to choose from a plethora of disciplines that employ several pedagogical approaches involving classroom instruction, independent research, student-as-teacher approach, and internships or practical experience. faculty of science and arts engineering faculties complex 32°29′33″n 35°59′14″e the medical faculties complex. this is a group of buildings in the southern part of the university housing the faculties of engineering, agriculture, information technology, architecture and design, veterinary medicine, and graduate studies. engineering the faculty of engineering is the largest faculty in the university, with its 61 research and teaching labs. it comprises the departments of biomedical engineering, aeronautical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering power and mechatronics, and nuclear engineering. the faculty takes part and is accredited by the united states engineering accreditation commission (eac) of (abet). agriculture the faculty of agriculture was established by a royal decree on october 2, 1985. study began at the faculty in 1989/1990 with 71 students, to grow into over 1100 students in the academic year 2006/2007, including 100 graduate students. the faculty began with only nine faculty members upon its establishment. currently, the number has increased into 48 faculty members in four academic departments. information technology the faculty of information technology was established in 2000. the faculty consists of five departments: computer engineering, computer science, computer information system, software engineering, and network engineering. architecture and design the faculty of architecture and design awards both bachelor's degrees and master's degrees and comprises the departments of architecture and urban planning. it participates yearly in the arab architectural graduation project exhibition, which started as bilad al sham graduation project exhibition. veterinary medicine the faculty of veterinary medicine was established at just in 1990 as a response to the national objective of improving animal health and productivity by increasing their efficiency and thereby reducing the cost of animal production. it is the only faculty of veterinary medicine in jordan. it also houses a veterinary health center (vhc), which serves the purpose of clinical training for students and provides veterinary services to the public. the faculty is a research and a consultative center, in addition to its basic function in promoting and sustaining high standards of undergraduate and postgraduate programs. the faculty is an active member of the arab association of veterinary medical faculties and it houses its office. graduate studies the faculty of graduate studies provides advanced studies in different fields including medicine, applied medical sciences, science, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, agriculture, engineering and computer technology. the faculty is entrusted with setting the rules and regulations pertinent to graduate programs and degrees and pursuing the implementation of these regulations. each faculty is best known with a color: faculty of agriculturefaculty of applied medical sciencesfaculty of computer and information technologyfaculty of dentistryfaculty of engineeringfaculty of medicinefaculty of nursingfaculty of pharmacyfaculty of science and artsfaculty of veterinary medicine research since its establishment, just has given its utmost priority to academic research. in this vein, the deanship of research commenced its activities at the early stages of the university establishment during the academic year 1986/1987. research, basic and applied, is amongst the principal priorities of the university. training and supervision in research methodology, especially for postgraduate students, is reinforced by several research centers, such as the queen rania center for environmental science and technology, consultative center for science and technology, energy center, pharmaceutical research center, princess haya biotechnology center, and the agricultural center for research & production. research funding has steadily grown since the establishment of just in 1986, and an average of 200 research projects are sponsored and funded each year. as testimony to this development, just was ranked as the top research university in jordan, and amongst the top 3% universities in the islamic world, according to a study carried out by the ankara-based statistical, economic and social research and training center for islamic countries (sesrtcic). nature journal has reported jordan as having the highest number of researchers in research and development per million people among all the 57 countries members of the organisation of islamic cooperation (oic). in jordan there are 2,000 researchers per million people, while the average among the members of oic is 500 researchers per million people. this means that the number of researchers per population in jordan, is higher than italy, israel and greece and just close to the number in united kingdom and ireland. the deanship of research at just is the administrative and technical body that facilitates, regulates and observes the processes concerning research. it works in a collaborative and complementary manner with other faculties and administrative bodies of the university. any research on humans should be approved by the institutional research board (irb) and any research on animals should be approved by the university animal care and use committee (acuc) before being funded. deanship of research nuclear science and technology center in consistence with jordan's efforts to develop and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and lessen its dependence on fossil fuel, and in co-ordinance with the department of nuclear engineering of just, a nuclear research reactor, the first in the country, has been set to be built in the university campus which will serve as an integral part of the nuclear technology infrastructure of jordan. the five-megawatt (mw) nuclear research reactor, which was inaugurated in december 2016, will become the focal point for a nuclear science and technology center (nstc) in just, playing the primary role in educating and training the upcoming generations of nuclear engineers and scientists, and providing irradiation services in support of the jordanian industrial, agricultural and health/medical infrastructures. the nuclear research reactor center will include radioisotope production and training facilities, future expansion of the center will include a fuel fabrication plant, as well as radioactive waste and cold neutron facilities. the