Al-Balqaʼ Applied University
جامعة البلقاء التطبيقية | |
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1997 |
| President | Ikhleif Tarawneh |
| Students | 46,000 |
| Location | Salt (main campus) , |
| Campus | Urban 5,000 acres (20 km2) |
| Colors | Olive Green and Khaki |
| Affiliations | IAU, FUIW, UNIMED, AArU |
| Website | Al-Balqa' Applied University website |
Al-Balqa` Applied University (BAU)[1] (Arabic جامعة البلقاء التطبيقية) is a government-supported university located in Salt, Jordan, was founded in 1997, a distinctive state university in the field of Bachelor and Associate degree Applied Education, at the capacity of more than 21,000 student distributed into 10,000 at the Bachelor degree program and 11,000 at the Associate degree program.
Al-Balqa` Applied University was formed by merging several colleges distributed over almost all of the Jordanian provinces. The merger was the result of royal decree, under the auspices of his majesty the late King Hussein to provide qualified professionals who focus on applied technical studies.
Faculties
The university system has 11 Branches in every Jordanian governorate (Except for Mafraq).
Colleges in main campus in the city of Salt
- Faculty of Engineering.
- Prince Abdullah Bin Ghazi faculty for Information Technology.
- Faculty of Applied Science
- Salt College for Humanitarian And Literary Sciences.
- Faculty of Planning and Management.
- Faculty of Technological Agriculture.
- Faculty of Islamic Architecture and Arts.
Other faculties around the city of Salt
- Princess Rahma University College: In the town of Allan, north west of Salt.
Faculties in Northern Jordan
- Al- Husn University College (in Irbid)
- Ajloun University College (in Ajloun) : for Educational sciences
- Irbid University College (in Irbid)
Faculties in Central Jordan
- Princess Alia University College : located in Amman
- Amman University College for Financial & Administrative Sciences.
- Zarqa University College (in Zarqa)
- The Royal Jordanian Geographic Center College (Amman).
- Faculty of Technological Engineering(FET)
Faculties in Southern Jordan
- Aqaba University College (in Aqaba)
- Karak College (in Kerak)
- Ma’an College (in Ma'an)
- Shobak College (in Shoubak)
Former Faculties
- Tafilah Applied University College: It became Tafila Technical University in Tafilah in 2005.
- Usul Al-Deen University College: It became W.I.S.E. (World Islamic Science and Education) University in Tabarbour, northern Amman).
Future expansion plans
As of the beginning of the first semester in the academic year 2011/2012; the construction of a stadium went under-way expected to finish within 300 days. Also, there are plans to build an educational hospital, along with a Faculty of Medicine in the upcoming years. In a recent interview with a local newspaper in the city of Salt, president Ikhleif Tarawneh stated that BAU currently holds the capacity of 33,000 students, while the students enrolled in the university programs exceed 46,000, which resulted in a huge strain on the campus buildings, academic staff and learning process. In the same interview, president Ikhleif Tarawneh promised to work on these issues as soon as possible, and he also ordered to reduce further student enrollment by 25% for the academic year 2011/2012(Link in Arabic [2]).
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