Jordan University of Science and Technology

The Jordan University of Science and Technology is a public technological university on the outskirts of Irbid, at Ar Ramtha in northern Jordan, which was established by royal decree in 1986 and emerged as an independent university on 1 September 1986 with its academic nucleus drawn from Yarmouk University.约旦科技大学（Jordan University of Science and Technology，简称 JUST）是位于约旦北部伊尔比德郊外阿尔拉姆萨的一所公立技术型大学，1986 年经皇家敕令设立，并于 1986 年 9 月 1 日成为独立大学，其学术班底源自雅尔穆克大学。

It teaches in English, offers 143 undergraduate and graduate degrees through its faculties and institutes, and currently enrols more than 23,000 students, nearly 60 per cent of whom are women, with international students forming about 15 per cent of the student body.该校以英语授课，通过其各学院与研究所提供 143 个本科与研究生学位，目前在校生超过 23,000 人，其中近六成为女性，国际学生约占总人数的 15%。

In the 2027 QS World University Rankings it is placed 449th, it does not appear in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it is 713th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities, it is absent from the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, and OpenAlex records 25,882 research works and 1,055,499 citations.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校位列第 449，未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 713，也未进入 2026 年世界大学学术排名，OpenAlex 统计其研究成果 25,882 项、累计被引 1,055,499 次。

History

• The university has its roots at Yarmouk University in Irbid, and a royal decree issued in 1986 established the Jordan University of Science and Technology, which emerged as an independent university on 1 September 1986.该校的渊源在伊尔比德的雅尔穆克大学，1986 年颁布的皇家敕令设立了约旦科技大学，该校于 1986 年 9 月 1 日成为独立大学。

• JUST detached five faculties from Yarmouk University to form its academic nucleus, namely the faculties of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Engineering.约旦科技大学从雅尔穆克大学分离出五个学院作为其学术核心，即医学院、牙医学院、药学院、护理学院与工程学院。

• The Faculty of Medicine, the second medical school in Jordan, was established at Yarmouk University in the northern city of Irbid in 1984 and branched out into JUST in 1986, where it is closely associated with King Abdullah University Hospital.作为约旦第二所医学院的医学院，于 1984 年在北部城市伊尔比德的雅尔穆克大学成立，并于 1986 年独立并入约旦科技大学，与阿卜杜拉国王大学医院关系密切。

• The Faculty of Dentistry was founded by a royal decree on 16 September 1983 and admitted its first group of students in the academic year 1984/1985.牙医学院于 1983 年 9 月 16 日经皇家敕令设立，并于 1984 至 1985 学年招收首批学生。

• The Faculty of Pharmacy, the first in Jordan, was established as a department of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Yarmouk University by a royal decree in 1979, became an independent faculty on 19 September 1983, and became affiliated with JUST in September 1986.药学院是约旦第一所药学院，1979 年经皇家敕令在雅尔穆克大学医学科学学院内设立为系，1983 年 9 月 19 日成为独立学院，并于 1986 年 9 月划归约旦科技大学。

• The Faculty of Nursing was established in 1983 with only two faculty members and 23 students, and subsequently grew into a faculty organised in four departments.护理学院成立于 1983 年，最初仅有两名教师与 23 名学生，此后发展为由四个系组成的学院。

• The Faculty of Agriculture was established by a royal decree on 2 October 1985, and study began there in 1989/1990 with 71 students, growing to over 1,100 students by the academic year 2006/2007, including 100 graduate students.农学院于 1985 年 10 月 2 日经皇家敕令设立，1989 至 1990 学年开始招生，首批 71 名学生，到 2006 至 2007 学年增至 1,100 余人，其中含 100 名研究生。

• The Faculty of Science and Arts was established by a decree of the Council of Higher Education on 26 January 1987 and commenced its duties on 1 September 1987, becoming one of the oldest and largest faculties of the university.科学与艺术学院于 1987 年 1 月 26 日经高等教育委员会决议设立，并于 1987 年 9 月 1 日开始运作，成为该校历史最久、规模最大的学院之一。

• The Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Information Technology were both established in 2000, the former to educate allied health professionals and the latter now organised in eight departments including computer engineering, computer science and software engineering.应用医学科学学院与信息技术学院均成立于 2000 年，前者旨在培养相关医疗专业人员，后者如今设有计算机工程、计算机科学与软件工程等八个系。

• The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was established in 1990 in response to the national objective of improving animal health and productivity, and it is the only faculty of veterinary medicine in Jordan.兽医学院成立于 1990 年，旨在响应改善动物健康与生产力的国家目标，是约旦唯一一所兽医学院。

