How to Find Admission and Application Information on the BAU Website (bau.edu.jo)

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Prospective students should start at the admissions portal (بوابة القبولات) on bau.edu.jo, which is the main entry point for application and admission information. From there, you can reach announcements about parallel-program admissions, candidate lists, specialization bulletins, study plans, and student guides. Admission announcements are posted with specific dates and deadlines, so the portal and the announcements section are where you should check first.

Start With the Admissions Portal

Al-Balqa Applied University (BAU) is a public university established by royal decree on 22 August 1996, with teaching beginning in the 1997/1998 academic year. Its website organizes admissions content around a dedicated admissions portal (بوابة القبولات), listed alongside other main entry points such as the student portal (بوابة الطالب), the employee portal (بوابة الموظفين), and the "Al-Balqa and the World" section.

The admissions portal is the correct starting point because it groups the application-related links that would otherwise be scattered across the site. If you are looking for how to apply, what programs are open, or whether you have been selected, this is the section to open first.

What You Can Find in the Admissions Section

The site separates admissions information by academic level, which matters because the requirements and announcements differ for each:

  • Postgraduate studies (الدراسات العليا): programs and fees, master's admissions, higher diploma admissions, student guide, and the university calendar.
  • Bachelor's programs (برامج البكالوريوس): programs, admissions, the specialization bulletin for the first semester, study plans, student guide, and contact information.
  • Diploma programs (الدبلوم): programs, admissions, the specialization bulletin for the first semester, study plans, student guide, and contact information.

Two document types are worth knowing by name:

  • The specialization bulletin (نشرة التخصصات) lists the specializations offered for a given semester. It is published per semester, so check that you are reading the bulletin for the term you are applying to.
  • Study plans (الخطط الدراسية) show the structure of a program. These are useful after you have identified a specialization and want to see what the program involves.

Check the Announcements for Deadlines and Candidate Lists

Admission decisions and calls for applications are published as dated announcements rather than as a single static page. Examples visible on the site include:

  • An announcement inviting applications to the parallel program (البرنامج الموازي) in Jordanian dinars for specific specializations, for the first semester of the 2026–2027 academic year.
  • A first batch of candidates nominated for admission to the parallel program in Jordanian dinars across all bachelor's specializations except medicine, for the first semester of 2026–2027.
  • A separate first-batch announcement for the parallel program in medicine for the same semester.

This pattern tells you two things. First, admission results can be released in batches, so a name missing from one list may still appear in a later one. Second, some programs (such as medicine) are announced separately from the general list, so check for a program-specific announcement rather than assuming the main list covers everything.

The site also maintains a "important dates" (تواريخ مهمة) area with entries such as a deadline for submitting objection results on summer semester grades to the admissions and registration office. Deadlines like this are tied to a specific semester and are posted with a date, so verify the term before acting.

A Practical Sequence

  1. Open the admissions portal (بوابة القبولات) from the BAU homepage.
  2. Choose your academic level: postgraduate, bachelor's, or diploma.
  3. Read the specialization bulletin for the semester you are applying to, to confirm the program is offered.
  4. Check the announcements section for application calls and candidate lists, including any program-specific announcements.
  5. Use the study plans and student guide to understand the program structure and student procedures.
  6. Note the relevant deadline from the important dates area and confirm which semester it applies to.

Common Points of Confusion

  • The parallel program is announced separately. It appears in its own announcements, sometimes split by specialization, rather than being folded into a single general admission notice.
  • Announcements are dated and semester-specific. A list or deadline from one semester does not carry over to the next.
  • The site is primarily in Arabic. Key navigation terms are worth recognizing: بوابة القبولات (admissions portal), البرنامج الموازي (parallel program), نشرة التخصصات (specialization bulletin), الخطط الدراسية (study plans), and التقويم الجامعي (university calendar).
  • Fees are referenced but not itemized on the pages described here. The postgraduate section links to "programs and fees," so fee details should be checked there rather than assumed.

For scale, BAU lists 25 colleges, more than 30 postgraduate programs, over 115 bachelor's programs, and more than 165 diploma programs, with over 240,000 graduates and more than 65,000 students. That breadth is why the admissions portal organizes information by level and why the specialization bulletin matters: it narrows a large catalog down to what is actually open for your term.