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JPU ATTRACTIONS
HE HIGHER MINISTRY OF HIGER EDUCATION APPROVED THE
T ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS UNIVERSITY IN 1992, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE
UNIVERSITY LAUNCHED TEACHING IN 1993. IT IS THE FIRST AND BIGGEST
PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN NORTHERN JORDAN; THE UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTES
TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND DECREASING THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN GRADUATED IS MORE
THAN THIRTY THOUSAND UNDERGRADUATES, AND SEVEN HUNDRED
POSTGRADUATES. MOST OF THOSE NOURISHED THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
SECTORS. SOME HAVE SERVED AS COURT JUDGES, PARLIAMENT MEMBERS,
TEACHERS, ACCOUNTANTS AND ENGINEERS.
HE TOTAL AREA OF THE UNIVERSITY IS 300,000 (SQUARE METERS), WHILE
TITS BUILDINGS ARE NEARLY ESTIMATED AT 70,000 (SQUARE METERS). THE
UNIVERSITY HAS ELEVEN FACULTIES, NAMELY:
1. Faculty of Art. 7. Faculty of Engineering.
2. Faculty of Education. 8. Faculty of Pharmacy.
3. Faculty of Business. 9. Faculty of Nursing.
4. Faculty of Law. 10. Faculty of Information Technology.
5. Faculty of Shari’a. 11. Faculty of Agriculture.
6. Faculty of science.