• The Deanship of Research commenced its activities in the academic year 1986/1987, at the early stages of the university's establishment, and research remains among the principal priorities of the institution.科研事务处于 1986 至 1987 学年、即该校建校初期便开始运作，科研始终是该机构的首要任务之一。

• In 1986 the university started with 110 faculty members and 2,300 students, and by the academic year 2017/2018 it hosted 985 academic faculty members, of whom 249 were full professors.1986 年该校起步时仅有 110 名教师与 2,300 名学生；到 2017 至 2018 学年，其专任教师达 985 人，其中 249 人为正教授。

• In the academic year 2017/2018 the university enrolled 22,634 undergraduate and 2,213 postgraduate students representing 51 nationalities, and granted 5,177 bachelor and master degrees that year.2017 至 2018 学年，该校在校生为 22,634 名本科生与 2,213 名研究生，来自 51 个国籍，并在当年授予 5,177 个学士与硕士学位。

• The International Student Office was established in 2005 and is supervised directly by the president, and an International Community Fair takes place annually to promote cross-cultural communication.国际学生办公室成立于 2005 年，直接由校长监督；学校每年举办国际社区博览会，以促进跨文化交流。

• From 2011 Jordan University of Science and Technology began to make its mark in the QS World University Rankings, which placed it at 601+.自 2011 年起，约旦科技大学开始进入 QS 世界大学排名的视野，被列入 601 名之后。

• A nuclear research reactor, the first in the country, was inaugurated in December 2016 on the university campus as part of a Nuclear Science and Technology Center, and the five-megawatt facility plays a primary role in training nuclear engineers and providing irradiation services.该国首座核研究反应堆于 2016 年 12 月在该校校园内投入使用，作为核科学与技术中心的一部分，这座五兆瓦的设施在培养核工程师与提供辐照服务方面发挥主要作用。

• King Abdullah University Hospital, named after the first king of modern Jordan, Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, lies within the campus and is the largest hospital in northern Jordan, serving about one million inhabitants of the Irbid, Ajloun, Jerash and Mafraq governorates.以现代约旦首任国王阿卜杜拉一世命名的阿卜杜拉国王大学医院位于校园之内，是约旦北部最大的医院，为伊尔比德、阿杰隆、杰拉什与马弗拉克各省约一百万居民服务。

• The university has been awarded the Al Hussein Medal for Excellence, and the late King Al-Hussein bin Talal described Jordan University of Science and Technology as the jewel of Jordanian universities.该校曾获颁侯赛因卓越勋章，已故国王侯赛因·本·塔拉勒更将约旦科技大学誉为「约旦各大学中的明珠」。

• JUST is one of Jordan's public universities, alongside the University of Jordan, Yarmouk University, the Hashemite University, Mutah University, Al al-Bayt University, Al-Balqa Applied University and the German Jordanian University.约旦科技大学是约旦的公立大学之一，与约旦大学、雅尔穆克大学、哈希姆大学、穆塔大学、阿尔拜特大学、巴尔卡应用大学以及德国约旦大学并立。

Academics

• The university comprises twelve faculties, one institute and three deanships, with 65 academic departments offering 65 bachelor programmes, 63 master programmes and two doctoral programmes.该校设有十二个学院、一个研究所与三个事务处，下辖 65 个学术系，开设 65 个本科项目、63 个硕士项目与两个博士项目。

• In its own presentation JUST states that it offers 143 undergraduate and graduate degrees through its fifteen faculties and institutes, spanning engineering, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, agriculture, veterinary medicine, architecture and information technology.在校方自述中，约旦科技大学通过其十五个学院与研究所提供 143 个本科与研究生学位，涵盖工程、医学、牙医学、药学、护理、农业、兽医、建筑与信息技术。

• The Medical Faculties Complex in the northern part of the campus houses the faculties of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Applied Medical Sciences and Science and Arts.校园北部的医学院群设有医学院、牙医学院、药学院、护理学院、应用医学科学学院与科学与艺术学院。

• The Engineering Faculties Complex in the southern part of the campus houses the faculties of Engineering, Agriculture, Information Technology, Architecture and Design, Veterinary Medicine and Graduate Studies.校园南部的工程学院群设有工程学院、农学院、信息技术学院、建筑与设计学院、兽医学院与研究生院。

