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PSUT to offer Computer Graphics and Animation in the undergraduate program

  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, January 08 - 2006 at 16:22
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The Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) was authorized by the Higher Education Council to begin offering Computer Graphics and Animation as a major in its undergraduate program.

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This authorization was granted by the Council after PSUT had successfully satisfied the requirements and the conditions for doing so. By offering its students this major, PSUT will be the first university in the Arab region to teach its students this discipline.

This new field of study aims at providing students with the latest skills of Information Technology used in the creation of games, movies, and cartoons. The major is designed so as to develop the creative thoughts and talents of students, while teaching them to use the latest innovation seen in the areas of computer animations and internet. For this purpose, the university's electronic labs have been fully equipped with the latest equipments, and software for this discipline to be taught effectively.

With this, PSUT becomes the first university in the Middle East to introduce such a major to its students, who will be trained at PSUT's King Hussein School of Information Technology.

Professor Hisham Ghasib, the President of the University said that "PSUT always strives to introduce new majors that are inline with its areas of interest. It continuously strives to update the teaching methods it uses. The university works to provide its graduates with the skills they need to excel in the business world."

Dr Ghasib also stated that the introduction of this new major in the region comes inline with university's ideology. It highlights its aim to always develop its course offerings and majors. By doing so, PSUT hopes to satisfy the demands of the modern world, and to be an asset to the process of unprecedented development in the region, and especially the development seen in Information technology, and communication sectors.

PSUT aims to highlight the excellent teaching abilities seen in Jordan.
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About Princess Sumaya University for Technology: Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), established in 1991, is a specialized, nongovernmental, nonprofit, Jordanian university, owned by the leading applied research centre in Jordan, the Royal Scientific Society (RSS). PSUT's area of specialization is IT, Communications and Electronics. As a nonprofit institution, PSUT embraces both the public and private sectors, but while akin to public universities in its mission, it is more aligned to the private sector in drive and spirit. From the day of its inauguration, PSUT has committed itself equally to both local development and modernization plans and to global development.

Issued on behalf of Princess Sumaya University for Technology by TRACCS Jordan.

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