Middle East University

Middle East University, usually shortened to MEU, is a private non-profit university on Queen Alia Airport Road in Amman, Jordan, a few kilometres from Queen Alia International Airport, which gives the campus its address and its place in the capital's transport network.中东大学简称 MEU，是约旦安曼机场大道上的一所私立非营利大学，距阿丽亚皇后国际机场仅数公里，这座机场赋予了校园其地址及在首都交通网络中的位置。

Established in 2005, it opened with twelve specialised master's programmes and added undergraduate teaching in 2008-2009, and it is owned by the Company Middle East University for Graduate Studies.该校创办于 2005 年，以 12 个专门硕士项目起步，并于 2008 至 2009 学年开设本科教学，其所有方为中东大学研究生教育公司。

It teaches some 6,100 students through nine colleges, was placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, and recorded 4,565 works with 84,306 citations in OpenAlex, making it one of Jordan's newer private universities of scale.该校通过 9 个学院培养约 6100 名学生，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中列第 1001-1200 位，据 OpenAlex 记载有 4565 篇文献与 84306 次被引，是约旦较新的具规模的私立大学之一。

History

• Middle East University was inaugurated on 30 June 2005, after it had completed all the requirements of licensing and accreditation, including the provision of qualified faculty and administrative staff and the development of study plans.中东大学于 2005 年 6 月 30 日正式揭幕，此前已完成全部许可与认证要求，包括配备合格师资与行政人员以及制定培养方案。

• It received its first batch of students in twelve specialised master's programmes at the beginning of the second semester of the academic year 2005/2006, so its first teaching was entirely postgraduate.该校在 2005 至 2006 学年第二学期之初迎来首批学生，就读 12 个专门硕士项目，其最初的办学完全属于研究生层次。

• The university was founded by Dr. Yacoub Adel Nasereddin in 2005, who associated its creation with the motto that knowledge is power.该校由雅各布·阿德尔·纳赛雷丁博士于 2005 年创办，他为其创立赋予「知识即力量」的箴言。

• The university was set up in 2005 as an institution for graduate studies, securing its licence to award master's degrees before admitting its first cohort in the 2005/2006 academic year.该校于 2005 年作为研究生教育机构设立，先取得授予硕士学位的许可，随后在 2005 至 2006 学年录取首批学生。

• Its first cohort of master's students entered in 2006, and by 2007 teaching was already organised through nine faculties and twenty-one departments.其首批硕士生于 2006 年入学，到 2007 年教学已按 9 个学院、21 个系组织。

• By 2007 the institution had grown to nine faculties and twenty-one departments, offering both graduate and undergraduate programmes.到 2007 年，该校已发展为 9 个学院、21 个系，同时开设研究生与本科项目。

• Undergraduate teaching began in the second phase of its development, at the start of the 2008/2009 academic year, when it widened its provision beyond postgraduate studies.本科教学在其发展的第二阶段、即 2008 至 2009 学年之初开始，使其办学范围超出研究生教育。

• By 2009 the university had both graduate and undergraduate students, having begun as a purely postgraduate institution only four years earlier in 2005.到 2009 年，该校同时拥有研究生与本科学生，而它仅在四年前的 2005 年作为纯研究生教育机构起步。

• The university is owned by the Company Middle East University for Graduate Studies and has operated as a non-profit educational, research and consulting institution since its establishment in 2005.该校由中东大学研究生教育公司持有，并自 2005 年创办以来一直作为非营利的教育、研究与咨询机构运营。

• It has been accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since 2005, and holds the local quality assurance certificate at Golden level from the national accreditation commission.该校自 2005 年起获约旦哈希姆王国高等教育与科学研究部认证，并持有国家认证委员会颁发的金级本地质量保障证书。

• In 2022 the university entered the Arab Region Rankings at 111-120, an early sign of its regional recognition, and later editions in 2025 and 2027 placed it at 118th and then 91st.2022 年该校首次进入阿拉伯地区排名第 111-120 位，是其地区认可度的早期标志，其后 2025 与 2027 年版分别将其列为第 118 位与第 91 位。

• The university hosts academic programmes from the University of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom, covering bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in fields such as marketing, graphic design, international finance and banking, accounting, media production and international business.该校承办英国贝德福德郡大学的学术项目，涵盖市场学、平面设计、国际金融与银行、会计、媒体制作与国际商务等领域的学士、硕士与博士学位。

• Cybersecurity is among the Bedfordshire subjects taught at MEU, and the university has recently launched a joint pharmacy programme with the University of Strathclyde.网络安全是该校开设的贝德福德郡大学科目之一，该校近期还与思克莱德大学合作推出药学联合项目。

