UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

A Welcome From The President

 

In a leading step that turned dreams into reality, Al-Ahliyya Amman University was established in 1990 to be the first university of its kind in Jordan and the Arab world. More than twenty-two years since its inception, AAU now takes pride in graduating its seventeenth class of students who have been qualified, trained, and prepared to competently and confidently compete in the domestic, Arab, and regional labor market.


Al-Ahliyya Amman University is now considered a remarkable educational institution that has acquired trust, respect, and appreciation at the local, Arab, and international levels, thanks to the highly distinguished level of its graduates who spread across over than seventy countries. AAU graduates have become leaders, scientists, and experts in the broad walks of life. This achievement would not have been possible without the efforts of the dedicated faculty members and administrators who undertook the responsibility assigned to them and gained the trust of the founder of the University as well as the Chairman and member of its board of trustees. I ask Allah to bless their efforts.


Al-Ahliyya Amman University has always demonstrated itself as a leading university in introducing and taking initiatives. The University has complied with the Royal directions to reconsider the study plans and programs of universities, and connect the offered programs with the labor market requirements in order to raise the level of graduates, and increase their competition opportunities. In line with these directions, the University has added a range of new programs in the following majors: Networks and Information Security, E-Commerce, Electrical Engineering in its new form, Television, Cinema, and Theatrical Design, in addition to twenty-five existing BA programs in eight academic faculties. The University also paid special attention to graduate programs. It grants Master's Degrees in Law, Clinical Psychology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Business Administration, Joint Business Administration with Herriot-Watt University, Communications Engineering and English Language.


In order to maintain tradition and excellence, the University is keen to attract distinguished faculty members and administrators to emphasis sustainable excellence, creativity, innovation and modernity. The University is also keen to second a group of distinguished staff to obtain high degrees in rare specialties from the most prestigious universities in the world. In order to keep up with academic and scientific changes and prepare the University to improve the quality of its students, employees, and educational outputs, the University introduced an office and council for quality and quality assurance. The activities of the Office and the Council reflected positively on improving the scientific and administrative performance of the University, and promoting the educational outputs of the academic programs at the University.


Based on the University belief in the importance of developing teaching and learning methods, the University is activating Dr. Ahmed Al-Horani e-Learning Centre, which is the only center of its kind in Jordan. In addition, and in an equally leading initiative, the University is in the process of introducing e-learning courses. Cooperation, integration and interaction with the local community institutions fall within the first priorities for the University. The University has a civilized and distinct record of development, social and humanitarian events and activities, which were adopted by the components of the University; its students, faculty members and administrators. These activities and events as a whole aim to provide service to our good people in this area of our dear homeland and have became a source of pride for everyone. Because it serves as a platform for Jordanian, Arab and foreign students from more than forty different nationalities, the University has dedicated special attention to its foreign students. An office was set up to attend to foreign students’ affairs, help them overcome accommodation and living difficulties, and make them feel the safe and warm hospitality of Jordan which is always embodied by Majesty King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein. The University has thus become a safe environment for students and staff. We ask Allah to protect us all and grant us success under the Hashemite leadership. May the Peace, Mercy and Blessing of Allah be Upon You.

 

THE PRESIDENT DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Representing the University before all official and judicial authorities, bodies and persons, and signing contracts on behalf of the University in compliance with the applicable Higher Education and Scientific Research Law.

 

  • Administering the scientific, financial, and administrative affairs of the University in accordance with the provisions of the regulations, instructions, and decisions issued pursuant thereto.

 

  • Convening the University Council and the Council of Deans, chairing their meetings, overseeing the documentation of the decisions issued by them and following up the implementation of these decisions.

 

  • Presenting the annual work plan of the University to the University Council for consideration and submission to the Board of Trustees.

 

  • Preparing and presenting the draft annual budget of the University, according to the form adopted by the Council of Deans, to the University Council.

 

  • Presenting quarterly reports and annual reports on the performance of the University to the University Council, including performance indicators in the fields of higher education and scientific research, community service and other activities, and any proposals, which the President deems appropriate for the development of the University, according to the mechanism adopted in this regard. The University Council discusses and presents these reports to the Board of Trustees.

 

  • Suspending instruction, in whole or in part, at the University, in the cases which the President deems necessary for such a decision. If the period of suspension of instruction extends more than one week, the President will present the matter to the University Council to make appropriate recommendation and submit the recommendation to the Board of Trustees to take the appropriate decision in this regard.

 

  • Making recommendations to the Board of Trustees to appoint vice presidents, head of the University branch and deans.

 

  • Any other authorities granted to the President under the rules and regulations in force in the University or any other tasks assigned to the President by the Board of Trustees.

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

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SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCILS

 

Duties and responsibilities are:

 

  • Organizing the meetings of the University's main councils by calling for the meetings, formulating their minutes, and following up on their implementations.

 

  • Safekeeping documents, records, and correspondence related to the University councils' work in hard and soft copies.

 

  • Submitting draft laws and regulations to the Council of Deans for deliberation and final submission to the Board of Trustees.

 

  • Handling the work of the Appointments and Promotion Committee, a subsidiary of the Council of Deans, turned over to the Secretariat for the explicit purpose of activating research and developing members of staff in accordance with quality assurance standards.

DEPARTMENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND ACCREDITATION

 

Duties and responsibilities are:

 

  • Supervising the preparation of files for the development of academic programs and follow up on their licensing with the Higher Education Council.

 

  • Supervising the preparation and follow-up of academic program accreditation files with the Higher Education Accreditation Commission.

 

  • Supervising the preparation and follow-up of files to determine or modify the capacity of academic programs offered by the university at the Higher Education Accreditation Commission.

 

  • Any additional tasks assigned by the President of the University.

 

PUBLIC & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

 

Duties and responsibilities are:

 

  • Developing channels of interaction within the same institution and with the community at large.

 

  • Acquainting the staff with the outside world by introducing the scientific and academic status of the university and its role in society, and by setting the goals and the position it has achieved.

 

  • Linking the university with other public institutions and the private sector, as well as public relations that contribute to strengthening ties between the university community and identifying public opinion trends towards the university. 

DIWAN

 

Duties and responsibilities are:

 

  • Receiving, recording, and distributing the internal correspondence of the concerned organizational units, and following up on the measures taken thereon.

 

  • Distributing administrative circulars to faculties, deanships, and organizational units in addition to recording and classifying the official correspondence received by the university and transferring it to the concerned organizational units, each according to its specialization.

 

  • Archiving and recording incoming and outgoing official letters and correspondence according to the applicable coding.

 

  • Following up on the documentation, recording, and archiving of paper and electronic documents at the university level, in addition to the application of the organizational units of the correspondence and electronic archiving system.

 

  • Maintaining different documents and keeping them in their designated places, and setting a mechanism for classifying them and facilitating their extraction upon request.

 

  • Following up on the receipt of the organizational units of official letters and journals donated to the university according to the specialization of each student in addition to following up on the correspondence of the organizational units sent through the Jordan Post Office through the Central Bureau.

 

  • Tracking the receipt of official and personal invitations/messages for university staff at different levels, and receiving the organizational units of the advertising and propaganda materials received by the Central Bureau for distribution according to the subject.

Al-Ahliyya Amman University

Email: Public@ammanu.edu.jo

 

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