The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, met with a delegation from the American Embassy in Amman, which included the Deputy Cultural Attaché, Benjamin Rudy, and the Academic Cooperation Adviser, Irene Petro, to discuss ways to enhance academic and research cooperation between Yarmouk and various American universities. Massad stressed that Yarmouk does have a diverse educational environment, which includes medical, scientific, literary, and humanitarian disciplines, and is therefore seeking to consolidate its academic and research cooperation with various prestigious international universities. He then pointed out the importance of strengthening cooperation between Yarmouk and American universities by increasing students exchange programs that provide an opportunity for Jordanian students to spend a semester in American universities, which should contribute to students’ scientific and cultural identity.

In return, the delegation stressed the embassy’s endeavor to build bridges of cooperation between various American universities and Yarmouk University through the exchange programs of students and faculty members, emphasizing the need to provide a number of grants for Yarmouk students to complete their graduate studies in American universities. They also declared that some orientation sessions will be held for Yarmouk students to discuss ways of filling applications to complete studies in American universities for various scientific degrees, admission requirements, and types of scholarships, etc.