About KAFD office

KAFD office was established at JUST in 2003. The aim of the office is to provide the students with professional advice and technical consultation in communication skills and job search. The project is meant to enhance chances of the university graduates to get jobs and link the student community with private sector establishments and civil society institutions, at the national, regional and international levels.

The mechanism of work is based on providing a database concerning the market needs of human resources and matching students training on communication skills with the actual needs of the market, as a fundamental requirement to synchronize the output of the educational system with the needs of the labor market. The office also work to enhance professional ethics and values, help students obtain permanent jobs after graduation, or part-time jobs during university study and link the university student community with the activities of the private sector and the civil society.

KAFD awards a number of grants to Jordanian distinguished, underprivileged students (either those already enrolled in or the young men and women accepted as freshmen in one of the public universities). The aim is to ensure equality among Jordanians in education opportunities regardless of their financial status. Through such support, where transparency is the golden rule, the Fund tries to improve the living standards of this category of citizens and sparks a spirit of competition among students on the basis of equal opportunity.

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Through this program, KAFD finances scientific research projects conducted by university students. The projects are selected and supervised by the Scientific Research Department at the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB). The program seeks to enhance creativity and excellence among youth.

Promoted in all universities, including through field visits, the program seeks to support creative and excelling university students, through providing them with the adequate climate to unleash their potential and creativity. The effort translates into facts on the ground the vision and recommendations of the Jordan Youth Forum, in which participants stressed the need to support innovative and distinct university students.

It steers students towards developing their academic achievement approaches into new horizons where they embrace critical thinking, creativity and innovation.

King Abdullah II Fund for Development
Deanship of Students Affairs