:Yarmouk University

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{{Infobox university

| name = Yarmouk University
جامعة اليرموك‎

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| established = {{start date|1976}}

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| type = Public

| affiliations = IAU, FUIW, UNIMED, AArU

| endowment = 123,000,000 JOD

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| president = Islam Masad

| vice-president = Prof. Ziad Al- Saad (Academic Affairs)
Prof. Jamal Abu Doleh (Administrative Affairs)
Prof. Yousef Abu Al-Udous (Quality Affairs){{cite web| url=http://www.yu.edu.jo/en/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=206&Itemid=428| title=University Presidency| publisher=Yarmouk University| access-date=13 December 2012}}

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| academic_staff = 1,080

| administrative_staff = 1,597

| students = 41000

| undergrad = 31,282

| postgrad = 2,807

| doctoral = 562

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| city = Irbid

| state = Irbid Governorate

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| country = Jordan

| campus = Urban
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| nickname = Al-Yarmouk

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| website = {{URL|www.yu.edu.jo/index.php/en}}

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Yarmouk University ({{langx|ar|جامعة اليرموك}}), also abbreviated YU, is a comprehensive public and state supported university located near the city centre of Irbid in northern Jordan. Since its establishment in 1976, it has been at the forefront of Jordanian and Middle Eastern universities.{{Cite web|url=http://www.webometrics.info/en/Asia/Jordan|title=Jordan {{!}} Ranking Web of Universities|website=webometrics.info|access-date=2017-01-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.webometrics.info/en/Asia|title=Asia {{!}} Ranking Web of Universities|website=www.webometrics.info|access-date=2017-01-09}} The University consists of 15 faculties offering 52 bachelor's degrees, 64 master's degrees, and 18 PhD Programs in different disciplines. The university also hosts 12 research and career centers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yu.edu.jo/|title=جامعة اليرموك|website=yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}

As of the Academic Year 2016/2017, the university had 1,004 faculty members and 1,597 staff with 34,651 students in all academic programs (31,282 Undergraduate, 2,807 Postgraduate and 562 Doctoral). In addition, there were around 5,000 international students from 50 different nations.{{Cite web|url=http://ddp.yu.edu.jo/|title=دائرة التنمية والتخطيط|last=Al-Zeiot|first=Ahmad|website=ddp.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}

History

YU was established in 1976, and contains 15 faculties.{{Cite web|url=http://ddp.yu.edu.jo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=282&Itemid=248|title=محتوى دليل جامعة اليرموك|last=ربابعه|first=ايمان|website=ddp.yu.edu.jo|language=ar|access-date=2017-01-09}} 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.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

Presidents

Prof. Islam Masad

Campus

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.

File:YUPanorama.jpg

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.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

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!Faculty of Arts

!Faculty of Science

!Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

!Hijjawi Faculty for

Engineering Technology

!Faculty of Shariaa

!Faculty of Education

!Faculty of Physical

Education

!Faculty of Fine Arts

!Faculty

of Mass Communication

!Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Sciences

!Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology

!Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management

!Faculty of Law

!Faculty of Medicine

!Faculty of Pharmacy

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= Scientific colleges =

Faculty of Science:

File:Yarmouk Univ. Library.JPG Mathematics{{Cite web|url=http://science.yu.edu.jo/|title=Faculty of Science {{!}} Yarmouk University|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=science.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Physics
Chemistry
Biological Sciences
Statistics
Earth and Environment

Hijjawi Faculty of Engineering Technology:

Biomedical Systems and Informatics Engineering{{Cite web|url=http://hijjawi.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية الحجاوي للهندسة التكنولوجية {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=hijjawi.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Power Engineering
Telecommunications Engineering
Architectural Engineering
Industrial Engineering

Faculty of IT and Computer science:

Computer Sciences {{Cite web|url=http://it.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية تكنولوجيا المعلومات وعلوم الحاسوب {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=it.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Computer Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Software Engineering
Network Security and Systems

Faculty of Medicine {{Cite web|url=http://medicine.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية الطب {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=medicine.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}

Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences {{Cite web|url=http://pharmacy.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية الصيدلة {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=pharmacy.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}

