The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, as part of the official Jordanian delegation that visited Lebanon, met with the Prime Minister of the Lebanese caretaker government, Najib Mikati, at the Government Palace in Beirut. On this visit, the Jordanian delegation included the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration Tawfiq Krishan, the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Professor Azmi Mahafza, the President of the University of Jordan, Professor Nathir Obaidat, the President of Mu'tah University, Professor Salama Naimat, the President of the Jordanian German University, Professor Alaa Al-Halhouli, and the President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad.
On the sidelines of the visit, the President of the University, Professor Islam Massad, and the President of Beirut Arab University, Dr. Wael Abdel Salam, signed a memorandum of understanding that included scientific and research fields, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration, Tawfiq Krishan, and the Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Scientific Research, Dr. Azmi Mahafza.
During the meeting, Massad talked about the establishment of Yarmouk University, its history, Faculties, administrative units, and scientific centers, in addition to its future vision based on expanding the development of quality academic programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He added that Yarmouk University, in the context of its strategic plan that was implemented in all of its scientific, humanitarian, and health faculties, views raising the level of applied skills among its graduates as an academic priority, as evident in its comprehensive amendment of all study plans and programs. He then pointed out that Beirut Arab University represents part of the academic memory of the Jordanian society, as it has been a destination for hundreds of Jordanian students during the past decades.
For his part, Abdel Salam appreciated the visit from Yarmouk University to Beirut Arab University, which reflects the depth of academic relations between two of the most prestigious Arab universities. He added that signing the memorandum between the two universities comes as a culmination of the previous visit to Yarmouk University last February, stressing that Yarmouk University represents a distinguished Arab academic and research value due to the nobility and scientific history it represents and its embodiment of the cultural and cognitive values of the Jordanian society.
The signed memorandum of understanding stipulates cooperation in the field of scientific research, education and culture, the exchange of members of the teaching and administrative staff and students, the organization of scientific conferences and seminars on topics of common interest, and cooperation in individual or joint research programs.
