The Department is responsible for performing the following tasks:
• Acceptance and documentation:
1. The implementation of the University's acceptance policy, and coordination with the Schools for the acceptance stage regarding student numbers and each School’s admission requirements, in accordance with the University’s policies.
2. Receiving, reviewing and processing requests from new students in accordance with the regulations and conditions specified by the Board of Deans.
3. The regulation of admission procedures for non-Jordanian students.
4. The matching and verification of each accepted student’s documentation. It is then stored in the allotted place after it has been entered into the academic system and had the student’s university number registered it.
5. The implementation of individual decisions regarding procedures related to admission, transfer between specializations, inter-university transfer, and re-enrollment.
6. The preparation, archiving and entering of student files on the computerized systems, and making sure they are continuously updated.
7. Informing accepted applicants of their acceptance and providing them with all necessary information related to their applications, registration procedures and fees.
8. The receipt of course equivalency requests from transfer and visiting students, according to the specified procedures and regulations.
9. The issuance of documents and certificates to students relating to their admission and registration.
10. Preparing the yearly academic calendar.
11. Organizing the distribution of graduation documents by posting the announcements inside the Deanship and on the Deanship’s page of the University's website.
12. The documentation and monitoring of individual academic cases and the implementation of decisions of the Board of Deans.
13. The documentation of academic grades (transcripts) for the regular students in each semester, and verification of each student’s file in terms of attaching the original certificates, documents and papers required for admission. The files must be indexed, numbered electronically and filed in the appropriate place.
14. To ensure that each student’s information is accurate and checked for submission to internal and external parties authorized to receive it.
• Registration:
1. Organizing and coordinating the schedules for each semester as proposed by the Schools, assisting students of the University's various specializations to register the courses they will study during the semester and performing all the necessary services for the withdrawal and addition of courses, and ensuring the provision of alternative courses.
2. Publishing the lists of students expected to graduate in each semester according to the approved process.
3. The processing of data and information pertaining to individual students' cases that require consideration by the School Committee or Board of Deans, and making a recommendation in accordance with the rules and regulations.
4. The implementation of procedures and follow-up in cases of students being prohibited from completing courses and those wishing to withdraw from courses, in accordance with the regulations.
5. The implementation and follow-up of procedures leading to students obtaining their University degree, including the verification of documents and certificates.
6. The receipt and implementation of applications for deferment and withdrawal from the semester.
7. The issuance of degree certificates and official transcripts, in addition to recording students' academic results and any disciplinary procedures taken against students.
8. The receipt, verification and publication of exam results, in addition to calculating and updating students’ semester and cumulative averages.
9. The monitoring of each student’s academic record, in addition to preparing lists of students who have received warnings or been dismissed from their specializations, and informing the concerned parties.
10. A list of students expected to graduate must be prepared at the end of each semester. The study plans for all such students must be verified and their files and averages checked to make sure they are up-to-date.
11. The preparation of lists of academically outstanding students, and those who have received warnings and are failing academically.
12. The integration and cancellation of course groups at the request of some Schools, dependent upon the number of students registering for the course.
13. The administration of the Deanship’s online registration system, in cooperation with the Computer Center, and monitoring of the network and the e-server.
The Talented Students Office oversees the following tasks:
1. Preparing plans related to the discovery and care of gifted and talented students, and following up on their implementation, evaluation and development.
2. Preparing research, evaluation and development plans in the field of caring for gifted and talented students at the University
3. Preparing tests for the detection of gifted and talented students, in coordination with the relevant authorities, and applying them, evaluating and developing them, or signing agreements with relevant bodies to carry out the task.
4. Determining the training and qualification needs of those who work in the care of the gifted and talented, in coordination with the relevant authorities.
5. Preparing enrichment programs for the gifted and talented inside and outside their Schools.
6. Establishing standards and conditions for nominating faculty members and academic supervisors to work in the care of gifted and talented students.
7. Developing programs and procedural regulations related to the care of gifted and talented students, forwarding that information to the Schools' deanships, and monitoring their implementation.
8. Monitoring the provision of the requirements for academic care programs with regard to devices and operational requirements.
9. Helping to educate families and society about the importance of nurturing the gifted and talented.
10. Establishing a comprehensive automated information system for the care of gifted and talented people and applying continuous development in coordination with the relevant authorities.
11. Cooperating and communicating with the concerned authorities in the field of gifted care, inside and outside the University, to benefit from the expertise and potentials of these bodies.
12. Preparing the annual draft budget for the center and the programs in coordination with the relevant authorities.
13. Organizing the paperwork and information related to gifted and talented people and storing them in a way that enables them to be produced easily when needed.
14. Determining the administrative and technical needs and requirements of the center and Schools, and monitoring their availability.
15. Preparing periodic and final reports on the programs, activities, and achievements of the gifted and talented programs implemented in the Schools, and identifying the obstacles to their performance and ways of overcoming them, and submitting them to the University vice president.
16. Preparing and implementing the Office’s work plan.
17. Establishing partnerships with agencies specialized in the field of giftedness and creativity, and organizing mutual visits and meetings.
18. Providing and maintaining office supplies and equipment.
19. Preparing periodic reports on the work, programs and activities of the Office.
20. Managing the affairs of the students in the Office.
21. Follow up on the exhibitions held for displaying the works of talented people.
22. Spreading the culture of talent and creativity.
23. Documenting the work of the Gifted Center.
24. Ensuring coordination between other media agencies.
25. Preparing a database on gifted students who have benefitted from the Office services and monitoring their progress.
26. Providing gifted students with psychological and social care.
27. Advising students on how to register patents.
28. Building a file to follow up on the achievements of each student.
29. Nominating and training students and taking the initiative to participate in competitions that serve students’ various talents.
30. Connecting gifted students with distinguished faculty members and researchers.
The Learning Support Office oversees the following tasks:
- Assisting the integration of students with additional learning needs (such as cognitive difficulties, and specific learning difficulties that include visual, speech, and hearing) in the best possible way, both academically and socially, by providing each student with the appropriate support from the various available services.
- Providing students with appropriate services according to each case, whenever necessary.
- Involving students with additional educational needs in various activities, and encouraging them to express their needs without embarrassment, which builds their self-confidence.
- Encouraging and training PSUT students to participate in supporting this group of people.
- Providing appropriate training for different categories of employees to deal with students with additional educational needs.
- Developing students' academic skills and helping them to develop their own abilities to acquire knowledge during remedial lessons for some courses which are taught by PSUT students themselves, through which the concept of cooperation is established between students.
- Running courses to improve students’ skills in handwriting and typing in Arabic and English.
- Running courses to strengthen students’ conversation skills in Arabic and English, in addition to courses in mathematics and any other subject in which the student may need additional lessons.
- Monitoring students’ development and progress through their academic results.
- Providing special arrangements for the exams (extra time, companions for reading or writing the exam, separate rooms, a calculator, a printing medium) according to the student’s condition.
- Providing copies of class notes.
- Providing other electronic devices and programs suitable for different situations.
- Providing audio recordings of lectures.
- Providing colored paper and enlarged font for exams.