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Facts and Highlights
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University Fast Facts
  • A royal decree was issued in 1986 to establish the University.
  • The University is awarded the Al Hussein Medal for Excellence.
  • Late King Al-Hussein bin Talal: "Jordan University of Science and Technology is the Jewel of Jordanian universities."
Location, space and buildings
  • The total area of the university is 11,000,000 m2, the maximum length of the university is 7 km, and the maximum width is 1.9 km.
  • The university buildings area is 415,822 m2.
  • The space of the green area is 5,408,000 m2, of which 581,000 m2 are planted with 532,200 forest trees, 2,356,000 m2 are planted with 57,220 fruit trees, 581, 000 m2 are gardens, and 1,220, 000 m2 are planted with field crops.
  • The university has an artificial lake with a surface area of 40,000 m2 and a capacity of 14​,000 m3.
  • The university has an earthen dam that is filled with the winter from Seoul, neighboring areas, with a capacity of 40,000 m3.
  • The university has a solar power station with a capacity of 15 MW and a production capacity of about 7974 MW/h.
  • The university has King Abdullah University Hospital, which is a building consisting of a main tower that contains fifteen floors and underground buildings consisting of three floors, with an area of 95,583 m2. Its capacity ranges from 678 to 819 beds, in case of emergency. It also has a Radiotherapy Center expected to receive up to 3,000 patients annually. 
  • The university has a field hospital with a capacity of 10,000 m2 . It can accommodate 300 beds, of which 50 are intensive care beds.
Human resource
  • The number of faculty members is ​1101​, 33.7​% of whom are female.
  • The number of administrative and technical staff members is 1128, 50.3% of whom are female.
  • The number of workers and employees in service jobs is 677, 8.3% of whom are female.
  • 1 : 1.1​​ is the ratio of faculty members to members of the administrative staff
  • 44.3% of the faculty members are graduates from the United States of America, 20.25% from European countries and Britain, 8.1% from Canada, 19.3% from Australia and New Zealand, 19.3% from Jordan, 0.2% From Russia, and 1.2% from neighboring Arab countries and 1.3% from other Asian countries.  
Faculties, programs and students
  • The university has 12 colleges, one institute and 3 Deanships, 65 academic departments, 65 bachelor programs, 63 master programs, and two doctoral programs.
  • 108,980​ have graduated from JUST, 5232 of whom are international.
University Library
  • The library covers an area of 12,500 square meters.
  • The library accommodates 2,500 visitors at the same time.
  • The Library is pioneer in adopting RFID self-services equipments:  Check-out Kiosks, 24/7 Check-in through outdoor Book-Drop, DLA devices used in book ordering, weeding, searching for lost items and automatic inventory.The library contains 195,000 books, 50,000 volumes, 900,892 e-books, and 54 databases with 144,567 electronic journals.
Scientific Research
  • The university allocates 5% of its budget to scientific research in addition to supporting external research (external local, external and global). The total budget for scientific research is about 7 million U.S. Dollars.
  • 21,​877 scientific papers since the establishment of JUST, according to Scopus.
  • The university ranks first in terms of the number of citations according to the international classification, as it has reached more than (298,158​​​) citations in the last five years.
International Accreditations
  • College of Engineering: ABET accredited
  • College of Medicine: Accredited by ACGME, WFME
  • College of Agriculture: ASIIN accredited
  • College of Architecture and Design: NAAB accredited
  • College of Computer and Information Technology - Department of Computer Engineering: Obtained ABET accreditation
  • College of Computer and Information Technology - Department of Computer Information Systems: Obtained ABET accreditation
  • College of Computer and Information Technology - Department of Computer Network Engineering and Security: Obtained ABET accreditation
  • College of Computer and Information Technology - Department of Computer Science: Obtained ABET accreditation
  • College of Computer and Information Technology - Department of Software Engineering: Obtained IET accreditation
  • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Radiology Technology: Obtained ASIC accreditation
  • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Optometry : Obtained ASIC accreditation
  • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Anesthesia Technology: ASIC accredited
    • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Respiratory Therapy: ASIC accredited
  • ​​​ College of Applied Medical Sciences - Ambulance and Emergency Department : Obtained ASIC accreditation
  • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences : Obtained ASIC accreditation
  • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Allied Dental Sciences: Obtained ASIC accreditation
  • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Dental Technology: ASIC accredited
  • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Physiotherapy : Obtained ASIC accreditation
  • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Occupational Therapy : Obtained ASIC accreditation, WFOT​​
  • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Hearing and Speech : Obtained ASIC accreditation
  • College of Applied Medical Sciences - Department of Clinical Psychology: Accredited by ASIC​
  • ​​ College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Chemistry: Accredited by the Canadian Society for Chemistry
  • College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering: Obtained ASIIN accreditation
  • College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Mathematics: Obtained ABET accreditation
  • College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Physics: obtained ABET accreditation
  • College of Pharmacy: ACPE, RCSI​
  • College of Nursing: ACEN accredited
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