Al-Balqa Applied University (BAU) (Arabic جامعة البلقاء التطبيقية) is a government-supported university located in Salt, Jordan, was founded in 1997, a distinctive state university in the field of Bachelor and associate degree Applied Education, at the capacity of more than 21,000 student distributed into 10,000 at the bachelor's degree program and 11,000 at the associate degree program. Balqa' Applied University was formed by merging several colleges distributed over almost all of the Jordanian provinces. The merger was the result of royal decree, under the auspices of his majesty the late King Hussein to provide qualified professionals who focus on applied technical studies. BAU was ranked 5th on national level, and achieved an international ranking of 2575 and a regional ranking of 55 according to the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities ranking, as well as a regional ranking of 79 according to US News Education.

Faculties

BAU has 18 branches divided into 6 faculties at the main campus in Al-Salt, and 12 faculties around the kingdom. BAU has a faculty in every Jordanian governorate (Except for Mafraq). In addition to its responsibilities as a hub for higher education, BAU administers a total of 38 public, private and military community colleges across the kingdom.

Faculties in main campus in Al-Salt

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Engineering

Prince Abdullah Bin Ghazi faculty for Information Technology

Faculty of Applied Science

Salt College for Humanitarian And Literary Sciences

BsC programmes: Technical diploma programmes: Diploma degree: Vocational Diploma programmes:

Faculty of Planning and Management

Faculty of Technological Agriculture

Faculty of Graduate Studies

The faculty of graduate studies offers the master's degree in the following topics:

Other faculties around Al-Salt

Princess Rahma University College

Located in the town of Allan, north west of Salt, PRUC offers the following programmes: BsC: Diploma:

Faculties in Northern Jordan

Al-Huson University College

Located in Irbid, it offers the following programmes: BsC: Master's

Ajloun University College

Located in Ajloun, AUC offers the following programmes:

Irbid University College

IUC is a females-only college. It is located in Irbid, IUC offers the following programmes:

Faculties in Central Jordan

Princess Alia University College

PAUC is a females-only college. It's located in the Shmeisani neighbourhood in West Amman, it offers the following programmes:

Amman University College for Financial & Administrative Sciences

Located in Shafa-Badran,Amman. It offers the following programmes:

Zarqa University College

Located in Zarqa, it offers the following programmes:

Faculty of Engineering Technology (FET)

Located in Al Zahra neighbourhood in Marka, East Amman. FET is specialized in engineering and technological programmes. It currently offers the following programmes:

Faculties in Southern Jordan

Aqaba University College

Located in Aqaba.

Karak College

Located in Kerak.

Ma’an College

Located in Ma'an.

Shobak College

Located in the town of Shoubak, near by Petra.

Affiliated Institutes

Former Faculties