= Colleges of arts and humanity sciences =

Faculty of Arts:
Arabic Language and Literature {{Cite web|url=http://arts.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية الآداب {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=arts.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
English Language and Literature
Modern Languages
Semitic and Eastern Languages
Translation
History
Sociology and Social Work
Political Sciences
Geography
Faculty of Education:
Curriculum and Instruction {{Cite web|url=http://education.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية التربية {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=education.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Administration and Foundations
Counseling and Ed. Psychology
Elementary Education
Faculty of Fine arts:
Fine Arts{{Cite web|url=http://finearts.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية الفنون الجميلة {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=finearts.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Drama
Design
Music
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences:
Economics{{Cite web|url=http://economics.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية الاقتصاد والعلوم الإدارية {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=economics.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Accounting
Marketing
Finance and Banking
Public Administration
Business Administration
Faculty of Shari'a and Islamic Studies:
Fiqh{{Cite web|url=http://sharia.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية الشريعة والدراسات الإسلامية {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=sharia.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Usul Addin
Islamic studies
Islamic Economics&Banking
Faculty of Law:
Private law{{Cite web|url=http://law.yu.edu.jo/|title=مجموعة القوانين والانظمة والتعليمات والاسس والقرارات المعمول بها في جامعة اليرموك|website=law.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Public law
Faculty of Physical Education:
Physical Education{{Cite web|url=http://sports.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية التربية الرياضيه {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=sports.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Sport Science
Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology:
Archaeology{{Cite web|url=http://archaeology.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية الآثار والأنثروبولوجيا {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=archaeology.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Anthropology
Epigraphy
Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management:
Tourism {{Cite web|url=http://tourism.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية السياحة والسفر {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=tourism.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Conservation and Management of Cultural Resources
Faculty of Mass Communication:
Public Relations and Advertising{{Cite web|url=http://mass.yu.edu.jo/|title=كلية الإعلام {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=mass.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-09}}
Journalism
Radio & Television

Deanships & Centers

:*Deanship of Student Affairs {{Cite web|url=http://dsa.yu.edu.jo/|title=عمادة شؤون الطلبة|website=dsa.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}

:*Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies

:*The Language Center {{Cite web|url=http://langcenter.yu.edu.jo/|title=مركز اللغات {{!}} جامعة اليرموك|last=اليرموك|first=Yarmouk University {{!}}جامعة|website=langcenter.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}

:*Computer & Information Center

:*Faculty Development Center (FDC)

:*Queen Rania Center{{Cite web|url=http://qrc.yu.edu.jo/|title=QRC|website=qrc.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}

:*Refugees & Displaced Persons & Migration Center

:*Center of Theoretical and Applied Physics Center

:*Speech and Hearing Center

:*The Jordanian Design Center (JDC)

:*Academic Entrepreneurship Center of Excellence {{Cite web|url=http://aece.yu.edu.jo/|title=AECE Website|website=aece.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}

:*UNESCO Chair for Desert Studies and Desertification Control

:*Marine Science Station Center (MSS)

Yarmouk University Press

The university publishes 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:

Jordan Journal of Chemistry ({{ISSN|1814-9111}})(LCCN 2006308967) {{Cite web|url=http://jjc.yu.edu.jo/index.html|title=JJC Information|website=jjc.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}
Jordan Journal physics ({{ISSN|1994-7615}}) {{Cite web|url=http://journals.yu.edu.jo/jjp/|title=JJP Information|website=journals.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}
Jordan Journal of Mathematics and Statistics ({{ISSN|2075-7905}}) {{Cite web|url=http://journals.yu.edu.jo/jjms/|title=Home Page|website=journals.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}
Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literature ({{ISSN|1994-6953}}) {{Cite web|url=http://journals.yu.edu.jo/jjmll/|title=JJMLL Information|website=journals.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}
Jordan Journal of Arts {{Cite web|url=http://journals.yu.edu.jo/jja/|title=JJA Information|website=journals.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}
Jordan Journal of Educational Sciences ({{ISSN|2303-9574}}) {{Cite web|url=http://journals.yu.edu.jo/jjes/|title=Arabic|website=journals.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}

Periodicals published by the university that include dissertations and masters thesis works:

Abhath Al-Yarmouk (AYBSE). ({{ISSN|1023-0149}}) {{Cite web|url=http://journals.yu.edu.jo/aybse/|title=AYBSE Information|website=journals.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}
Abhath Al-Yarmouk (AYHSS). ({{ISSN|1023-0165}}) {{Cite web|url=http://journals.yu.edu.jo/ayhss/|title=AYHSS Information|website=journals.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://yarmoukfm.yu.edu.jo/|title=Broadwave Live 1|website=yarmoukfm.yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}} Yarmouk University has a newspaper that published periodically. The newspaper Sahafat Al-Yarmouk publish in the following topics:{{Cite web|url=http://www.yu.edu.jo/index.php/sahafatalyarmouk|title=صحافة اليرموك|website=yu.edu.jo|access-date=2017-01-10}}