• Taken together the university runs eleven international undergraduate programmes, two international postgraduate programmes and two international doctoral programmes.合计而言，该校开设 11 个国际本科项目、2 个国际研究生项目与 2 个国际博士项目。

• It is a member of the Association of Arab Universities and of the International Association of Universities, and serves as headquarters for the Arab Universities Governance Council.该校是阿拉伯大学协会与国际大学协会成员，并担任阿拉伯大学治理论委员会的办公所在地。

• It also belongs to the Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education and holds membership of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation in the United States, with an ISO 9001 quality system certification.该校还隶属阿拉伯教育质量保障组织，并拥有美国高等教育认证理事会的会员资格，持有 ISO 9001 质量体系认证。

• Its business programmes received accreditation from the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation in 2022, following the European quality assurance framework for business education.其商科项目于 2022 年依照商业教育领域的欧洲质量保障框架，获得国际工商管理认证基金会的认证。

• Its international programmes grew during the 2010s, and by 2022 the university had secured accreditation for its business provision through the framework that the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation established in 2002.其国际项目在 2010 年代不断扩大，到 2022 年其商科教学通过国际工商管理认证基金会于 2002 年建立的框架取得认证。

• Alumni and institutional growth followed the widening of its faculties, and by the mid-2010s the university had consolidated a nine-college structure.随着各学院的扩充，其校友与机构规模同步增长，到 2010 年代中期该校已固定为 9 个学院的建制。

• The university opened a Center for Healing Therapy, inaugurated by a senior official of the Royal Hashemite Court, adding a clinic to its applied work.该校开设了疗愈治疗中心，由一位王室哈希姆宫廷高级官员主持揭幕，为其应用性工作增添了一个诊所。

• Its QS world position was maintained through the 2026 and 2027 editions, both of which placed it in the 1001-1200 band.其 QS 世界榜位次在 2026 与 2027 两个版本中得以保持，两次均列于第 1001-1200 区间。

• The university traces a short but recent history, established only in 2005, which means its institutional record is compact compared with Jordan's older state universities.该校历史较短而新近，2005 年才创办，这意味着其机构积淀相较于约旦更早的国立大学更为紧凑。

Academics

• Middle East University is organised into nine colleges, taught across twenty-one departments.中东大学设有 9 个学院，教学分布于 21 个系。

• The spread of departments reflects the university's movement into applied professional fields after its 2008/2009 switch into undergraduate teaching.各系的铺开反映出该校在 2008 至 2009 学年转入本科教学后向应用专业领域的扩展。

• Its colleges are Engineering, Information Technology, Media, Educational Sciences, Law, Architecture and Design, Pharmacy, Arts and Sciences, and Business.其学院为工程学院、信息技术学院、媒体学院、教育科学学院、法学院、建筑与设计学院、药学院、文理学院与商学院。

• The College of Pharmacy prepares graduates for licensing as pharmacists, and its five-year programme is one of the university's longest professional degrees.药学院培养可取得药剂师执业资格的毕业生，其五年制项目是该校学制最长的专业学位之一。

• It records 6,112 students, of whom 92.2 per cent are undergraduate and 7.8 per cent postgraduate, and 1,816 international students, figures drawn from the university's QS profile for 2024.其在校生为 6112 人，其中本科生占 92.2%、研究生占 7.8%，国际学生 1816 人，这些数字取自该校 2024 年的 QS 资料。

• Its faculty staff number 346, of whom 96 per cent are domestic and 4 per cent international.其教职员工为 346 人，其中本地师资占 96%、国际师资占 4%。

• The university's mission is to prepare leaders through creating an environment to stimulate learning, scientific research and community service.该校的使命是通过营造激励学习、科学研究与社区服务的环境来培养领导者。

• Its stated vision is summarised in the phrase serious, committed, seeking to learn.其表述的愿景可概括为「认真、投入、求知」三语。

• Programmes span engineering, information technology, media, education, law, architecture and design, pharmacy, arts and sciences and business, at bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.其项目涵盖工程、信息技术、媒体、教育、法律、建筑与设计、药学、文理与商业等领域，授予学士、硕士与博士学位。

• The pharmacy programme runs for five years and charges tuition of about 130 Jordanian dinars per credit hour for international students.药学项目学制五年，对国际学生每学分时收费约 130 约旦第纳尔。

• Eleven international undergraduate programmes, two international postgraduate programmes and two international doctoral programmes are delivered with foreign partners.该校与境外伙伴共同开设 11 个国际本科项目、2 个国际研究生项目与 2 个国际博士项目。

• The Bedfordshire partnership supplies degrees in marketing, graphic design, international finance and banking, accounting, cybersecurity, media production and international business.贝德福德郡大学合作项目提供市场学、平面设计、国际金融与银行、会计、网络安全、媒体制作与国际商务等学位。

