includes a trauma man through which the student learns the surgical intervention in emergency case, like ascites, installation chest tube and surgical input by larynx.
The clinical skills education and testing center won the first prize in Al Hassan Bin Talal Award for Scientific Excellence which is managed by The Higher Council for Science and Technology.

Off campus Housing

The University offers housing for girls only in the city of Abdallah ben Adelaziz located 10 minutes away east from Zarqa city.
The Succession for the presidency at the university includes:
the current President of the Hashemite University is Dr. Kamaluddin Bani Hani.

University’s projects

The university applied the open percentage lists since the 14th council that was conducted according to that system on 4 December 2014. The Hashemite University is considered the first Jordanian institution that applies such system. The numbers of seats reached 66 chairs in the fifteenth council as the percentage was one to 600 students. The university conducted to lists:
The Hashemite University is free from fiscal deflect and debt. It hasn't got any financial support from the government during the current administration under the supervision of the president Dr. Kmal Bani Hani. It has saved about JD7.1 million yearly compared to the previous administrations. This has been accomplished through reducing the expenses that don't negatively affect the teaching process.
The reductions were for example: controlling overtime working hours for the academic and administrative staff, reducing the expenses of the university's celebrations, checking the sick leaves, and developing the programs of information technology throughout the university's technological center instead of getting it from outside the university. The university has also suspended all the administrative occupations for about 4 years.
The number of the academic employees compared to the administrative is 1-1.5. The university has increased its fiscal revenue through financing some projects from outside resources like the university's Masjed which was built at the expense of Shaikh Salim Al-Mazroie from United Arab Emiratis. In Addition to establishing a virtual pharmacy to train pharmacy students on the expense of Dwakom Company
The value of state contributions to the university is JD26 million in debts to the state. This number dropped in.2015 because of the lack of a deficit in the university's budget.

Affiliations and International Agreements and Classifications

The Hashemite University was ranked the tenth among the best universities in the Middle East according to the scientific research impact and was ranked one of the best 300 universities in the world. The university obtained 251-300 in BRICS & Emerging Economies 2017.

Councils

Deans Council

This Council at the Hashemite University consists of the President and 18 deans and three vice-presidents. The proportion of females in the Deans Council is 40 percent, it is an indication of the presence of the females in the academic, administrative and research areas.

The Board of Trustees

The Council consists of a chairman and 12 members of the first university degree holders. the Board meets at least once a month, and whenever the needed. It handles several tasks, including drawing up the university's general policy, and approve the annual plan and appointing deans and vice presidents and the heads of branches at the university as well as the establishment of colleges, institutions and departments of with its scientific centers followed by creating of disciplines and academic programs by merging or canceling them. The Board also determines the tuition fees in various disciplines upon the recommendation of the University's Council and determining the annual budget of the university after the approval of the University's Council. The Board includes two committees, one for academic affairs and is composed of five members and the second for Administrative and Financial Affairs and is composed of three members.

University Council

The Board consists of a Chairman and 43 members 18 deans and 15 representatives from the university colleges who are chosen by election as well as managers of each of these units: the library and the Financial Unit, the Centre for Information Technology as well as two representatives from the local community and the other 3 for the students, two on them are still a student and the other is a graduate with three vice-presidents.

The councils secretariat unit

The unit began its work in 1992 as the secretariat of the Royal Committee of the University then moved its business to take over the three boards of the university's secretariat: the Council of Deans, University's Council and the Board of Trustees as well as the secretariat for the Appointment and Promotion Committee and the Committee of scientific research support. The Circle became autonomous in 1998.

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