Discussing possible ways of cooperation in the field of conducting applied scientific research, the President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, met with a delegation from the German Research Foundation DFG, which included the Director of the International Cooperation Department, Dr. Jörg Schneider, and Dr. Jennifer Gronau from the International Cooperation Department at the Foundation. Massad stressed Yarmouk's keenness to consolidate its cooperation with the German Research Foundation DFG, which is concerned with conducting joint scientific research in applied sciences between researchers from different countries around the world.

In return, the delegation members affirmed the Foundation's endeavor to attract distinguished researchers to participate in conducting scientific research in the field of applied sciences, praising the distinguished level of scientific research conducted by the faculty members of Yarmouk. They also explained that DFG is a German institution that supports research in the fields of science, engineering, and humanities through a large variety of grant and award programs, infrastructure financing, and seeks to encourage international cooperation concerning applied scientific research programs.

Supported by the US Embassy and in partnership with the American International Institute of Technology “MIT”, the second phase of the digital transformation project entitled as “Leadership and Innovation in the Era of Digital Transformation” was concluded at Yarmouk University in the presence of a group of local community leaders including educational and non-educational directors and academics from different governmental and private institutions. The project team consisted of Dr. Mustafa Bani Khalaf, as a principal researcher, and Dr. Khaled Nawasra, who both acknowledged the efforts made by the Director of the Department of International Relations and Projects, Dean of al-Hijjawi Faculty of Technological Engineering, Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Atoum, to complete the project.

It is noteworthy that the project focuses on identifying expertise, skills, and the latest findings of science in the world of digital transformation to train and refine the digital skills of leaders, decision-makers, university students, and school teachers so that they can keep pace with the fourth and fifth industrial revolutions. Thus, the third and final phase of the project aim to train 40 university students on future jobs in the era of digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. However, celebrating this achievement, the University President’s Advisor for Quality Affairs, Director of Accreditation and Quality Assurance Center, Dr. Abdullah Al-Khataiba, patronized the graduation ceremony of the participants in the second phase workshop and handed them participation certificates at the end of the workshop.