Jerash University

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{{Infobox university

|name= Jerash University

|native_name=جامعة جرش

|image_name= Jerash University entrance 2.JPG

|image_size= 250px

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|established= {{Start date and age|1992}}

|type=Private |

|chairman = Imad Rabie

|president= Youssef Abu Al-Adous

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|faculty=

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|campus = Urban
{{convert|200|acre|km2}}

|colors = Green and Brown {{ref_label|a|a|none}}
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|affiliations = IAU, FUIW, AArU

|city=Jerash|

|country=Jordan|

|website= [http://www.jpu.edu.jo/ www.jpu.edu.jo]

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Jerash University or Jerash Private University (Arabic: جامعة جرش الخاصة) is the only university in Jerash Governorate, Jordan, located about {{convert|5|km|sp=us}} from Jerash city center. The university offers undergraduate degrees in Arts and science.

The approval of the Ministry of Higher Education to establish this university was granted in 1992, and teaching process started in the university in 1993. It was the first private university in northern Jordan.{{cn|date=June 2023}} Jerash University is located on an area of more than three hundred dunams.{{what|date=June 2023}} The area of the university's buildings is approximately 70.000 square meters. It includes twelve faculties: Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Business, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Sharia, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Information Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

Academics

There were ten colleges in the university in 2012:{{cite web|url=http://www.jpu.edu.jo/mainfaculty.aspx|title=Jerash Private University|publisher=|accessdate=24 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414140925/http://www.jpu.edu.jo/mainfaculty.aspx|archive-date=14 April 2010|url-status=dead}}

Faculty of Information Technology :
#Computer Science
#Computer Networks .
Faculty of Literature:
#Arabic Literatures,
#English Literatures,
#Translation,
#Social Science
#Humanities.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jpu.edu.jo/faculty.aspx?id=01 |title=جامعة جرش |access-date=2012-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123232514/http://www.jpu.edu.jo/faculty.aspx?id=01 |archive-date=2012-01-23 |url-status=dead }}
Faculty of Nursing :
#Nursing .
Faculty of Engineering :
#Civil Of Engineering
#Electronics & Telecom
#Architecture .
Faculty of Science :
#chemistry
#Biology
#Mathematics
#Physics .
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science :
#Accounting
#Admin sciences
#Finance and Banking science
Faculty of Educational Sciences :
#Classroom Teaching
#kindergarten
#General Administration
#General Curriculum.
Faculty of Shari'a (Islamic Studies):
#Jurisprudence
#Comparative Jurisprudence .{{Cite web |url=http://www.jpu.edu.jo/faculty.aspx?id=04 |title=جامعة جرش |access-date=2012-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123232845/http://www.jpu.edu.jo/faculty.aspx?id=04 |archive-date=2012-01-23 |url-status=dead }}
Faculty of Agriculture: the only private university in Jordan that offers a degree in agricultural sciences.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jpu.edu.jo/faculty.aspx?id=06 |title=جامعة جرش |access-date=2012-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123200146/http://www.jpu.edu.jo/faculty.aspx?id=06 |archive-date=2012-01-23 |url-status=dead }}
#Plants Production
#Animals Production
#agricultural Economics
#Food & Nutrition .
Faculty of Law :
#Public Law
#Private Law .
Faculty of Pharmacy :
#Pharmacy .
Applied Medical Science:

physical Therapy

Library

The university contains also four deanships: Deanship of Scientific Research and Graduate Studies, Deanship of Accreditation and Quality, Deanship of Student Affairs, and Deanship of distance education.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

As for the bachelor's majors, the university offers 26 majors for bachelor's degree, and 10 majors master's degree.{{cite web|url=http://www.jpu.edu.jo/lib.aspx|title=University library|publisher=|accessdate=24 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123200156/http://www.jpu.edu.jo/lib.aspx|archive-date=23 January 2012|url-status=dead}}

In addition, the university has a computerized scientific library encompassing nearly 125.000 volumes and books.

The university's Strategic Plan 2019-2022 includes eleven themes, namely:

I- Study programs and plans.

II- Scientific research.

III- Human Resources.

IV- Students.

V- Quality Management.

VI- Infrastructure.

VII- Administrative Development.

VIII- Community Service.

IX-Promoting the university's financial position.

X- Global Spread.