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The American University of Madaba (Arabic: الجامعة الاميركية في مادبا) is a
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university located in Madaba, Jordan. It opened in October 2011, and expects to eventually accommodate 8,000 students once the campus is completed. The standards of teaching qualifications and experience satisfy the accreditation requirements of the Higher Education Accreditation Commission (HEAC) in Jordan. The university is established by the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem which received the license from the Higher Education Council of Jordan in 2005 under the name of the University of Madaba. On 9 May 2009,
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laid the cornerstone of the university, whose name was later changed to become the American University of Madaba (AUM) as of 29 May 2011. The official inauguration took place on 30 May 2013 in the presence of the
King of Jordan The king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is Jordan's head of state and monarch. He serves as the head of the Jordanian monarchy—the Hashemite dynasty. The king is addressed as His Majesty (). Jordan is a constitutional monarchy. However ...
Abdullah II Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein ( ar, عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين , translit=ʿAbd Allāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn al-Ḥusayn; born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of t ...
and of the Pope's representative, Cardinal
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.


See also

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List of universities in Jordan This is a list of degree-granting universities and institutions in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan sorted alphabetically by the governorate to which each university belongs. Jordan has both private and public universities, many of which are su ...
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American University of Sharjah American University of Sharjah (abbreviated AUS; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية في الشارقة) is a private university in the United Arab Emirates. It was founded in 1997 by Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and ...
(AUS) * American University of Beirut (AUB) *
American University of Iraq - Sulaimani American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS) ( ku, زانکۆی ئەمریکی لە عێراق، سلێمانی; Arabic: الجامعة الأمريكية في العراق، السليمانية) is a not-for-profit, private institution for ...
(AUI) *
American University in Dubai The American University in Dubai (AUD) ( ar, الجامعة الأمريكية في دبي) is a private, non-sectarian institution of higher learning in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, founded in 1995. AUD is accredited regionally as a separate u ...
(AUD) *
American University (disambiguation) American University is a university in Washington D.C., United States. American University may also refer to: * American University of Afghanistan * American University of Antigua College of Medicine * American University of Armenia * American Un ...
for a list of similarly named institutions


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External links


AUM website
Educational institutions established in 2011 Scientific organisations based in Jordan Catholic universities and colleges Science and technology in Jordan 2011 establishments in Jordan Universities in Jordan Madaba Governorate {{Jordan-university-stub