ADFD-funded colleges open in Jordan

ADFD-funded colleges open in Jordan

Abu Dhabi / WAM

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) participated in the inauguration of five colleges in Jordan, which were built with an ADFD funding of AED80.3 million. The initiative is part of the Jordanian Public Universities Development Programme that includes the implementation of 27 projects in the education sector at a total value of AED466 million to boost the education sector.

ADFD funded projects in various strategic sectors such as energy, transport, water and agriculture, health, and education. These projects were financed from the AED4.6 billion the UAE allocated to Jordan in 2012 as part of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development to support Jordanian government’s efforts towards sustainable socioeconomic development.

The two buildings for the College of Commerce and the College of Engineering at Albayt University in Al Mafraq were built at a cost of about AED40 million. A building for the Nursing College was also inaugurated, in addition to a project to construct and equip a building for the Energy Research and Studies Centre at Al Hussein bin Talal University in the city of Ma’an. The projects are to be carried out at a total cost of AED22 million.

A building of the College of Pharmacy