The Vice President of Yarmouk University for Academic Affairs, Professor Mousa Rababah, discussed with the Director of the Regional Office for the Middle East at the Francophone University Agency, Dr. Jean-Noel Baleo, ways to develop cooperation between Yarmouk and the Agency in various academic and research fields, in the presence of the Vice President of the University for Planning, Development, and Research Affairs, Professor Samer Samarah.
Rababah pointed to the academic and research cooperation relations that Yarmouk has with universities in Francophone countries, stressing that Yarmouk University offers a French language program, a French-English program, and some language packages that include the French language aiming at enhancing students’ language skills and increasing their efficiency and ability to compete in regional and international labor markets. He then mentioned the importance of strengthening cooperation with the Agency through student and faculty exchange programs, pointing out the possibility of conducting joint scientific research and benefiting from scientific projects supported by the agency or the European Union.
Likewise, Samarah pointed out that Yarmouk University pays careful attention to the file of international accreditation and quality assurance for its various programs, which reflects positively on the scientific reputation and academic level of Yarmouk among its counterparts locally, regionally, and internationally. He also called on the officials of the Agency to extend bridges of research cooperation between Yarmouk and its various member universities so that faculty members and researchers can conduct scientific research and implement joint research projects in the scientific, health, humanitarian, and technological fields.
In return, Baleo explained that the Francophone University Agency (AUF) is an organization established in 1989 including branch offices spread throughout various countries across the world. Such offices, Baleo stated, aim at strengthening partnership with higher education institutions that adopt the French language as the language of instruction in several programs, which serves the process of research and education in the French language. He also pointed out that the scope of the Agency’s work is not limited to the French language, but rather goes beyond that to enhance research and academic cooperation between the Agency’s member universities in various fields such as technology, medicine, and literature.
The meeting was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University, Professor Mohammad Al-Anqara, the Assistant Dean for Quality Control Affairs, Dr. Mamoun Al-Shteiwi, and the Deputy Director of the Agency’s Regional Office, Cynthia Raad.
