--- id: 11355 title: "Applied Science Private University: Most Innovative Community Impact Research University Middle East 2023" award_year: 2023 published: 2023-04-18 14:00:26 published_gmt: 2023-04-18 13:00:26 author: "CFI.co Editorial" url: "https://cfi.co/awards/middle-east/2023/applied-science-private-university-most-innovative-community-impact-research-university-middle-east-2023/" categories: ["Community Engagement", "Development", "Middle East"] content_class: award_rationale independence_status: independent_editorial sponsor_disclosure: none editorial_lens: constructive_positive_lens historical_status: current_at_publication correction_status: none archive_policy: no_delete provenance_layer: github_versioned wayback_status: archived wayback_first_snapshot: 20230603020952 wayback_snapshot_url: "http://web.archive.org/web/20230603020952/https://cfi.co/awards/middle-east/2023/applied-science-private-university-most-innovative-community-impact-research-university-middle-east-2023/" license: CFI-OAAL-1.0 content_sha256: 96cdd2db9941a2728b6e50d773f9dd4c43cdccc3ef5d922c7755d188b6ccd85b canonical: 11355-applied-science-private-university-most-innovative-community-impact-research-uni.json --- # Applied Science Private University: Most Innovative Community Impact Research University Middle East 2023 > Verbatim archived copy. Canonical machine record: `11355-applied-science-private-university-most-innovative-community-impact-research-uni.json`.

ASU

Since Applied Science Private University (ASU) first opened its doors in 1991, the institution has been a pioneer of academic excellence. It continues to add to an impressive list of firsts with every year in operation. It was the first university in the Middle East to earn the Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance, the first in Jordan to obtain a “golden level” quality assurance certificate, the first to obtain international accreditations at program-level and the first private university to warrant a four-star QS international rating. ASU believes continuous improvement to be the most straightforward path to excellence. ASU students and faculty collaborate and publish on numerous community research projects, particularly in the fields of health, economics and environmental sciences. It established a consultation and training centre to spur impactful interaction between the university and regional business sectors. It was the first university in the Middle East to open a cadaveric laboratory — one of only 11 worldwide — which was approved as a global training centre for residents and doctors in all surgical specialties. The lab has put Jordan on the map for medical education as well as medical tourism. ASU is also a contributor and promoter of the Jordanian Database for Nursing Research, a repository of published nursing studies that supports continued investigation across priority areas. The expertise of the faculty members at ASU are well recognized and received at national and international levels, this is demonstrated by the representations and memberships of various accreditation and evaluation bodies such as heading decision makers committee to develop guidelines for the schools of Nursing in Jordan regarding the establishment of new programs at graduate levels with the Jordanian Nursing Council (JNC) and act as a peer evaluator for international programs with the Accreditation Commission for Nursing Education (ACEN). The CFI.co judging panel presents Applied Science Private University — a repeat programme winner — with the 2023 award for Most Innovative Community Impact Research University (Middle East).