AMMAN — Thousands of Jordanians are studying medicine and engineering abroad, raising concerns about the prospects for their employment when they return to the Kingdom, officials said this week.
According to figures from the Jordan Medical Association (JMA) and the Jordan Engineers Association (JEA), some 13,000 Jordanians are enrolled in medical schools abroad, while around 12,000 are studying engineering at foreign universities.
This year, the ministry has accredited some 22,199 certificates for qualifications obtained abroad, with medicine topping the list as the most popular major, followed by civil and electrical engineering, said Mohammad Zboun, director of the ministry’s directorate …read more
Source: Jordan Times
