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According to QS Global Ranking, Yarmouk University ranked 33 among the best Arab universities and ranked third locally for 2019. This great ranking came from the efforts of all its members to achieve the ambitions that the University seeks to reach.
The university achieved this prestigious rank as a result of meeting the criteria of ranking including academic reputation which constitutes 30% of the evaluation and depends on a questionnaire distributed to international well-known academics and 20% for the criterion of the employment reputation of graduates.
It is noteworthy that 250 Arab universities were evaluated in this ranking, of which 120 universities were selected; University of Jordan ranked 9th, the University of Science and Technology ranked 14th, Yarmouk University ranked 33rd, and the Hashemite University ranked 38th.
Prof. Zeidan Kafafi welcomed a delegation from the US Embassy in Amman, which included the Cultural Affairs Officer Peter Neisuler Ilschuler, the Counselor for Public Affairs, Adrienne Nutzman, and the Cultural Affairs Specialist, Ruba Hattar on Oct. 13
Kafafi pointed to the cooperation between Yarmouk University and several US Higher Education Institutions which included several research projects and programs of exchange for both students and faculty members. He added that the University is interested in expanding cooperation through scholarships, lectures and workshops on educating students with exchange programs, and study opportunities. He further announced that the university in collaboration with the US embassy intends to hold a corner for the American culture in Al-Hussein bin Talal Library. He also called for attracting US faculty members to teach in the faculties of Yarmouk University.
The delegation members focused on the intention of the US embassy in supporting the cultural and academic exchange programs between various American universities and Yarmouk University and clarified the various grants presented by the embassy and its procedures for setting the US cultural corner. They presented a lecture on the academic and cultural exchange programs dedicated for the students of Yarmouk University in addition to a lecture for the students of English Language and Literature on American literature presented by Peter Neisuler and Ruba Hattar.
Vice president Prof. Ahmad Al-Ajlouni discussed possible cooperation with the President of Stavropol State Medical University in Russia Prof. Kshel Vladimir on Oct. 17.
Al-Ajlouni stated that the university has recently established two academic programs of Medicine and Pharmacy, pointing to the University's keenness to appoint distinguished faculty members and to provide the latest equipment needed for the educational process, in addition to sending distinguished students to pursue their studies at prestigious international universities in the medical field. He also expressed Yarmouk's readiness to cooperate with Stavropol State Medical University in Russia through the exchange of faculty members and scientific expertise between the two sides, as well as the possibility of receiving some students to be trained for two months.
In his turn, Vladimir expressed Stavropol's willingness to collaborate with Yarmouk University in the medical field through the exchange of students and faculty members. He added that the University was founded 80 years ago and it is specialized in medical education with 6,000 male and female students representing different nationalities, including Jordanian.
The meeting was attended by Prof. Wisam Shihadeh, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and a number of officials from both sides.
President Prof. Zeidan Kafafi welcomed a delegation from the faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Strathclyde. The delegation included Dr. Ibrahim Khadra and Dr. Robin Plaven who discussed cooperation between the faculties of pharmacy in both universities.
Kafafi confirmed the attention payed to the Faculty of Pharmacy which was recently established, through providing it with all the needed equipment for the educational process in the faculty and through attracting qualified faculty members, and holding agreements with international universities. He also affirmed the need to strengthen cooperation with the University of Strathclyde in pharmacy through the exchange of faculty members and students between the two universities, and the possibility of establishing a joint Master program between the two universities in pharmacy.
Khadrah stated that the University of Strathclyde has about 22,000 students and is considered one of the first 250 universities worldwide, and he asserted that the University of Strathclyde is ready to enhance cooperation with Yarmouk University in pharmacy through a memorandum of understanding that would give an opportunity to share experiences and knowledge among academics from both sides. Khadra pointed that 50 grants are provided annually for students wishing to precede their studies, which will give a chance for Yarmouk students to benefit from these grants.
Vice President Prof. Ahmad Al-Ajlouni and Deans of the Faculties of Pharmacy and Science Prof. Sayer Al-Azzam and Prof. Nihad Yusuf attended the meeting.
The chairman of the Board of Directors of Oman College of Management and Technology Hussein Al Saleh was welcomed by the President of the University on Oct. 10 where a number of technical and academic issues related to the partnership between the two sides were discussed.
Prof. Kafafi affirmed the keenness of Yarmouk University to develop the academic process at Oman Collage especially after the potential study of decreasing the number of BA teaching hours in line with the laws followed by the Omani Ministry of Higher Education that would lead eventually to an increase in the number of students wishing to study in Oman College. On the other side, Al-Saleh expressed his appreciation for the efforts of Yarmouk University in supporting Oman College and pointed that they are in the process of developing a number of academic programs.