The Jordan University of Science and Technology (Arabic: جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا الأردنية أو جامعة التكنو ), often abbreviated JUST, is a comprehensive, state-supported university located outside of Irbid at Ar Ramtha region, in northern Jordan. JUST and the University of Jordan in Amman are considered to be the two premier institutions of higher learning for engineering and medicine in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, although numerous other faculties and specializations are represented as well. As of the 2006/2007 academic year, JUST counted 717 faculty members, with 18,850 undergraduate and 1559 graduate students.[2]
جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1 September, 1986 |
| Rector | Wajih Owais[1] |
Academic staff | 717 |
| Undergraduates | 18,850 |
| Postgraduates | 1,559 |
| Location | , |
| Nickname | JUST University |
| Website | www.just.edu.jo |
History
The Jordan University of Science and Technology was established on 1 September 1986. Although its campus outside Irbid was originally intended to be the new, future campus of Yarmouk University, five faculties (the engineering and medical faculties) were instead detached from Yarmouk University and moved to the new campus, where they would become the first faculties of Jordan University of Science and Technology.
Notable Doctors And Professors
Prof.Ziad Al Naser Prof.Jameel Al Alami Prof.Hakam Al Hadidi Prof.Yousef Khader Prof.Abdel Fattah Al-Hader Prof.Mazen Mahmoud Hasan Prof.Said Y Khatib Prof.Rashid M Aljomard Prof.Mohammad hassan S Al-haidari Prof.Raji Hussain Al-hadithi
Campus
The JUST campus is located approximately 20 km east of Irbid in northern Jordan and covers an area of approximately 11 km². In addition to academic buildings and the JUST Library, the campus includes athletic facilities including a 7000-seat soccer stadium.
Jordan University of Science and Technology is also home to King Abdullah Universitarian Hospital, the 683-bed teaching hospital affiliated with JUST and its medical faculties.
The university contains two main campuses, known as: the Medicine Faculties Building and the Engineering Faculties Building. Students can use available buses to move from one campus to the other. And there is also a mini train which is not often used. But since the distance between the two isn't relatively that long many prefer walking.
There are two libraries: one in the Engineering Faculties Building and the other is in the Medicine Faculties Building. While both libraries give the students an appropriate and suitable place for reading and studying, the two-floor library at the Medicine Faculties Building, which is relatively larger, also contains 115,000 books, and 45,000 volumes of back issues of periodicals. which makes it the main library at this university.[3] Currently, a new library is being built at the area between the Engineering Faculties Building and the Medicine Faculties Building which is larger than both existing Aside from the employees and guests restaurants, there are also three restaurant for the student: One in each main campus, and one located near the soccer stadium. In addition, the Medicine Faculties Building contains a mini market where students can find items which they may not find in restaurants.
Every department has a computer lab for the students to use. There are also two open labs one in each campus. Moreover, six additional labs are available for the graduate, undergraduate computer science students and students who are taking computer science courses at the PH building located at the Medicine Faculties Building.
Of the many universities gates, only two gates are probably the most familiar in the eyes of the students which are: the main gate and the Engineering Faculties Building's gate. The main gate, which is newer than the other, leads nearly to the middle of the way between the two main campuses. The other gate leads to the Engineering Faculties Building directly.
The campus is covered by a wireless internet connection in order to provide the students, faculty members and researcher with the richness of the internet and to help make the largest source of information in this world accessible anytime and anywhere at the university campus.[4]
Faculties
JUST is home to eleven faculties:[5]
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences
- Faculty of Computer and Information Technology
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Nursing
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Science and Arts
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Each faculty is known with a color:
- is for the Agriculture Faculty
- is for the Applied Medical Sciences Faculty
- is for the Computer and Information Faculty
- is for the Dentistry Faculty
- is for the Engineering Faculty
- is for the Medicine Faculty
- is for the Nursing Faculty
- is for the Pharmacy Faculty
- is for the Science and Arts Faculty
- is for the Veterinary Medicine Faculty
Students’ Life in Irbid
Irbid is a very nice small city in which JUST students live. In Irbid, you would find students going to six universities around Irbid, so most people you see in Irbid are students. The beauty of Irbid is that it really very small, and you need only one street called Al-Jame'a Street to do everything. Irbid is famous for its internet cafes as there are many of them packed in one street, Al-Jame'a Street. Over all, Irbid is a student-oriented city.
For students transportation, you should know that in Irbid, Taxi take 0.5JD for any order whether it is near or far. However, since Irbid is very small, you rarely need a Taxi. Besides, you can use buses to go to JUST university (20km far), and they only cost about 25 piasters. The bus stop area in Irbid has several students housings which are within walking distance and are most appropriate for JUST students.
References
- ^ Wajih Owais: the President of Jordan University of Science and Technology
- ^ Statistics about Jordan University of Science and Technology
- ^ The Library at Jordan University of Science and Technology
- ^ Jordan University of Science and Technology Enhances Wireless Security with Easy-to-Manage Authentication Technology
- ^ Faculties at Jordan University of Science and Technology
External links
- Jordan University of Science and Technology
- King Abdullah University Hospital
- JUST Faculty of Medicine
- Yarmouk University
- University of Jordan
- Greater Irbid Municipality
- JUST medical students forums
- Al Jamal Students Housing -Irbid