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Study in Jordan

A step-by-step guide for international students: choosing a programme, applying, recognition of your qualifications, visas and residency, tuition and living costs, accommodation, insurance, banking and what to arrange before you arrive.

Last checked September 2026International studentsOfficial sources cited

In short

The route to studying in Jordan for an international student has four stages. First, choose a programme and confirm the institution's own admission requirements. Second, have your prior qualification assessed for recognition and equivalency — a state process, separate from the institution's admission decision. Third, apply directly to the institution through its international admission route. Fourth, after admission, handle entry and then residency, which is normally arranged once you are enrolled rather than before. Tuition and living costs should be estimated from the institution's own current schedule, not from aggregated figures online.

Criteria used on this page

No institution is described here as universally "the best". Each list states the criteria behind it, and the right choice depends on the student's objective. Criteria applied:

  • Institution recognition — Confirm the institution appears on the relevant official list before anything else.
  • Programme accreditation — Separate from institution recognition, and decisive for regulated professions.
  • Recognition of your prior qualification — Assessed by the Recognition & Equivalency Directorate.
  • Language of instruction and language tests — Confirm the requirement for your specific programme.
  • Total cost — Tuition plus accommodation, transport, insurance, books, residency fees and living costs.
  • Residency route — How and when you will obtain it, and what the institution does to support it.
  • Recognition where you will work — The destination regulator's requirements, checked before enrolling.

1. Choose the programme

Start from the field and the qualification, not from the country. Then confirm the programme's accreditation.

2. Check recognition of your prior study

Foreign qualifications are assessed by the Recognition & Equivalency Directorate.

3. Apply to the institution

International applicants apply directly; the national portal is the gateway and information source.

4. Admission & entry

Once admitted, arrange entry documentation and travel.

5. Enrol & residency

Residency is normally arranged after enrolment; ask the institution what it handles.

6. Settle in

Housing, bank account, transport, and the practical side covered in the Student Life section.

The full guide

Each page below covers one stage in depth.

International Students in Jordan

Guide

What studying in Jordan involves for a non-Jordanian applicant: the routes, the documents, the costs you have to plan for, and where the process differs from applying as a Jordanian student..

How to Apply to Study in Jordan

Guide

A step-by-step route from choosing a programme to arriving — recognition of your prior qualification, direct application to the institution, admission, and the separate visa and residency process..

Admission Requirements in Jordan

Guide

What institutions actually ask for, and the difference between the two things applicants confuse: the institution's own admission requirements and the state recognition of a foreign qualification..

Student Visa & Residency in Jordan

Guide

How entry and residency work for students: what to arrange before travel, what to do on arrival, and why residency is normally handled after you are enrolled rather than before..

Tuition & Costs in Jordan

Guide

What determines tuition in Jordan, why this portal does not publish a single number for every institution, and how to build a total cost estimate you can defend..

Scholarships in Jordan

Guide

The verified scholarship landscape — institutional, governmental, donor-funded and language-study support — with the current status of each category stated honestly..

Recognition & Equivalency of Qualifications

Guide

What recognition actually means, why it is assessed at qualification level rather than institution level, and the separate processes for foreign study and for practising a regulated profession..

Accommodation for Students in Jordan

Guide

University housing, private rental, shared apartments and homestay — how each works, what drives cost, and the questions to ask before signing..

Scholarships and money

The two pages most applicants need first.

Scholarship database

Database

What could be verified, with the status of each category stated honestly.

Verify before you pay

Admission requirements, deadlines, tuition and residency rules change and are set by the institution or the responsible authority — not by this site. Confirm the current position with the institution and the relevant Jordanian authority before transferring money or booking travel.

Sources & verification

Priority order: official Jordanian government authorities → official institution websites → accreditation organisations → official ranking organisations → Visit Jordan → other reliable sources. Claims that could not be verified from these are marked as unverified rather than presented as fact.

  1. governmentStudy in Jordan (national higher-education portal) https://studyinjordan.jo/
  2. governmentJordan Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research https://mohe.gov.jo/EN/
  3. governmentHigher Education Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission https://www.heac.org.jo/
  4. governmentRecognition & Certificates Equivalency Directorate https://rce.mohe.gov.jo/en/
  5. governmentJordan Ministry of Interior (residency) https://moi.gov.jo/