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In its pursuit of academic excellence, Jordan Univer-sity of Science & Technology (JUST) believes in competitive performance with leading academic institu-tions all across the world. Out of this conviction, JUST continues to push forward to be one of the top 500 universities worldwide across all disciplines.

Queen Raniarecalled His Majesty the Late King Hussein’s words praising the uni-versity and its achieve-ments.

On the road towardsa world-class university…

It is with such great pride and honor, that Jordan University of Science and Technology, as per the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking system, has already achieved the 362 position on the world stage of academic institutions in the fields of engineering and technology. This would not have been possible without the relentless

Prof. Abdallah I. Husein MalkawiPresident

In pursuit of excellence and worldwide competitive-ness, the school of engineering succeeded in secur-ing ABET’s accreditation for the Chemical, Biomedi-cal and Industrial engineering program offerings. A major milestone in this endeavor was the creation of a nanotechnology center, which, we hope, would constitute a nucleus for a national center for research and development in the diverse areas of nanoscience and technology. Another important step was the establishment of a Center of Excellence for Innovative projects; a center that received the support and backing of His Majesty since its early inception. JUST is also host to world-class research centers, namely Princess Haya Biotechnology Center and the Pharmaceutical Research Center. Finally, noteworthy of mentioning that JUST is home to the King Abdullah University Hospital (KAUH); a medical facility that is one of a kind Middle-East wide offering a bed capacity of 683. Achieving a world-class stature is not just about new policies and administrative regulations; it is about everything that can translate the aspirations and ambitions of every Jordanian to move forward on a path that would ultimately transform the country’s economy into a knowledge-based economy.

efforts of JUST faculty members, administration and managerial staffs; dwelling on the persistence of JUST’s quality assurance center commensurate with the guidelines set forth by the QS association. Along these lines, JUST has successfully received the univer-sal ISO certification on Total Quality Management (TQM).

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University Portfolio:

International Relations

International StudentsEstablished in 1986 with a spacious campus spanning eleven square kilometers.

44,000 students have graduated.

24,411 undergraduate students.

1,199 postgraduate students.

289 in higher specialty programs.

5851 are non- Jordanians from 45 different nation-alities.

15,000 new student applicants every year (32% the acceptanceratio.

Around 900 faculty members with Ph. D. degrees, graduates ofreputable international universities.

1569 Administrative and Technical staff

12 Faculties (Medicine, Engineering, Science & Arts, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, Architecture, Information Technology, Applied Sciences, Nursing and (Graduate Studies).

55 departments offering 42 undergraduate programs and 95postgraduate programs.

10 Academic Centers.

To promote the internationalization of university education, JUST diligently continue’ to work towards building cooperative relations with associa-tions, universities, and other academic and scien-tific institutions around the world.

Internationalization in our merits reflects a diverse student bodyfrom various cultures and societies, working together to enricha unique intellectual environment.

International Students Studying at JUSTTotal of 5851 Students from 41 Countries

JUST Signs 249 Agreements since Its Establishments

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FACTS AND FIGURES

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UNIVERSITY NEWS

President of Jordan University of Science and Tech-nology, Prof. Abdallah Malkawi, inaugurated the Dentistry Clinics for Graduate Studies in the presence of a large number of faculty members, administrativestaff and students.The Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry University, Prof. Ilham Abu Al-Hija, noted that these clinics have been created in order to provide an opportunity for educa-tion and practical and theoretical training for under-graduate and graduate studies. These clinics will also provide various specialized dental services for the students, employees and their families as well as community. Professor Abu Al-Hija added that these clinics include 93 dentist units equipped with the latest techn logical capabilities, and seven X-ray clinics so as to provide dental care free and next to free of charge.

Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) has improved its world ranking and topped the Kingdom of Jordan universities in this year’s QS World University Ranking. JUST, which is one of the Kingdom’s 10 public universities, ranked 362nd worldwide in engineering and technology specialisations, according to the QS ranking, which was issued last September.

