Amman Arab University was established in 1997 by a decision of the Higher Education Council No. (1476) on 24/11/1997, as a private,
non-profit University specialized in higher studies, under the name
“Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies”; as the first Jordanian
University specialized in postgraduate programs for masters and doctoral
studies. On 9/30/1998, the Higher Education Council granted approval
for the University to begin teaching by the decision No. (1625), as the
University received its first group of students since the beginning of
the second semester of the 1999/2000 academic year.
The University's path passed in two phases: The first- was limited to
graduate programs, and the second- started in 2009 in opening programs
for bachelor degree, and the name of the University was changed to
“Amman Arab University”.
Since the establishment of the University, the administrators have exerted their efforts to be an effective
partner at the national and regional levels to enhance the quality of
education, to secure an environment that promotes the student’s thinking
as an active and creative element for the benefit of society, and to be
an attractive environment for students from the neighboring and foreign
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The University constantly endeavors to achieve excellence, enhance the spirit of entrepreneurship and creativity,
provide quality education, distinguished research, and community
service. The University is also seeking to supply the labor market with
graduates equipped with knowledge and training, qualified to excel in
the field of vocational training, and able to meet the requirements of
the labor market. The University works to encourage scientific,
critical and creative thinking, and to achieve excellence in theory and
practice. To achieve this, the University is developing its study plans
to keep pace with the rapid world of change and progress, in addition
to developing educational skills and the blended courses that serve the
community and contribute to its development.
The University promotes multiplicity of ideas, civilized thinking, cultural
interaction, acceptance of the other, and rejection of all kinds of
extremism and violence. The University, from its establishment,
provided the society locally and regionally with highly qualified alumni
based their knowledge on competent and distinguished faculty members
holding high degrees from different distinguished Universities, locally,
regionally and internationally. The University currently consists of
nine faculties as follows:
• Faculty of Educational and Psychological Sciences
• Faculty of Business
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics
• Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Aviation Sciences
• Faculty of Shari’a
In addition to the scientific centers