The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, met with a delegation from Spain that included the Director of the Spanish Cultural Center in Amman, Juan Becente Bequeiras Salinas, the Education Coordinator at the Center, Dr. Almudena Hassan Bosque, and the Training Coordinator, Christina Thagri. During the meeting, Massad stressed Yarmouk University's constant endeavor to expand its network of cooperation with various prestigious international universities and centers adding that the university offers courses in the Spanish language through the Department of Modern Languages in the Faculty of Arts and the Spanish language package offered by the University's Language Center.
In response, the delegation members praised the university’s distinguished academic reputation, appreciating the active role of the Department of Modern Languages at the university, which has been organizing many cultural activities concerned with the Spanish language, which always supports the educational process and students’ love of Spanish culture and language. Thus, the Spanish delegation participated in the activities of the Spanish Language Day, which included a series of Spanish language and cultural presentations introduced by Spanish language students and some other activities including a video presentation about Spanish proverbs, and the famous traditional foods and tourist sites in Spain.