AMMAN — The Higher Education
Board is in the process of giving its initial approval for establishing a
dental specialty at a private university, according to Ad-Dustour daily.
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The paper said that the board was no
longer considering approving new medical colleges at any public or private
universities. However, it added that several Jordanian universities were
preparing to apply for approval to add a number of medical disciplines, such as
human and dental medicine.
Pressure has been building up to
offer medical studies at Jordanian universities in order to absorb students who
wish to study in the Kingdom instead of going abroad.
According to official figures, the
number of students studying at Jordanian universities for the current year is about
4,000, and while another 6,000 are studying abroad.
It claimed that the number of
students studying medicine could rise to 50,000 in the next five years.
Although the Cabinet has approved
the establishment of three medical universities in Jordan recently, various
universities have applied to open new medical and dental schools.
According to Ad-Dustour, the
establishment of new medical schools requires that the university reaches an agreement
with one of the top 500 universities globally to provide them with professors.
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