The World Islamic Sciences and Education University (WISE)

The World Islamic Sciences and Education University enjoys a legal personality with financial and administrative independence. The Chairman of its Board of Trustees is His ‘Royal Highness Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad,’ Personal Envoy and Special Adviser to His ‘Majesty King Abdullah II.’ The university is owned by and falls under one of the departments of the ‘Royal Al al -Bayt  Institute for Islamic Thought.’ One of its most important goals is to provide the Arab and Islamic world with capable specialists in everything related to faith, Sharia, science, thought, civilisation and Islamic arts and to highlight the bright image of Islam. Additionally, the university contains 11 Deans, each of whom leads a group of academic and scientific departments. Furthermore, the university contains a collection of institutes and centres for research, education, training and consultancy. Also, there are 18 administrative departments present in the university, and each administrative department has a group of employees that organises work as best as possible. Additionally, there are six centres to provide the greatest services to all individuals, the most important of which are the Computer and Information Centre as well as the Consultation, Training and Community Service Centre. Likewise, the university has a library that holds the most appropriate books and references that students and faculty members need to write their research. There are currently 100,000 books covering all information serving the local community.

As well, the university grants scientific cycles at the level of bachelor, master and doctorate. The university benefits from all the exemptions and facilities enjoyed by ministries, government departments and public official institutions. Finally, the university has an independent budget approved by the university’s board of trustees based on the university president’s recommendation.

The World Islamic Sciences and Education University seeks to combine knowledge and virtue based on faith and wisdom so that it will be a modern, comprehensive and pioneering Islamic university in its methodology and study plans. This is all with a goal to distinguish itself as one of the most prestigious universities at the Arab, regional, Islamic and global level, by being an example for researches of Islamic civilisation and Islamic thought. It also bears the additional goal of graduating excellent individuals taught in various legal, humanitarian, human, and natural scientific disciplines, arming them with science, faith and high professional ethics in accordance with the teachings of the tolerant Islamic Sharia.

The university aims to provide the Arab and Islamic worlds with specialists capable of highlighting the grand image of Islam in everything related to faith, Sharia, science, thought, civilisation, arts and Islamic architecture as a contribution to the Islamic civilisational project.