The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, met with a delegation from German and Arab universities including a number of researchers and experts participating in the Cultural Heritage Digitization project, which is supported by the "Taziz Program" (Enhancement Program) funded by the German Authority for Cultural Exchange (DAAD). The Project designed for a period of three years and managed by the Higher Technical University in Brandenburg, Germany, started by the beginning of 2023 with the participation of eleven universities from Germany, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Sudan, among which outstands Yarmouk University.
Massad stressed Yarmouk’s keenness to consolidate its scientific, academic, and research cooperation with international scientific and research institutions and bodies, as this reflects positively on the educational process at the University and provides students and faculty members with opportunities to acquire diverse experiences and learn about international cultures. He also stressed Yarmouk’s pride in being a partner in implementing the Digitizing Cultural Heritage Project through a number of researchers from the University’s Faculties, stressing that the Project aims at developing technologies that help in digitizing the cultural heritage across the globe.
In return, the members of the delegation praised the effective cooperation offered by Yarmouk University, which includes distinguished academic capabilities, explaining that the Project addresses technologies that contribute to digitizing the cultural heritage and creating a cooperative educational platform for the implementation of applied qualification courses, research projects, and qualification courses through non-academic partners including students and mentors. The members of the delegation also pointed out that the idea of the Project is to bring together researchers and students from Germany, Lebanon, Jordan, Sudan, and Iraq to work together in conducting research and implementing such research to digitize cultural heritage. This involves, as they confirm, answering many research questions: Are there places that have not yet been developed for tourism, and are they considered hard places to access? Can such places be experienced virtually? How can we make the target youth group access information and experiences about the places under discussion?
However, the meeting was attended by the Vice President of the University for Academic Affairs, Professor Mousa Rababah, the Dean of Al-Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology, Dr. Muwafaq Al-Atoum, the Dean of the Faculty of Archeology and Anthropology, Dr. Mustafa Al-Naddaf, the Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Sciences, Dr. Qasim Al-Radaida, and a number of University officials.