• A joint pharmacy programme is run with the University of Strathclyde, extending the university's pharmacy specialism into a second European partnership.该校与思克莱德大学合作开设药学联合项目，将其药学专长扩展到第二个欧洲伙伴关系。

• The College of Educational Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences carry the university's humanities and teacher-training work.教育科学学院与文理学院承担该校的人文与师资培养工作。

• The College of Information Technology and the College of Engineering cover computing, software and engineering disciplines.信息技术学院与工程学院涵盖计算、软件与工程学科。

• The College of Architecture and Design and the College of Media give the university two applied creative faculties.建筑与设计学院与媒体学院构成该校两个应用型创意学院。

• The College of Law and the College of Business complete the faculty list, the latter carrying the university's accredited business provision.法学院与商学院构成其余学院，其中商学院承担该校获认证的商科教学。

• Quality assurance runs at Golden level under the national commission, and international accreditation is held for business programmes through FIBA.其质量保障在国家委员会评定的金级水平运行，商科项目则通过 FIBA 取得国际认证。

• The university's teaching model leans on the adoption of information technologies and e-learning, which it identifies as a distinguishing feature.该校的教学模式偏重信息技术与电子学习的采用，并把它视为自身特色之一。

Campus

• The campus stands on Queen Alia Airport Road in Amman, with the postal address MEU, Amman 11831, a short drive from Queen Alia International Airport.校园位于安曼的机场大道，邮政地址为 MEU，安曼 11831，距阿丽亚皇后国际机场车程很短。

• Its site lies just to the south of the city of Amman, the capital of Jordan, placing it outside the built-up centre but within the capital's metropolitan area and close to the airport road.校址位于约旦首都安曼市的南侧，处于建成区中心之外，但仍在首都都市圈之内，且紧邻机场大道。

• All nine colleges sit on the one campus, which the university describes as distinguished by the quality of its educational outputs and its adoption of information technologies, and its healing therapy clinic sits on the same site.九个学院同处一个校园，该校称其以教育产出质量与信息技术的采用而著称，其疗愈治疗诊所也设在同一位址。

• The Center for Healing Therapy is among the campus facilities, opened with the participation of a senior official of the Royal Hashemite Court.疗愈治疗中心是校园设施之一，其启用时有王室哈希姆宫廷高级官员参与。

• Transport from the campus to central Amman follows the airport road, the main artery linking the capital with its international airport.从校园前往安曼市中心沿机场大道行驶，这条路是连接首都与其国际机场的主干道。

• The university's student identity uses red as its colour and the tiger as its mascot, a pairing used in its campus branding.该校的学生标识以红色为主色、以老虎为吉祥物，这一组合用于其校园品牌。

• Amman is a few kilometres from the campus and remains the commercial and administrative centre for the university's students and staff.安曼市区距校园仅数公里，仍是该校学生与教职员工的商业与行政中心。

• The campus serves as both teaching site and clinic base, with the healing therapy centre linking the university's applied health work to the surrounding community.该校园既是教学场所也是诊所基地，疗愈治疗中心把该校的应用健康工作与周边社区相连。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Middle East University is placed in the 1001-1200 band, the joint interval position shared by the universities in that group.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，中东大学列于第 1001-1200 位，即该组院校并列的名次区间。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking it stands 1,147th, its strongest placing on the major global tables.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校列第 1147 位，为其主要全球榜单中的最好名次。

• The university does not appear in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, so no 2027 THE position is recorded for it here.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，故本条目不记载其 2027 年该榜名次。

• Nor does it appear in the 2026 Shanghai Ranking of World Universities, the ARWU.该校亦未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名。

• In the QS Arab Region ranking the university stood at 118th in 2025 and has since been placed in the Arab Region table at 91st.在该校 QS 阿拉伯地区排名中，2025 年为第 118 位，其后进入阿拉伯地区榜单第 91 位。

• Its full-time MBA is placed in the 22nd place band for the Middle East and Africa on the QS business ranking, while its sustainability table position is 1501 or above.其全日制 MBA 在 QS 商科排名中东与非洲地区榜中列于第 22 位区间，其可持续发展榜位次则为第 1501 位及以后。

• The university holds five QS Stars in the QS Stars rating system, which assesses teaching, employability, internationalisation, facilities and inclusiveness.该校在 QS 星级评定中持有五星，该评定考察教学、就业力、国际化、设施与包容性等维度。

• Its measurable research output as recorded by OpenAlex is 4,565 works with 84,306 citations, an average of about 18.5 citations per work, a modest volume beside Jordan's oldest state universities.据 OpenAlex 记载，其可量化科研产出为 4565 篇文献与 84306 次被引，平均每篇文献约 18.5 次被引，与约旦历史最久的国立大学相比体量不大。

