The President of the German Jordanian University, Professor Dr. Aladdin Al-Halhouli, participated in the session "The Role of Universities in Leading Progress Towards the Future" during the Tawasul Forum 2023, held by the Crown Prince Foundation under the patronage of His Highness the Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II.
Dr. Al-Halhouli explained during the session that the German-Jordanian University was established based on the Royal Vision in establishing an applied university similar to the German universities in applied sciences, to play a role in the region, encourage social welfare and contribute to the improvement of the economic situation in Jordan.
He added that the university enjoys a wide network of partnerships with German educational and industrial institutions, estimated at about 120 universities and more than 2,000 factories and companies, all of which receive students during the Year of Germany, which is a unique educational and social experiment. He pointed to the university's programs at the bachelor, master and doctoral levels, and the establishment of the university's pillar for innovation, technology transfer, and leadership, which embraces ideas, consolidates relations with the industrial sector, and trains students to be employers.
Regarding the economic modernization vision, which came under the heading of launching possibilities to build the future, Dr. Al-Halhouli pointed out that when reviewing the vision and considering its dimensions, universities play an important role in all its dimensions, because the drive to meet all of the potential requirements of market sector needs are university graduates.
Therefore, all sectors require graduates equipped with outstanding skills and abilities, he said, since the quality of higher education is the foundation for the success of any plan. Al-Halhouli added that it is important that graduates be competent, skilled and fully capable to implement visions as quickly as possible.
He said higher education in Jordan has not declined and is distinguished in many fields, but the world with its different capabilities has been faster than us where technology has been integrated at a faster pace and has distinguished itself in many fields.
Al-Halhouli expressed what His Majesty King Abdullah II discussed at the beginning of the vision, in which he focused on the need to regain the lead in education, pointing out that work must be done to restore the primacy of universities in education in the region and on the global level, whether through the quality of education or through the quality of scientific research, community service, communication, work with companies and competition in categories.