I warmly welcome you to the Department of Mathematics at the University of Jordan, which adopts high principles of professionalism and has both safe nurturing environment as well as long shining history of achievemnts. This department is the oldest Mathematics departments among Jordanian universities, where it was founded in 1965. It is unique in granting the Doctorate degree in addition to granting Master and Bachelor degrees. The department selects its faculty members with professionalism according to strict selection criteria , hence appointing those who distinguished themselves in scientific research and have had excellent teaching portfolio as wll as excellent community services. This department increases its staff by sending its distinguished graduates on scholarships to most prestigious international universities for PhD completion .
The department is keen to maintain the spirit of cooperation among its colleagues to accomplish the department's goals of distinguished education and research as well as good community servecies . To achieve these high standard goals, staff members of the department are further funded for their distinguished research by the Deanship of Academic Reseach at the university.
The department has an elite group of 30 faculty members in various specializations of Mathematics (abstract and applied), where most of them hold the rank of professor and have distinguished records in research and teaching experience.
One of the most important interests of this department is its good care for its students (undergraduate and graduate) and its keenness to qualify them to become the best role models in the various fields of Mathematics. They are the pride of this department since many of them hold high academic and administrative positions in the public and private sectors of the country.
Once again, I extend my warm welcome for you to visit the Department of Mathematics at the University of Jordan online and in person , wishing you all the best. You will also find more information about the department on its website ,assuring you all cooperation and support from us.
Morad Ahmad, Chair
Department of Mathematics
Overview
The
Mathematics Department at the University
of Jordan is a well-known
center for education and research in Mathematics. Undergraduate and Graduate
programs, with opportunities for specialization in all major areas of Mathematics
leading to Bachelor, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. In
particular, the excellent programs offered by the department are of special
interest and are rewarding to many students in Mathematics.
The Department of Mathematics
offers one undergraduate program (B.Sc.) and two graduate programs (M.Sc., Ph.D.).
Below is a brief description of the departmental requirements for all these
degrees.
B. Sc. Program
Students should complete 132
credits from university, college and department course requirements. Students
should take 27 credits as university requirements, 21 credits as college
requirements and 84 as major credits. Major courses are taken from several
areas including: Analysis, Algebra, Topology, Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
M.Sc.
Program (Non-Thesis Track):
1. The
completion of 33 graduate credits. These include 24 credits from compulsory courses
and 9 credits from elective course requirements.
2. Passing a comprehensive exam
M.Sc.
Program (Thesis Track):
1. Completing of
24 graduate credits. These include 18 credits from compulsory courses and 6
credits from elective course requirements.
2. Under the guidance and supervision of a member of the department faculty, each student should complete reasonably valuable research dissertation.
Ph.D.
Program
The time
span to complete this degree is on the average 4-5 years. The Ph.D. requirements
are as follows:
1.
Courses: Completion of 54 credits of graduate work. These credits
must be entirely in various Mathematics areas.
2.
Qualifying
Exams: Ph.D. student should pass basic and advanced
qualifying exams in five areas of Mathematics. The areas are: Algebra,
Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Topology and Statistics. The student can choose
3 areas for basic qualifying exam and two areas for advanced exam. These exams
are generally given in the 5th week of each semester after the beginning
of classes. These exams are written and the time allowed for each is 3 hours. Guidelines to Topics for the Qualifying Examinations Can be Found in the Department Office.
3.
Research
and Dissertation: Under the guidance and
supervision of a member of the department faculty, each Ph.D. student must complete
a reasonably original research.