B.A. of Islamic Banks

An overview of the program and its main subjects:

The Department of Islamic Banking was established at the School of Sharia at the University of Jordan in the second semester of 2009/2010, and started teaching in the first semester of 2010/2011, and received special accreditation on December 29, 2010 with a capacity of 200 students, and the department's study plan was approved in its final form on 6/1/2011, which was formulated in a way that meets the needs of Islamic banking institutions and fills the need for the presence of Islamic bankers, through the inclusion of Islamic banking subjects in the School of Sharia and accounting and legal subjects from the Faculties of Business Administration and Law, in addition to practical field training in an Islamic banking institution with three credit hours, which in turn provides the public and private sector with trained and qualified staff to undertake Islamic banking work in light of the steady growth of Islamic banking, which proved successful worldwide and became a serious alternative to the capitalist banking system after its ability to overcome economic obstacles and prove its ability to absorb the global financial crisis without much damage, the plan was developed in 2014 to keep pace with the developments in Islamic banking. Accordingly, many Islamic banks have been established and other sectors in banks have been directed to open Islamic financial windows for them, which exceeded the Arab world to the Islamic world in Malaysia as well as internationally in Europe and America. This in turn places a great responsibility on the academic departments related to Islamic banking in universities to meet this need and start building plans to develop the Islamic banking sector and open wide horizons for it in the global space.

Program vision:

The department aspires to graduate a generation of Islamic bankers who are capable of managing and directing banking operations and investments in a scientific, practical and applied manner within an advanced Islamic vision, and who carry an Islamic economic thought capable of finding solutions to economic issues. It also looks forward to opening postgraduate programs and research centers for Islamic banking.

Program mission:

Qualifying students who carry the Islamic banking vision in a comprehensive and broad-minded sense and are able to apply it with high professionalism.​

Program goals:

1. The department looks forward to engaging the Islamic financial institutions concerned with Islamic banking by holding a workshop on developing the necessary skills for human resources in Islamic banks so that the weaknesses or gaps in the employee are utilized and corrected through study materials, vocabulary, and practical training.
2. The department looks forward to twinning with Islamic banking institutions globally, especially Malaysia, where there are pioneering experiences in Islamic banking, as well as Kuwait Finance House and Al Rajhi Foundation.
3. Organizing courses in the Certified Islamic Banker (CIB) certification program to upgrade the capabilities and capacities of Islamic banking staff and those wishing to join the Islamic financial services profession in various countries of the world in cooperation with the General Council of Islamic Banks.
4. Activating the issue of scientific research for school members in the summer semester in countries such as Britain and HSBC as research projects to compare the impact of Islamic banking transactions in those countries with Islamic banks in Jordan and discover the strengths and weaknesses and address them, so that the department has its impact in the community and form a committee called the department development committee concerned with these issues.
5. The department plans to open graduate programs in the near future.
6. Encourage cultural exchange with international universities.