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The University of Jordan company history timeline

1962

In 1962, ِa delegation from the British Army met with the commanders of the Jordanian Army to negotiate terms for an aid from the British government intended to help with the establishment of the University of Jordan.

1982

In 1982 Hamdallah accepted a professorship in the English department of Al-Najah National University, in the West Bank city of Nablus.

1985

Higher education in Jordan is regulated and monitored by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR), which was created in 1985.

1997

Al-Balqa Applied University, established in 1997, and many community colleges under its tutelage provide more than 40% of technical and vocational education in Jordan.

2005

Operating under the umbrella of the MHESR, a scientific research-funding agency was established in 2005 to prompt scientific research and to fund research initiatives in the country.

2007

These developments opened the way for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to be brought under a unified Palestinian administration for the first time since the 2007 split between Fatah and Hamas.

2013

Hamdallah served as president of Al-Najah until 2013, when PA Pres.

2014

On June 2, 2014, two months after the conclusion of a reconciliation agreement between the rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas, a new PA cabinet was sworn in with Hamdallah again as prime minister.

2015

In July 2015, amid growing tensions, Abbas reshuffled the cabinet without consulting Hamas.

However, the MHESR allocated a special portion of its budget to support students with low income, with a budget of JOD 10 million (≈US$14.11 million) annually and 40,000 scholarships in 2015.

2017

Nonetheless, in 2017 Hamas allowed Hamdallah’s government to begin taking on administrative control of the Gaza Strip.

2018

In March 2018 a roadside bomb detonated near Hamdallah’s convoy during a visit to the Gaza Strip.

In the West Bank, meanwhile, concerns were brewing over the future of the PA. In 2018 a health scare for Abbas raised concerns over who would lead the PA after him.

2019

Weeks later the PA stopped paying civil servants in the Gaza Strip; Abbas later imposed sanctions on the Gaza Strip and, in January 2019, began pulling PA forces from their administrative duties in the region.

2020

UNESCO High-Level Futures Literacy Summit platform was held during December 8-12, 2020.

International Social Business Summer Program (ISBSP) 2020 organized by Daffodil International University (DIU) is the world’s first virtual summer school on Social Business.

2021

Asia UiTM ranks among top 150 in QS World University Rankings by 2021 Subject

2022

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released the official QS Graduate Employability Ranking of the year 2022 on September 23.

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