German-Jordanian University
| German-Jordanian University | |
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| founding | 2005 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Amman |
| country | Jordan |
| President | Manar Fayyad |
| Students | 4,300 (45% of them female) |
| Website | www.gju.edu.jo |
The German-Jordanian University (spelling German Jordanian University ) (GJU) is one of ten state universities in Jordan . After several years of planning, the implementation of the project began in autumn 2004.
Foundation and promotion
The university was founded in 2005 by royal decree based on the model of German universities of applied sciences . The decree is based on an agreement between the Jordanian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research .
A founding committee had already started its work in Jordan in August 2004; he worked closely with the Jordanian Ministry of Science. At the same time, a planning office was opened at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences , which created the concept in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Education and the German Academic Exchange Service .
On April 25, 2005, the foundation stone for the new technical college was laid. The patron was the Jordanian King Abdullah II. Prince Faisal ben Naiyef, the German Science Minister Edelgard Bulmahn , the Jordanian Science Minister Khaled Touqan, the Saxony-Anhalt Minister of Culture Jan-Hendrik Olbertz and the DAAD Vice President Huber were present. Labib Khadra, who studied communications engineering in Germany and the USA, became the founding president shortly afterwards.
On the German side, the project is financially supported by the DAAD , the BMBF , the GIZ and the state of Saxony-Anhalt . The Jordanian private sector provides financial as well as material resources to support the development. The Jordanian government is financing its share in the new campus with funds from a debt conversion program.
The university is designed for five thousand students from both Jordan and neighboring countries.
courses
The GJU was housed in the buildings of the Royal Scientific Society until the 2012/13 winter semester , where it started with eleven Bachelor’s courses in the 2005/2006 winter semester . On the new campus in Madaba , south of Amman and the inner city campus in Amman, over 28 courses are offered in the following faculties:
- School of Management and Logistic Sciences ( business administration , logistics , international accounting )
- School of Applied Medical Sciences ( chemistry and pharmaceutical technology , medical technology )
- School of Natural Resources Engineering and Management ( environmental technology , water management , energy technology )
- School of Applied Technical Sciences ( mechatronics , industrial engineering , maintenance engineering )
- School of Architecture and Built Environment ( architecture , interior architecture , design )
- School of Applied Humanities and Languages ( German as a foreign language , translation )
- School of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology ( computer science , technical computer science , communications engineering )
All faculties cooperate with a large number of German partner universities.
The selection and further development of the individual courses took place in dialogue with German and Jordanian education experts as well as high-ranking representatives from business.
Role of German universities of applied sciences
More than 100 German universities of applied sciences participate in the design of the various curricula and the recruitment and selection of German teaching staff as well as in the admission and supervision of GJU students during their year abroad.
The five-year course is based on the model of German universities of applied sciences and is strongly practice and application-oriented, with German teachers making up a large proportion of the total teaching staff. The course includes extensive language instruction; After an English-language start-up phase, especially in the last year of study, lessons are also in German, including regional studies and intercultural skills transfer.
It was founded in both countries in connection with political and other institutions; the new university serves to promote traditionally good bilateral relations. The philosophy of the GJU aims at a serious, ambitious and excellent training of young people, who should further develop and consolidate the existing connections, especially in economic terms, with the appropriate know-how.
During his visit to Germany in 2011, the Jordanian king emphasized the importance of the university.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.gju.edu.jo/content/word-president-2290
- ^ Press statements by Chancellor Angela Merkel and the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, SM King Abdullah II. Ibn Al-Hussein. Transcript of the press conference in Berlin. November 29, 2011, accessed November 30, 2011 .
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