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The
Jordan University of Science and Technology (
Arabic: جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا الأردنية), often abbreviated
JUST, is a comprehensive, state-supported university located outside of
Irbid at
Ar Ramtha region, in northern
Jordan. JUST and the
University of Jordan in
Amman are considered to be the two premier institutions of higher learning for engineering and medicine in the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, although numerous other faculties and specializations are represented as well. As of the 2004/2005 academic year, JUST counted 630 faculty members, with 16,500 undergraduate and graduate students.
History
The Jordan University of Science and Technology was established on 1 September 1986. Although its campus outside Irbid was originally intended to be the new, future campus of
Yarmouk University, five faculties (the engineering and medical faculties) were instead detached from Yarmouk University and moved to the new campus, where they would become the first faculties of Jordan University of Science and Technology.
Campus
The JUST campus is located approximately 20 km east of
Irbid in northern Jordan and covers an area of approximately 11 km². In addition to academic buildings and the JUST Library, the campus includes athletic facilities including a 7000-seat soccer stadium.
Jordan University of Science and Technology is also home to
King Abdullah Universitarian Hospital, the 683-bed teaching hospital affiliated with JUST and its medical faculties.
Students’ Life in Irbid
Irbid is a very nice small city in which JUST students live. In Irbid, you would find students going to six universities around Irbid, so most people you see in Irbid are students. The beauty of Irbid is that it really very small, and you need only one street called Al-Jame'a Street to do everything. Irbid is famous for its internet cafes as there are many of them packed in one street, Al-Jame'a Street. Over all, Irbid is a student-oriented city.
For students transportation, you should know that in Irbid, Taxi take 0.5JD for any order whether it is near or far. However, since Irbid is very small, you rarely need a Taxi. Besides, you can use buses to go to JUST university (20km far), and they only cost about 25 piasters.
Faculties
JUST is home to eleven faculties (according to the
JUST official website ):
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences
Faculty of Computer and Information Technology
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Nursing
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Science and Arts
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine