University of Petra

College of Arts and Sciences, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, College of Information Technology, College of Design and Architecture, College of Law, College of Information, and College of Engineering.

The University of Petra is a center for knowledge creation through research, skills development, application of knowledge to new technologies, and technology transfer.

Accordingly, the University of Petra is taking advantage of its organized and modern campus to direct the minds of young men and women towards new dimensions of thought, philosophy and logic. The University of Petra also provides a wonderful environment for expressing thought freely, dialogue, interactive and integrated learning, and research and development facilities. The University of Petra is also making unremitting efforts in developing communication programs aimed at developing society, participating in regional and international practical events, holding meetings with other scholars, and publishing research in magazines with a view to finding solutions to social problems, providing new job opportunities, and eradicating poverty.

In order to achieve this, the University of Petra has fulfilled the requirements for obtaining ISO 9001 in the field of supportive higher education services management and obtained a certificate of quality assurance from the Accreditation Commission for Higher Education Institutions. In addition, the University of Petra ranked first in the QS classification for Jordanian private universities. The University of Petra is keen to provide quality educational programs and to harmonize its curricula from the latest teaching methods and the latest findings of scientific research, and the University seeks to extend bridges of communication and cooperation with the public and private sectors and Jordanian society in general.

With the development of e-learning facilities, an electronic library and high-speed Internet connectivity, the Petra University campus has become a smart campus in which students and colleges use knowledge to develop advanced skills in order to improve entrepreneurship, innovation, and creativity.

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the University of Petra. Since the first day of its establishment, the University's mission has been to provide its students with good education and knowledge, to broaden their experience, to provide them with the tools that allow them to fully realize their capacity and promise, to nurture an environment that promotes scientific research and scholarly work, and to provide opportunity for leadership and innovation that brings with it responsibility, so as to preserve our national and Arab-Islamic values and ideals.

The University of Petra seeks to establish a prestigious position for itself both at the national and regional levels. It focuses, in moving forward, on the present and the future in order to benefit from scientific and technological ideas. Petra education is intended to help students develop their characters and commitment to learning in a university environment that provides opportunities for academic, spiritual, cultural, and professional development.

Universities have been a source of enlightment to members of their communities, pioneering channels of change and paths of progress and development. They have always provided platforms for intellectual freedom. The University of Petra is dedicated to preserving the very task of respect for human endeavor and the wisdom of the ages.

To succeed in the 21st century, UOP graduates need to be highly qualified and steeped in scientific and technological knowledge. The University therefore gives priority to the establishment of dynamic specializations that contribute to students' professional development and which prepare them to compete in the labor markets.

The University of Petra strives to promote innovation, independent thinking, the ability to generate new knowledge, and discovery and creativity in its students.

The University stresses the importance of collaboration with counterpart universities so that faculty members can enhance research and teaching programs.

The University of Petra believes that language and thought are so intertwined that it is impossible to understand one without the other. UOP therefore gives prominence to language development, good command of the native language, and to fluency. In addition, it promotes learning foreign languages and cultures.

As I think about your future careers in a world that is changing rapidly, I feel confident that you will possess, as young men and women, the capacity to learn new things.

I hope that you will keep the virtues of character and the good qualities that the University of Petra has endeavoured to instill in you, wishing you all the best.

With My Best Regards,

The President