The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, met with Martin Gastal, the CERN advisor for the Middle East and North Africa, to discuss possible ways of cooperation between the two sides. At the beginning of the meeting, Massad stressed Yarmouk's interest in cooperating with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the fields of physics, engineering, and information technology by participating in the organization's research network membership, which enables the faculty members at the University to conduct scientific research in many innovative fields such as large data, artificial intelligence, physical sciences, and engineering. He also pointed out the possibility of cooperation with the organization to establish a joint doctoral program in the field of physics.

In return, Gastal reviewed the establishment of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which appeared in 1952 at Switzerland as the largest laboratory in the world for particle physics research including 23 members and providing particle accelerators and other infrastructure necessary for high energy physics research. He then mentioned that the organization cooperates with various countries in the Middle East, such as Kuwait, Bahrain, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Qatar, stressing the organization's interest in consolidating its cooperation with Jordanian universities in general. Also, he explained the types of membership in the organization’s research network, the mechanism for joining it, and the extent to which researchers at universities benefit from such a membership.