The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, met with a delegation from Auburn University headed by the Assistant Provost Office of International Programs, Dr. Andrew Gillespie, to discuss ways of cooperation between the two sides in the various scientific and academic fields. During the meeting, Massad stressed Yarmouk’s keenness to strengthen cooperation with various universities and leading international education institutions, including Auburn University with which Yarmouk has been cooperating for years. He then expressed his hope to expand the areas of cooperation and to activate that cooperation in the field of exchanging scientific visits between students and faculty members in various fields of common interest. Massad pointed out that Yarmouk, as one of the leading national institutions, is keen to play its role in translating the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein concerning the empowerment of youth and preparing them to keep pace with the different developments and international standards.

In return, Gillespie praised the distinguished scientific reputation of Yarmouk University pointing to the possibility of enhancing cooperation between the two universities in a number of areas of common interest. He then reviewed the establishment of Auburn University and its Faculties naming the scientific specializations they offer for various academic degrees.

After the meeting, which was attended by the vice-presidents of Yarmouk, the director of the Department of International Relations and Projects at the University, and a number of Auburn University students, the delegation toured the University campus and visited the Refugees, Displaced Persons and Forced Migration Studies Center, the Jordanian Heritage Museum, the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies, and Al-Hussein Bin Talal Library.