The university also ranked sixth in engineering among 400 Arab universities participating in the ranking. Moreo-ver, the university ranked 115th in terms of international students, as non-Jordanians constitute 25 percent of its total student body. In the overall ranking, JUST came in the 601st cluster, among the 3,000 universities in the QS ranking. It was also ranked 18th among the Arab universi-ties taking part in the annual ranking.

JUST President, Prof. Abdallah Malkawi, attributed the improvement to the advancement of scientific research at the university, which is one of the main indicators that factor in towards university ranking.

Queen Rania visits JUST andinaugurates the new Lecture Hall

Complex

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in Irbid and inaugurated the new Lecture Hall Complex. . During her visit, Her Majesty also met with women academics from different faculties and administrative positions. The Queen raised the curtain off the plaque and was briefed by the President of JUST, Professor Abdallah Malkawi, about the new complex estab-lished by engineers working at the university.Her Majesty toured the facility that stretches over 15,900 square meters, which comprises of two buildings, each consisting of three floors. In addition to new study halls, the complex includes administration offices, parking spaces, gardens, and agricultural plots, along with other facilities.During her tour, Her Majesty spoke to several faculty deans as well as to some students who had gathered to greet her.

Her Majesty then met a number of female academ-ics from different faculties and different adminis-trative positions at the university.During this meeting, which

was also attended by Professor Malkawi, Queen Rania expressed her pride in the university and recalled His Majesty the Late King Hussein’s words praising the university and its achievements.Her Majesty commended female academics for being great role models to girls as they are able to strike a balance between the demands of having a career and raising a family at the same time. Activi-ties and programs carried out by the university were also discussed and the topic of challenges faced by women when choosing career paths was also touched upon.

The Opening Ceremony of DentalClinics for Graduate Studies

JUST standing improves on worlduniversity ranking

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UNIVERSITY NEWS

This program, organized by the Faculty of Architec-ture and Design, came to reinforce the vital role of the university in community service through effective cooperation with various institutions, especially the educational ones.These educational workshops were conducted during the summer holidays to make use of rashed items that can be recycled and reproduced.

This MoU aims to achieve fruitful cooperation between the University and students for Green (SFG) to reduce littering by students at JUST with funding through USAID.SFG will address littering issues and their impact at JUST campus, in order to increase the number of students who use waste bins for waste disposal rather than disposing of them improperly through littering. The project uses social marketing science to stop certain sections of the student body from littering on campus. At the moment, littering is seen by some sections of the student body to be “cool”.

JUST Signs an Agreementwith «Total» of Jordan

The Purpose of this agreement aims to offer qualified students of JUST a number of sponsor-ships, internships, scholaships, training opportuni-ties, and developing educational centers for the students through deliveryof presentations conducted by qualified experts and professionals from “Total - Jordan” Company.

The Opening Ceremony of DentalClinics for Graduate Studies

JUST Signs MoU with“Students for Green”

Lecture on: Abdul HameedShoman Award for Arab

Researchers organized byDeanship of Scientific

Research.

Faculty of NursingOrganizes two workshops

in health issues

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STUDENTS NEWS

This stage play comes within the university strategy that has been adopted in order to educate university students on awareness. This was accomplished through the university requirement course titled “University Behavior” offered by the university for such purposes. The course is operated through hosting a number of specialists, researchers and awareness team to provide guidance and awar ness to students. The play stresses the importance of community awareness at the dangers of drugs and how it can spread across society, especially university and high school students. The play also considered several scenarios that bring out the serious damages caused by drugs within the society in terms of family brack-up and dissipating of the energies of young people.

This marathon, which came in cooperation with King Abdullah Fund for Development at the University, aims to promote student participation in extracurricular activities organized by the university various faculties and deanships, particularly the Deanship of Student Affairs. At the end of the marathon, Dr. Alawneh, dean of Students’ Affairs awarded the winners of the marathon. The marathon all started at the Culture Roundabout in the city of Irbid and ended at the main square at the Deanship of Student Affairs on campus. This marathon comes as the last stage of the World Heart Day events, aiming to encourage university students and community members and high school students to practice sports due to their important role in the prevention of heart disease.