• The university belongs to Jordan's group of private universities, alongside Applied Science Private University, Amman Arab University, Zarqa University and Petra University.该校属于约旦私立大学群体，与应用科学私立大学、安曼阿拉伯大学、扎尔卡大学与佩特拉大学并列。

• Its regional recognition rests on the Arab Region rankings and on its international programmes with British partners, which together mark it out among Jordan's newer private institutions.其地区认可度建立在阿拉伯地区排名与同英国伙伴合办的国际项目之上，两者共同使其在约旦较新的私立院校中脱颖而出。

Student life

• The university's motto, We Prepare Leaders, expresses its stated aim of preparing graduates for positions of responsibility across the professions it teaches.该校校训「我们培养领导者」表达了其为毕业生在所授各专业领域承担重任做准备的既定目标。

• Its founder linked the university to the phrase knowledge is power, and its vision statement reads serious, committed, seeking to learn.其创办人为学校赋予「知识即力量」的箴言，其愿景表述为「认真、投入、求知」。

• Students come from different cultures, and the university lists the gathering of talented students from various backgrounds among its objectives.学生来自不同文化背景，该校也把汇聚不同背景的优秀学生列为其办学目标之一。

• With 1,816 international students among 6,112 in total, roughly three in ten students at the university come from outside Jordan.在该校 6112 名学生中有 1816 名国际学生，约每三名学生中就有一名来自约旦境外。

• The adoption of e-learning and information technologies shapes day-to-day study, a feature the university highlights as a distinguishing mark of its teaching.电子学习与信息技术的采用塑造了日常学习方式，该校将此视为其教学的显著特色。

• The Center for Healing Therapy gives students in the health colleges a site for applied work and for community service.疗愈治疗中心为健康类各学院的学生提供应用实训与社区服务的场所。

• Red as the university colour and the tiger as mascot give campus identity a single visual signature used across student life.红色作为校色、老虎作为吉祥物，为校园身份提供了贯穿学生生活的统一视觉标识。

• The university's objectives include animating the skills of administrative and teaching staff in line with technological and scientific developments, which shapes its campus culture.该校的目标之一是按科技发展更新行政与教学人员的技能，这也在塑造其校园文化。

• Its objectives also include encouraging pioneering projects that invigorate the welfare of society, which shapes the university's community engagement.其目标还包括鼓励有助于增进社会福祉的创业项目，这也塑造了该校的社区参与方式。

Notable people

• Dr. Yacoub Adel Nasereddin founded Middle East University in 2005, serves as chairman of its board of trustees, is a former Jordanian senator and heads the YAN Investment Group.雅各布·阿德尔·纳赛雷丁博士于 2005 年创办中东大学，现任该校董事会主席，曾任约旦参议员，并领导 YAN 投资集团。

• Dr. Salam Al-Mahadin serves as President of the university.萨拉姆·马哈丁博士现任该校校长。

• Dr. Ahmed Al-Louzi serves as a Vice President of the university, working with the president on its administration.艾哈迈德·卢齐博士任该校副校长，与校长共同负责其行政事务。

• The board of trustees, chaired by the founder, is the university's governing body for a private non-profit institution.由创办人主持的董事会是该私立非营利大学的治理机构。

• Queen Alia International Airport, named after Queen Alia of Jordan, gives the campus its address and its place in the capital's transport network.阿丽亚皇后国际机场以约旦阿丽亚皇后命名，赋予该校园其地址及在首都交通网络中的位置。

• The Royal Hashemite Court is linked to the university through the inauguration of its Center for Healing Therapy by a senior official of the court.王室哈希姆宫廷与该大学的联系体现在其一位高级官员为该校疗愈治疗中心主持揭幕。

• The University of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom is the principal foreign partner through which the university delivers joint bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.英国贝德福德郡大学是该校主要的外国伙伴，双方共同授予学士、硕士与博士学位。

• The University of Strathclyde, a Scottish institution, partners the university in its joint pharmacy programme.苏格兰的思克莱德大学与该校在药学联合项目上开展合作。

• King Hussein bin Talal and the Hashemite monarchy provide the wider national framework in which the university, founded in Amman in 2005, operates.国王侯赛因·本·塔拉勒与哈希姆王朝构成该校运作的更大国家框架，该校 2005 年创办于安曼。

• No Nobel, Turing or Fields laureate is recorded among its alumni or faculty, and, as a university founded only in 2005, its alumni record remains short.其校友或教师中未见诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，且由于该校 2005 年才创办，其校友名录仍较短。