Yarmouk University


Yarmouk University, also abbreviated YU is a public university, comprehensive and state supported university located near city center of Irbid in northern Jordan. Since its establishment in 1976, Yarmouk University has been at the forefront of Jordanian and Middle Eastern universities. The University consists of 15 faculties offering 52 bachelor's degree, 64 master's degree, and 18 PhD Programs in different disciplines. The university also hosts 12 research and career centers.
As the Academic Year 2016/2017, the university has 1,004 faculty members and 1,597 staff with 34,651 students in all academic programs. In addition, there are currently around 5,000 international students from 50 different nations.

History

YU was established in 1976, and currently contains 15 faculties.
Each year YU grants over 4000 Bachelor and Master Degrees. The university started with few number of faculty members; now it hosts 1,004 faculty, of which 260 are full professors, 239 associate professors, 278 assistant professors and 227 lecturers. The controlled enrollment of the student body is grounded on the university's vision to maintain the standards of higher education in Jordan, in parallel with national educational policies.

University presidents

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.

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.
Faculty of ArtsFaculty of ScienceFaculty of Economics and Administrative SciencesHijjawi Faculty for
Engineering Technology		Faculty of ShariaaFaculty of EducationFaculty of Physical
Education		Faculty of Fine ArtsFaculty
of Mass Communication		Faculty 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

Yarmouk University Press

The university publishes several 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:
Periodicals published by the university that include dissertations and masters thesis works:
  1. Abhath Al-Yarmouk .
  2. Abhath Al-Yarmouk .

    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: