Zarqa University (Arabic: جامعة الزرقاء) is a university in the city of Zarqa, in

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

Zarqa Governorate Zarqa Governorate ( ar, محافظة الزرقاء ''Muħāfazat az-Zarqāʔ'', local dialects ''ez-Zergā'' or ''ez-Zer'a'') is the third largest governorate in Jordan by population. The capital of Zarqa governorate is Zarqa City, which is the ...

. It was established in 1994, about 6 km to the east of the city center. At the university's first academic semester, there were only 150 students. In the scholastic year 2013/2014 the number of students was over 9,000 in 43 majors. The university campus houses the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Colleges of Computing and Information Society of the

Association of Arab Universities The Association of Arab Universities (Arabic: إتحاد الجامعات العربية), also called the ''Union of Arab Universities'' (Arabic: تحاد الجامعات العربية), is an organization working within the framework of the A ...

. It is also the permanent residence of the general secretariat of the International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT).International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT)
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Colleges

* Faculty of Science and Information Technolog

* Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences

* Faculty of Economy and Managemen

* Faculty of Art

* Faculty of Educational Science

* Faculty of Shari'a (Islamic Studies

* Faculty of Nursin

* Faculty of La

* College of Pharmac

* Faculty of Engineerin

* Faculty of Arts and Desig

* Faculty of Graduate Studie

* Faculty of Journalism and mass communication Graduat

References

External links

http://zu.edu.jo/EN
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