reactor, which will be upgradeable to 10mw, will facilitate the training of nuclear operators and technicians as well as advanced nuclear research in neutron sciences and the commercial production of radioisotopes, it will also allow for practical experience for jordanians in nuclear energy, reactor physics, radiochemistry and radiation protection. the research reactor is considered by jordan atomic energy commission (jaec) officials to be an important precursor to jordan's first nuclear power plant, a 750–1,000mw generation iii reactor to be built in an area in mafraq 40 kilometers northeast of amman and 15 kilometers away from the hashemite university. library the library collection comprises 115,000 books, and 45,000 volumes of periodicals back issues. in organizing its collection, the library adopts the library of congress classification scheme, and uses the anglo-american cataloging rules (aacr2) and the international standard of bibliographic description (isbd). the total floor area of the library is estimated as 12.500 square meters,and it can accommodate 2.500 visitors at the same time due to the large area that the library has. to cope with the new technologies in the field of library and information science, the library started in 1993 to offer retrieved information services through a good number of necessary databases, which are published on cd-rom or online (wan) subscriptions. the new library, which is set to become the largest library in the middle east, under construction at just. there are two libraries in just, one in the engineering faculties complex and the other is in the medical faculties complex. while both libraries give the students an appropriate and suitable place for reading and studying, the two-floor library at the medical faculties complex is relatively larger, also contains 115,000 books, and 45,000 volumes of back issues of periodicals, which makes it the main library at the university. at the present time, a third library is being built in the area between the two complexes and is larger in size than both existing libraries and is set to become the largest library in the middle east. largest library in the middle east. publications further information: § research the university issues a quarterly journal called the jordan journal of civil engineering (jjce). the journal is internationally peer-reviewed. subjects covered include applications of civil rehabilatations, structural control, smart materials, earthquake engineering, geotechnical engineering and soil/rock mechanics, dam engineering, traffic and transportation engineering, water and environmental engineering, construction management and project planning, surveying and mapping, and infrastructures engineering, as well as numerical and analytical methods. the deanship of research is responsible for the funding of research publications by staff members and students, as well as managing the jordan journal of civil engineering. student newspaper just for just, is an electronic newspaper initiated by the students of the university. students a students' union is elected annually to represent the students. student clubs that are responsible for organizing various events throughout the academic year. of the most prominent of these clubs are the medical club, great arab revolt club, media club, science club, international student club, chess club, and culture club. international community the number of international students at just continues to rise; in the academic year 2005/2006, more than 3,500 students of 48 nationalities came from outside jordan. as of the academic year 2009/2010, the university had 5,415 international students from 61 different nationalities, rendering it the most cultural-diverse university in jordan. the international student office (iso) was established in 2005 and is supervised directly by the president. highly qualified coordinators and staff provide cultural, social and legal consultation, field trips, social events, and meetings with the president. an international community fair takes place annually at the university with the aim of encouraging and promoting cross-cultural communication and diversity in the workplace. panoramic photo of students in the engineering faculties complex during the international community fair at jordan university of science and technology. – photo by hassan ali on-campus housing the first building was established in 1993. due to increasing demand, the number of buildings was gradually raised to eight fully occupied buildings. each building consists of four floors, the ground floor included. each floor consists of two major wards, each of which contains eleven rooms, in addition to an adequate number of bathrooms and showers associated with each ward. each building offers three types of rooms. health care and insurance health care is available to all students, the cost of which is included in the semester fees. it covers 100% of most services offered by the university health centers, including king abdullah university hospital (kauh) and the just health center (hc). the university provides free life insurance coverage to all students. just health center (hc) in irbid was established in 1983 to provide medical care to students, faculty and staff. it is also a teaching center for the residency program of family medicine. faculty kamel ajlouni, endocrinologist and university president from 1986 to 1995. international affiliations association of arab universities (aaru) international association of universities (iau) federation of the universities of the islamic world (fuiw) mediterranean universities union (unimed) royal norwegian commission ikip/malaysia international center for agricultural research in the dry areas (icarda) world health organization (who) canadian international development agency (cida) eu international centre for genetic engineering and biotechnology (icgeb) unesco alexander von humboldt foundation/germany international centre for theoretical physics/italy german academic exchange service (daad) the british council/oda the french mission for agriculture and water (fulbright) cisco systems boscan international microsoft ibm photo gallery the main gate of just at night. king abdullah university hospital and the mosque of just at night. science hall 2 at the medical faculties complex. entrance to just. stadium at the engineering faculties complex. faculty of information technology at the engineering faculties complex. main gate. clipped hedge at the faculty of architecture. night view of campus. just mosque. main gate at night. just 1986 logo. transportation buses are used in the 11 km2 university campus.