American University of Madaba
Student Life
Life on Campus
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To fulfill the university's motto “ to develop capabilities and talents”, the university campus is built as an environmentally friendly (Green) campus utilizing renewable sources of energy for heating and cooling in all of its buildings including classrooms and laboratories. The campus is pedestrian surrounded by a ring road with a wide sidewalk –nearly 2 kms long for walking and/or cycling. AUM campus is also fully designed - indoor/outdoor - to address all needs of people with physical disabilities.
There is no such thing as “ free time ” for students. All students have a wide range of activities for them to choose from as part of their university requirements before graduation. All students are required to choose at least beginner or intermediate level physical fitness courses and one beginner or intermediate level cultural or social development activities in addition to advanced level courses (physical or cultural/social) to be chosen by the student.
Physical Fitness Facilities: The campus has a fully equipped Sports Complex which includes several indoor sports halls (for physical fitness, aerobics, machines, squash, gymnastics, table tennis, and several other types of sports and entertainment), in addition to an indoor swimming pool (heated and air conditioned) for training, equipped with Jacuzi, sauna and steam room. Swimming is a university requirement for graduation. The indoor playground hall is equipped for basketball, handball, volleyball, football, tennis and badmington. The campus also has 8 outdoor playgrounds for all those sports.
Student Union for Cultural and Social Activities. The student union has an entire 2-story building with several halls where students can develop their cultural or social capabilities and talents or do research in areas other than their own specialization.The building has specialized halls for artwork, painting, music, computer laboratory, students’ clubs and associations, etc. Academic faculty will mentor students in areas of their interest which cover practically all fields of knowledge. At the end of each course, students are required to make presentations to their classmates about their chosen activities.
The above facilities are to be used by all university students throughout at least 4-5 semesters during their years of study at AUM. In addition to these facilities, AUM has prepared dormitories on campus that will be available for female students, initially, and will later prepare dormitories for male. University dormitories for female students provide single room occupancy and are fully furnished, equipped, and connected to all university facilities including heating and cooling (by geothermal renewable energy), Internet, IP telephones, lounges, study halls, laundry, kitchens, etc.
