Al Ahliyya Amman University

Al-Ahliyya Amman University (AAU) is the first private university in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Established by a decision from the Ministry of Higher Education and Research in 1989, the University opened its doors in 1990 with three faculties: Faculty of Law, Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Faculty of Administrative and Financial Sciences. The following year saw the establishment of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, and the Faculty of Engineering. Since its establishment, Al- Ahliyya Amman University has been supplying the local and Arab market with a large number of graduates who have taken up important positions in local and regional institutions in both the public and private sectors. A number of these graduates have pursued their graduate studies in several prestigious European and American universities and obtained Master's or Doctoral degrees in their fields. Some of them currently work for Al-Ahliyya Amman University or other Jordanian, Arab and world universities. The number of graduates in various disciplines offered by the University has reached (14 477) students. With the establishment of the Faculty of Nursing in 2005 by a decision from the Ministry of Higher Education, the University came to comprise seven faculties. In 2009, Architecture and Civil Engineering were accredited, bringing the number to twenty-five specialties all with plans compatible with local and international standards. The University faculties always seek to provide specialties and academic programs tailored to meet the needs of the local and regional labor market by developing the necessary infrastructure, establishing specialized centers that aim to bridge the gap between the academia and the labor market and providing integrated services designed to upgrade the outcomes of the educational process represented by graduates qualified in the academic, technical, practical and personal spheres. The University started a graduate program in Law in 2005, , and in 2009 it offered graduate programs in Clinical Psychology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, all of which having been granted full accreditation and certification. The University in turn has offered distinctive programs and provided suitably qualified staff members in response to these graduate programs. To meet the administrative, financial and technical work requirements, the University has provided an administrative cadre qualified to work in different departments and divisions. They all seek to provide the University community of students, parents and staff members, with the best services.