• The Faculty of Engineering is the largest faculty in the university, with 61 research and teaching laboratories, and it comprises departments ranging from biomedical and aeronautical to civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical and nuclear engineering.工程学院是该校规模最大的学院，拥有 61 个研究与教学实验室，其系所涵盖生物医学、航空、土木、电气、工业、机械与核工程等领域。

• The Faculty of Medicine awards the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery after six years of study, and admission is based solely on the high-school national general examination, with the cut-off average the highest of all disciplines.医学院在六年学习后授予内外全科医学士学位，录取完全依据高中全国统考成绩，其录取分数线是所有学科中最高的。

• The language of teaching at the university is English, although most of the students speak Arabic natively.该校的教学语言为英语，尽管大多数学生的母语为阿拉伯语。

• The number of faculty members is 1,101, 33.7 per cent of whom are female, while the number of administrative and technical staff members is 1,128 and a further 677 workers are employed in service jobs.该校教师人数为 1,101 人，其中女性占 33.7%；行政与技术职员为 1,128 人，另有 677 名从事服务性工作的工人。

• More than 23,000 students are currently enrolled, with nearly 60 per cent being female and international students comprising approximately 15 per cent, making JUST the most culturally diverse higher education institution in Jordan.目前在校生超过 23,000 人，其中近六成为女性，国际学生约占总数的 15%，使约旦科技大学成为约旦文化最多元的高等教育机构。

• Since its establishment the university has graduated 108,980 students, of whom 5,232 are international, and according to official figures it has produced 21,877 scientific papers as recorded by Scopus.自建校以来，该校已培养 108,980 名毕业生，其中 5,232 名为国际学生；据官方数据，其 Scopus 收录的科学论文达 21,877 篇。

• The university allocates 5 per cent of its budget to scientific research, with a total research budget of about 7 million U.S. dollars, and it reports more than 298,158 citations in the last five years, the highest number in the country.该校将预算的 5% 用于科研，科研总预算约为 700 万美元；据其统计，近五年的被引次数超过 298,158 次，居全国之首。

• Research is reinforced by centres such as the Queen Rania Center for Environmental Science and Technology, the Princess Haya Biotechnology Center, the Pharmaceutical Research Center, the Energy Center and the Agricultural Center for Research and Production.该校的研究由多个中心支撑，包括拉尼娅王后环境科学与技术中心、哈雅公主生物技术中心、药物研究中心、能源中心以及农业研究与生产中心。

• The university library covers an area of 12,500 square metres, accommodates 2,500 visitors at the same time and holds 195,000 books, 900,892 e-books, 54 databases and 144,567 electronic journals.该校图书馆占地 12,500 平方米，可同时容纳 2,500 名读者，藏有 195,000 册纸质书、900,892 种电子书、54 个数据库与 144,567 种电子期刊。

• The university holds international accreditations, including ABET accreditation for its engineering programmes, ACGME and WFME accreditation for medicine, ASIIN accreditation for agriculture and NAAB accreditation for architecture and design.该校持有多项国际认证，包括工程专业的 ABET 认证、医学的 ACGME 与 WFME 认证、农业的 ASIIN 认证，以及建筑与设计的 NAAB 认证。

• JUST is affiliated to bodies such as the Association of Arab Universities, the International Association of Universities, the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World and the Mediterranean Universities Union.约旦科技大学隶属于阿拉伯大学协会、国际大学协会、伊斯兰世界大学联合会以及地中海大学联盟等组织。

Campus

• The university campus is located at Ar Ramtha, about 70 kilometres north of Amman, the capital, and 20 kilometres east of Irbid, in northern Jordan.该校校园位于阿尔拉姆萨，在首都安曼以北约 70 公里、伊尔比德以东 20 公里处，地处约旦北部。

• The total area of the campus is 11,000,000 square metres, with a maximum length of 7 kilometres and a maximum width of 1.9 kilometres, and the built area of the university buildings is 415,822 square metres.校园总面积为 11,000,000 平方米，最长处 7 公里，最宽处 1.9 公里，校内建筑总面积为 415,822 平方米。

• The green area is 5,408,000 square metres, planted with 532,200 forest trees and 57,220 fruit trees, and the campus also has an artificial lake with a surface area of 40,000 square metres and a capacity of 14,000 cubic metres.绿地面积为 5,408,000 平方米，种植了 532,200 棵林木与 57,220 棵果树；校园内还设有一个水面面积 40,000 平方米、库容 14,000 立方米的人工湖。

