JUST Newsletter May & June 2017 Issue

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JUST role extends to being patriotic, national and international socio-economic-peace participant Following the footsteps and the guidance of his Majesty King Abdullah, supporting the Palestinian people's rights to freedom and to the establishment of their independent state, JUST Deans Council approved the launching of a new course addressing the Palestinian conflict. This course is as an optional course in the curriculum. The president of JUST, Professor Omar Al-Jarrah expressed that this decision was made after a series of effective meetings with the Jordanian parliamentary committee for the defense of Palestine attended by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

JUST Strategic Pillars Research, Innovation, post graduate studies being successfully adhered to and implemented Under the patronage of the President of JUST, the faculty of graduate studies on May 22, 2017 conducted the final ceremony of the 5 minutes’ thesis competition. The faculty of graduate studies at JUST organized the final ceremony of the five-minute master's thesis presentation competition (5MT @ JUST). Five students from several faculties at the university had qualified for the final round. This competition comes within the efforts of the university in honing the skills of graduates that are necessary for the labor market. Professor Omar Al-Jarrah gave a speech in which he emphasized the importance of postgraduate studies in the university's strategy for the next four years, ensuring the qualitative and quantitative expansion of graduate studies. He also stressed the role of postgraduate studies in achieving the comprehensive vision of the university by focusing on what the university recently published and called the 4 I’s: Innovation, Industry linkage, Internationalization, and Interdisciplinary programs.


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