{"id":22935,"date":"2025-03-05T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/?page_id=22935"},"modified":"2026-08-18T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:35:00","slug":"message-from-the-president-iu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iu.edu.jo\/newweb\/en\/message-from-the-president-iu\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the President"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22935\" class=\"elementor elementor-22935\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3465b48 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3465b48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-474523d elementor-section-stretched 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class=\"itemBody\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"itemFullText\"><p>Isra University (IU) is a Jordanian higher education institution located on Queen Alia International Airport Highway, Amman. Isra university&#8217;s mission is to provide pioneer academic programs, high quality of education to students and to serve them in its role as a center for the advancement, sharing, and use of knowledge, also, to contribute to achieving the aspirations of society through the application of international standards of excellence in academic programs and the development of students, fosters shared values, moral principles, and dedication to serving the common good.<\/p><p>Isra University (IU) was established in 1991 in compliance with the decree (357) of the Jordanian Higher Education Council in 1989. It received its first batch of students at the beginning of the academic year 1991\/1992. Since then, the University has sought to be an active partner in the national and regional efforts to enhance the quality of university education and provide a university environment that promotes students&#8217; freedom and creativity and attracts qualified students from Jordan, neighboring, and foreign countries.<\/p><p>At Isra University (IU), we are devoted to providing our students with a high-quality education in all the University&#8217;s programs. The University is also dedicated to preparing a generation of young people who can take responsibility for the challenges the community may face through what the University offers in indoor and outdoor activities. The University endeavors always to attain distinction and to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation in quality teaching, originality of research work, and community services. The University takes upon itself to provide the job market and stakeholders with well-informed and well-trained graduates who are expected to excel in their professions and who are able to meet the demands and requirements desired by interested parties.<\/p><p>The University is moreover determined to be one of its kind in promoting scientific, critical, and creative thinking; it moves enthusiastically to achieve distinction through theory and practice-based teaching. The study plans are carefully fashioned to meet the demands and challenges of the market, as well as, the development of teaching methods that meets the skills of these upcoming generations.<\/p><p>Further, the University enhances pluralism and civilized thinking, and cultural integration. In addition, it disseminates a culture of understanding and tolerance. At the same time, it denounces all kinds of violence, fanaticism, and prejudice. Since its inception up to the present time, the University has provided the local and Arab community with highly qualified graduates, taught and nurtured at the hand of distinguished faculty members who acquired Graduate Degrees at various universities, local, regional, and international.<\/p><p class=\"title-pos\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 University President\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Prof. Basel Mahafzah\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58897a5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58897a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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