Mutah University

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Mu’tah University is based in the Al Karak region of Jordan, it was founded on March 22nd 1981 by Royal Decree, to be a national institution for military and civilian higher education.

Mu'tah University
جامعة مؤتة

Motto:	Vision of Education
Established:	1981
Type:	Public & Military
Rector:	Suleiman Arabiyyat
Faculty:	550
Staff:	2,500
Students:	17,000
Location:	Al Karak
Website:	[1]

Photo of the faculty of medicine building at Mu'tah university

1 Faculties
2 Faculty of Medicine
3 Other developments
4 External links

[edit] Faculties

Mu'tah University is divided into the following 12 main faculties:

Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Business Administration
Faculty of Educational Sciences
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Nursing
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Shari'a (Islamic Studies)
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Faculty of Sport Sciences

[edit] Faculty of Medicine

Video conferencing room at Mu'tah university

The Faculty of Medicine was founded in 2001. The faculty awards its graduates with an M.B.B.S, it also offers research programmes and postgraduate medical education. An on-campus hospital is also planned for the future. The medical school is quite advanced in its facilities, it includes an entire department dedicated to plastination, for anatomy teaching. Video conferencing is also used, eminent experts from around the world give lectures via the university's live video and audio communication facilities.

[edit] Other developments

In the field of postgraduate studies, the University has recently established a Ph. D. program in Arabic language and literature in addition to various master programs in Mathematics, Arabic and English Languages, Geography and Electrical Engineering (Communications), Law and Police Studies. There are also plans for establishing other programs to keep up with contemporary changes in science, technology and education. The University also runs successful evening studies programs. The evening studies program has been established with the aim of serving employees in the local community and in Jordan as a whole to continue their education. In addition, the University offers Parallel Studies Programs in many fields of studies.