Students activity entitled:“Stop and Clean”

A group of students from "Tomorrow is Sweeter" accomplished the voluntary activity “Stop and Clean" at the campus of JUST, which was attended by a number of students. This initiative comes within the National Week activities "Jordan lives inside us", organized by University Students Union to demonstrate the sense of genuine citizenship towards homeland through serious volunteer work, and to support local workers to better serve commu-nity and country.

Stage Play entitled:“Victims of Drugs”

FMSA Launched a Marathonat JUST

Japanese Day at JUST

The Japanese ambassador in Amman, Johnaiza Kozoeuge, patronizes the first Japanese Cultural day on the campus of JUST, organized by Dean-ship of Student Affairs in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy in Amman. The university president, Prof. Abdulah Malkawi, the Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Ahmed Alawneh, a number of embassy staff, a number of faculty and staff at the university, and a large gathering of university students attended such activity. The Japanese ambassador commended the progress of collabora-tion between the university and Japanese scientific institutions, expressing appreciation to the univer-sity for hosting such cultural event. The President of Jordan University of Science and Technology, Prof. Abdallah Malkawi, assured the university's interest in opening up to the outside world and the culturing of university students on other civilizations.

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FACULTY ACHEIVMENTS

AWARDS & GRANTS:

MISCELLANEOUS:

Professor Moh’d A. Al-Nimrappointed Editor-in-Chief of Energy Conversion and Management Journal, Elsevier.

Professor Nihad I. DibReceived SRSF Award for Engineering Sciences

The Policy, Research & Develop-ment (PR&D) Selection Committee funded a research team affiliated with Queen Rania Al Abdallah Center for Environmental Sciences & Technology at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). The reserch team from JUST, Dr.Muna Abu-Dalo as principal investigator and Dr. Hani Abu Qdais Co-principal investigator will lead the research project “ The Use of Green Nanoparticles as a Biofouling-Resistant Agent in Reverse Osmosis Desalination”. The research project is the first proposal that the Committee has selected for grant totaling $ 300,000.

Professor Yousef NajjarSelected as Life Fellow member by The American Society of Mechani-cal Engineers (ASME) due to the outstanding achievements and continuing efforts toward excel-lence during the last 35 years.

MENA NWC PR&D Program Awards Grant to a regional and international research team led by JUST for MembraneTechnology Research

Arwa Ouais, Ph. D.Professor, Faculty of Nursing

Ismail I. Matalka, Ph. D.Professor, Faculty of Medicine

Basil Obeidat, Ph. D.Professor, Faculty of Medicine

Moh’d Y. Khasawneh, Ph. D.Professor, Faculty of Medicine

The 2nd International ScientificConference of Faculty of Dentistry/Jordan Univer-sity of Science and Tech-nology.(07-08 May. 2014)

Second call for application of DUNIA BEAM project is OPEN!!!(29 Oct. - 01 Dec. 2013)

ACADEMIC PROMOTIONS:

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rNOVEMBER ACTIVITIES

Prime Minister Visits JUST Library

The Ambassador of Yemen VisitsJUST

Orientation Workshop for NewFaculty Members at JUST

Vaccination campaign for pet animals against rabies at JUST

The Opening Ceremony of a Training Course

in Occupational Safety and Health

Students Celebration of the Independence Day

EDITORS Designed by ContactHani Abu Qudais, Ph. D.Assistant to the PresidentSameer Al-Asheh, Ph. D.Director of Academic Development& Quality Assurance Center

Moh’d Khasawneh, Ph. D.Faculty of Engineering

Amer Al-Magableh, Ph. D.Director of Comp. & Information Center

Iman Al-HammouriComputer & Information Center

e-mail : newsletter@just.edu.joFax : +962 2 7201072Tel. : +962 2 7201000 Ext. 22706www.just.edu.jo

Reem TaifourDirector, Presidency Unit

Muhannad MalkawiDirector, PR. & Media Unit