24 Best Materials Science schools in Jordan

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Jordan ranked based on their research performance in Materials Science. A graph of 424K citations received by 25.7K academic papers made by 24 universities in Jordan was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Jordan University of Science and Technology

For Materials Science

#396 in Asia

#1034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1986

2. University of Jordan

For Materials Science

#507 in Asia

#1259 in the World

Enrollment: 53,635
Founded: 1962

3. Hashemite University

For Materials Science

#836 in Asia

#1870 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1991

4. Al-Balqa' Applied University

Jordan | Al-Salt

For Materials Science

#1007 in Asia

#2176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Enrollment: 62,203
Founded: 1996

5. Yarmouk University

For Materials Science

#1082 in Asia

#2318 in the World

Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1976

6. Applied Science Private University

For Materials Science

#1209 in Asia

#2569 in the World

Enrollment: 5,900
Founded: 1991

7. Mutah university

Jordan | Al-Karak

For Materials Science

#1244 in Asia

#2633 in the World

Founded: 1981

8. German Jordanian University

For Materials Science

#1483 in Asia

#3114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 2005

9. Isra University - Jordan

For Materials Science

#1570 in Asia

#3307 in the World

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1989

10. Al-Hussein Bin Talal University

For Materials Science

#1588 in Asia

#3338 in the World

Founded: 1999

11. Tafila Technical University

Jordan | Tafilah

For Materials Science

#1604 in Asia

#3376 in the World

Enrollment: 9,700
Male:Female: 55:45
Founded: 2005

12. Al al-Bayt University

Jordan | Mafraq

For Materials Science

#1739 in Asia

#3689 in the World

Founded: 1993

13. Al-Ahliyya Amman University

For Materials Science

#1786 in Asia

#3791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1990

14. Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan

For Materials Science

#1826 in Asia

#3893 in the World

Founded: 1993

15. Princess Sumaya University for Technology

For Materials Science

#1857 in Asia

#3968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 3,194
Founded: 1991

16. Zarqa University

For Materials Science

#1870 in Asia

#4006 in the World

Founded: 1994

17. Philadelphia University

For Materials Science

#1932 in Asia

#4138 in the World

Founded: 1989

18. University of Petra

For Materials Science

#1950 in Asia

#4180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1991

19. Amman Arab University

For Materials Science

#2052 in Asia

#4480 in the World

Founded: 2000

20. Middle East University, Jordan

For Materials Science

#2122 in Asia

#4666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 2005

21. Jerash Private University

Jordan | Jerash

For Materials Science

#2264 in Asia

#5048 in the World

Founded: 1992

22. Jadara University

For Materials Science

#2400 in Asia

#5444 in the World

Enrollment: 4,200
Founded: 2005

23. American University of Madaba

Jordan | Madaba

For Materials Science

#2401 in Asia

#5450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 2011

24. Irbid National University

For Materials Science

#2485 in Asia

#5674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1994

The best cities to study Materials Science in Jordan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Irbid, Amman, Zarqa, and Al-Salt.

Chemistry subfields in Jordan

Chemical Engineering21

Computational Chemistry10

Environmental Chemistry13

Inorganic Chemistry12

Nanotechnology20

Nutrition and Food Science13

Organic Chemistry23

Petrology and Geochemistry12

Physical chemistry20

Radiochemistry11