The University of Jordan launched its first graduate program after six years of its establishment (i.e. 1968/69). This was an MA program in Educational Administration and Guidance, to be followed, three years later, by an MA Program in History. The University gathered momentum in the second decade of its life; new faculties were established and it started to pay more attention to research and graduate studies. This was reflected in launching eight new graduate programs in the academic years 1972/73 and 1973/74. To administer these graduate programs, the Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies, as of 1984 the Faculty of Graduate Studies, was established in 1973 with the following aims:

·  To increase human knowledge.

·  To lay foundations for research in the University.

·  To develop students' capabilities in research methodology in all fields.

·  To graduate specialists of high standards to help in national development.

·  To direct studies toward local, regional and Arab problems.

      The Faculty of Graduate Studies admits students from many Arab and foreign countries either through the International Graduate Program or through cultural exchange programs.