GJU is a public university located in Madaba. It was founded in 2005, in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding reached between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Jordan, and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany. In August 2004, a founding committee had taken up its activities in Jordan. The committee was in close cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. At the same time, the German planning office opened at the University of Magdeburg-Stendal in close cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF and the German Academic Exchange Services DAAD, which is funding the university project for a period of four years.
GJU has a program of Water and Environmental Engineering and their Management branches into two streams of specialties. The first stream is referred to as Water Engineering and management while the second stream is referred to as Environmental Engineering and management.