Princess Rahma University College

About

The College was established in 1965 by joint efforts between the Ministry of Social Development and the United Nations Organization and named the Jordanian Institute of Social Service. At that time, aimed to offer the Associate Diploma in Social Service program. In 1980, the Institute of Social Service launched the Associate Diploma program in Special Education in order to serve people with special needs and to meet the demands of the local community for specialized people in the field of Special Education.
In 1997, the Jordanian Institute of Social Service was integrated into Al-Balqa Applied University and named Princess Rahma University College. The college offered BA academic programs of Social Service in 1999/2000, BA program of Special Education in 2001 /2002 and BA program of Crime and Delinquency in 2009/2010.
In 2012/2013, the Department of Crime and Delinquency was established to offer a bachelor degree in Crime and Delinquency that was accredited by the Higher Education Institutions Authority. In 2014/2015, the Department of Crime and Delinquency offered Associate Diploma degree in Reform and Rehabilitation program. In 2016/2017, BA program in Applied Psychology was added. Moreover, Higher Diploma of Learning Difficulties and Higher Diploma of Autism programs were added in 2017/2018. In 2018/2019, an Associate Diploma program of Measurement and Diagnosis was added for students with autism spectrum disorder. The college academic staff is 50 and the total number of the students is (1821) in the academic year 2022/2023.