Zarqa University | |
Native Name: | جامعة الزرقاء |
Established: | 1994 |
Students: | 9,000 |
Pushpin Map: | Jordan |
Colors: | Blue and Light Grey |
Affiliations: | IAU, FUIW, AArU |
City: | Zarqa (main campus) |
Country: | Jordan |
Website: | http://zu.edu.jo/EN |
Zarqa University (Arabic: جامعة الزرقاء) is a university in the city of Zarqa, in Jordan's Zarqa Governorate. It was established in 1994, about 6 km to the east of the city center. At the university's first academic semester, there were only 150 students. In the scholastic year 2013/2014 the number of students was over 9,000 in 43 majors.[1]
The university campus houses the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Colleges of Computing and Information Society of the Association of Arab Universities.[2] It is also the permanent residence of the general secretariat of the International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT).[3]