• King Abdullah University Hospital consists of a fifteen-storey main tower and a three-storey low-rise building with an overall area of 95,583 square metres, and it has a bed capacity ranging from 678 to 819 beds, including a radiotherapy centre expected to serve up to 3,000 patients annually.阿卜杜拉国王大学医院由一座十五层主楼与一座三层裙楼组成，总面积为 95,583 平方米，床位容量为 678 至 819 张，并设有一座预计每年接诊多达 3,000 名患者的放射治疗中心。

• The university operates a solar power station with a capacity of 15 megawatts and a production of about 7,974 megawatt-hours, as well as a field hospital of 10,000 square metres that can accommodate 300 beds, of which 50 are intensive care beds.该校运营一座装机容量 15 兆瓦、发电量约 7,974 兆瓦时的太阳能电站，以及一座面积 10,000 平方米、可容纳 300 张床位的野战医院，其中 50 张为重症监护床位。

• There are two libraries on campus, one in the Engineering Faculties Complex and the other in the Medical Faculties Complex, the latter being the main library, and a third library larger than both is under construction between the two complexes.校园内有两座图书馆，一座位于工程学院群，另一座位于医学院群，后者为主图书馆；两座学院群之间正在兴建第三座图书馆，规模大于前两者。

• The Medical Faculties Complex is located at the northern part of the campus and the Engineering Faculties Complex at the southern part, dividing the academic buildings between the health sciences and the engineering and technology disciplines.医学院群位于校园北部，工程学院群位于校园南部，将学术建筑分置于健康科学以及工程与技术两大类学科之下。

• In addition to academic buildings and the libraries, the campus includes a university farm, 12 auditoriums, a concert hall, fine arts galleries and museums, and athletic facilities, and it is covered by a wireless network.除教学楼与图书馆外，校园还包括一个大学农场、12 个礼堂、一座音乐厅、美术馆与博物馆以及体育设施，并实现无线网络覆盖。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the Jordan University of Science and Technology is placed 449th, and the institution does not appear in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，约旦科技大学位列第 449；该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名。^[1]

• It is 713th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities, and it does not appear in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中它位列第 713，且未进入 2026 年世界大学学术排名。

• According to a study carried out by the Ankara-based Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Center for Islamic Countries, JUST was ranked the top research university in Jordan and among the top 3 per cent of universities in the Islamic world.据总部设于安卡拉、面向伊斯兰国家的统计、经济与社会研究培训中心开展的研究，约旦科技大学被评为约旦科研实力最强的大学，并跻身伊斯兰世界前 3% 的大学之列。

• In its own presentation the university reports that it was ranked top in Jordan and among the top 400 universities worldwide in 2018-2019.在校方自述中，该校称其在 2018 至 2019 年位居约旦第一，并跻身全球前 400 名大学之列。

• In the QS rankings by subject, JUST's department of mechanical, industrial and aerospace engineering has been placed in the 351-400 range, and its department of medicine and surgery in the 451-500 range.在 QS 学科排名中，约旦科技大学的机械、工业与航空航天工程系被列入 351 至 400 区间，其医学与外科系被列入 451 至 500 区间。

• The university reports 21,877 scientific papers since its establishment according to Scopus, and more than 298,158 citations in the last five years, placing it first in Jordan for the number of citations according to the international classification.该校称自建校以来其 Scopus 收录的科学论文达 21,877 篇，近五年被引超过 298,158 次，按国际分类其被引数量居约旦第一。

• According to OpenAlex JUST has produced 25,882 research works attracting 1,055,499 citations, reflecting its research output in engineering, medicine and the applied sciences.据 OpenAlex 统计，约旦科技大学已产出 25,882 项研究成果、累计被引 1,055,499 次，体现出其在工程、医学与应用科学领域的研究产出。

• Nature reported that Jordan has the highest number of researchers in research and development per million people among the 57 member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, a context in which JUST is the country's leading research university.《自然》杂志报道称，在伊斯兰合作组织 57 个成员国中，约旦每百万人口中的研发人员数量最多；在这一背景下，约旦科技大学是该国科研实力领先的大学。

• The university holds international accreditations for its programmes and has been granted the ISO 9001-2015 quality certificate, reinforcing its reputation for quality assurance.该校的课程项目持有多项国际认证，并获得了 ISO 9001-2015 质量证书，进一步巩固了其在质量保障方面的声誉。

Student life

• Unlike many historic universities, JUST does not use a traditional Latin motto, and its identity is instead expressed through its Arabic and English names and its concentration on science and technology.与许多历史悠久的大学不同，约旦科技大学并不使用传统的拉丁文校训，其身份认同主要通过其中英文校名以及对科学技术的专注来体现。

• Just for Just is an electronic newspaper initiated by the students of the university, serving as a student media outlet.「Just for Just」是由该校学生创办的一份电子报纸，充当学生媒体平台。

• A students' union is elected annually to represent the students, and student clubs organise events throughout the academic year, among the most prominent being the Medical Club, the Great Arab Revolt Club, the Media Club, the Science Club, the International Student Club, the Chess Club and the Culture Club.该校每年选举学生会代表学生，学生社团在学年中组织各类活动，其中最知名的包括医学社、大阿拉伯起义社、传媒社、科学社、国际学生社、象棋社与文化社。

• The International Student Office, established in 2005, provides cultural, social and legal consultation, field trips, social events and meetings with the president for international students.成立于 2005 年的国际学生办公室为国际学生提供文化、社会与法律咨询，并组织实地考察、社交活动以及与校长的会面。

• On-campus housing began with the first building in 1993, and the number of buildings was gradually raised to eight fully occupied buildings, each of four floors with two major wards per floor containing eleven rooms.校内住宿始于 1993 年落成的第一栋楼，此后逐步增至八栋满员入住的宿舍楼，每栋四层，每层分两个大住宿单元，每个单元含十一个房间。

• Health care is available to all students with the cost included in the semester fees, covering 100 per cent of most services offered by the University Health Centers, including those of King Abdullah University Hospital.全体学生均可获得医疗保健，其费用包含在学期费中，可覆盖大学健康中心（含阿卜杜拉国王大学医院）所提供的多数服务的 100%。

• The JUST Health Center in Irbid was established in 1983 to provide medical care to students, faculty and staff, and it also serves as a teaching centre for the family medicine residency programme.设于伊尔比德的约旦科技大学健康中心成立于 1983 年，为学生、教师与职员提供医疗服务，同时也是家庭医学住院医师项目的教学中心。

• The university provides free life insurance coverage to all students, and its campus offers athletic facilities, a soccer stadium, auditoriums and a concert hall that shape student life on the Ar Ramtha site.该校为全体学生提供免费人寿保险；其校园设有体育设施、足球场、礼堂与音乐厅，塑造了阿尔拉姆萨校区的学生生活。

Notable people

• Kamel Ajlouni, an endocrinologist, served as the first president of the Jordan University of Science and Technology from 1986 to 1995.内分泌学家卡迈勒·阿杰卢尼于 1986 至 1995 年担任约旦科技大学首任校长。

• Saad Hijazi served as president of the university from 1995 to 2003, followed by Wajih Owais from 2003 to 2010.萨阿德·希贾齐于 1995 至 2003 年担任该校校长，其后瓦吉赫·奥韦斯于 2003 至 2010 年继任。

• Abdullah Al-Malkawi led the university from 2010 to 2014 and Mahmoud Alsheyab from 2015 to 2016.阿卜杜拉·马尔卡维于 2010 至 2014 年领导该校，马哈茂德·谢亚卜则于 2015 至 2016 年任职。

• Omar Al-Jarrah served as president from 2016 to 2018 and Saeb Khresat from 2018 to 2021.奥马尔·贾拉于 2016 至 2018 年担任校长，萨伊卜·赫雷萨特则于 2018 至 2021 年任职。

• Khalid El-Salem has served as president of the university since 2021.哈立德·萨利姆自 2021 年起担任该校校长。

• King Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, the first king of modern Jordan, is commemorated in the name of King Abdullah University Hospital, the university's teaching hospital.现代约旦首任国王阿卜杜拉一世的名字被用于命名该校的教学医院——阿卜杜拉国王大学医院。

• King Al-Hussein bin Talal described the Jordan University of Science and Technology as the jewel of Jordanian universities, and the university has been awarded the Al Hussein Medal for Excellence.国王侯赛因·本·塔拉勒将约旦科技大学誉为「约旦各大学中的明珠」，该校也因此获颁侯赛因卓越勋章。

• King Abdullah II has described JUST as the best scientific institution in the Kingdom, and the university was honoured by a royal visit.国王阿卜杜拉二世曾称约旦科技大学为王国最好的科研机构，该校也因此获得王室访问的殊荣。

• Queen Rania is commemorated in the name of the university's environmental science and technology centre, one of its principal research bodies.拉尼娅王后的名字被用于命名该校的环境科学与技术中心，这是其主要科研机构之一。

• Princess Haya lends her name to the Princess Haya Biotechnology Center, one of the university's research centres in the life sciences.哈雅公主的名字被用于命名哈雅公主生物技术中心，这是该校生命科学领域的研究中心之一。