Zarqa University

{{Short description|Private university in Zarqa, Jordan}}

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name=Zarqa University|

native_name=جامعة الزرقاء |

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established=1994|

type=Private

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|president= Prof. Nidhal Al Ramahi

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|students = 9,000

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|colors = Blue and Light Grey
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|affiliations = IAU, FUIW, AArU

|city=Zarqa (main campus)

|country=Jordan

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|website= [http://zu.edu.jo/EN/ http://zu.edu.jo/EN]

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Zarqa University (Arabic: جامعة الزرقاء) is a university in the city of Zarqa, in Jordan's Zarqa Governorate. It was established in 1994, about 6 km to the east of the city center. At the university's first academic semester, there were only 150 students. In the scholastic year 2013/2014 the number of students was over 9,000 in 43 majors.[http://www.zpu.edu.jo/en Zarqa University (page in Arabic)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410180417/http://www.zpu.edu.jo/en |date=April 10, 2011 }}

The university campus houses the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Colleges of Computing and Information Society of the Association of Arab Universities.[http://www.ccis2k.org/ccis/files/ccisReport2009.pdf Colleges of Computing and Information Society Annual Report] It is also the permanent residence of the general secretariat of the International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT).[http://www.acit2k.org/ACIT/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=375 International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT)]