The Applied Science University (ASU, جامعة العلوم التطبيقية) is a university in Al Ekir, south of

Manama Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is h ...

within the

Kingdom of Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ad ...

. Founded by Bahraini academic Waheeb Al-Khaja, ASU was licensed by the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

in 2004. Gulf Education Project W.L.L. Company, based in Bahrain, owns the university. It was one of the first private universities in Bahrain to teach in both the

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

and the

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

languages. ASU publishes an open access, peer reviewed journal on risk management called ''Applied Science Journal'' under the auspices of the Institute of Risk Management.

Academics

Among the programs offered by the university are eleven undergraduate programs and seven postgraduate programs. The university has colleges of administrative sciences,

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

, and

arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both hi ...

and

sciences Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

.5 Applied Science University (ASU)
.

Campus

The university relocated to a new campus in September 2013. Spread out over an area of 24,400 square meters, the new campus has been built to host up to 6,300 students. The main building has a

clock tower Clock towers are a specific type of structure which house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another buildi ...

Enrollment and faculty

According to a report published by the Bahraini Ministry of Education, there were 1,623 students enrolled at the time of the report's release in January 2012. In regards to university officials, there were 75 faculty members and 41 administrative staff members. Enrollment numbers increased to approximately 2,400 in 2014 and 3,254 in 2019.

Partnerships

ASU signed a memorandum of understanding with

Cardiff Metropolitan University , image_name = Shield of Cardiff Metropolitan University.svg , image_size = 150px , motto = cy, Gorau Meddiant Gwybodaeth , mottoeng = The most valuable possession is knowledge , established = 2011 – Car ...

in 2014. In 2016, in a collaborative partnership between the two universities, the

London South Bank University London South Bank University (LSBU) is a public university in Elephant and Castle, London. It is based in the London Borough of Southwark, near the South Bank of the River Thames, from which it takes its name. Founded in 1892 as the Borough Po ...

launched a new Engineering School at ASU.

Colleges

College of Administrative Sciences

College of Law

College of Arts and Science

College of Engineering

References

External links

Applied Science University (Bahrain) website

Applied Science University (Bahrain) Calendar

Applied Science University (Bahrain) Student portal

Applied Science University (Bahrain) News

Applied Science University (Bahrain) Programmes

Applied Science University (Bahrain) Apply Now

Careers
2004 establishments in Bahrain Educational institutions established in 2004 Universities in Bahrain Buildings and structures in Sitra University and college buildings completed in 2013 Science and technology in Bahrain Scientific organisations based in Bahrain Technical universities and colleges Clock towers in Bahrain {{MEast-university-stub