Khaberni - The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced the adoption of a new mechanism for admitting children of the employees and retirees from the Health Ministry into the colleges of "Rufaida Al-Aslamiyah" and "Nasiba Al-Maazniyah" for nursing, midwifery, and allied medical professions, through the unified admission system of universities, starting from the academic year (2026-2027), following the Higher Education Council's approval of the request submitted by the Ministry of Health for this purpose.
And the media spokesperson for the Ministry, Mohannad Al-Khatib, stated on Thursday that the Higher Education Council decided to approve the assignment of the Unified Admissions Coordination Unit to carry out the process of admitting students who are children of employees and retirees from the Ministry of Health, in the affiliated colleges, namely the "Rufaida Al-Aslamiyah" College and "Nasiba Al-Maazniyah" College, for nursing, midwifery, and allied medical professions, in response to the Minister of Health's letter requesting approval to include the admission process in the two colleges within the unified admission system, starting from the academic year, 2026/2027.
He added that the Minister of Health clarified in his letter that this request is based on the citizens' significant trust in the computerized unified admission system, and assurance of fairness and neutrality, and reducing the error rate resulting from manual and human intervention, as well as achieving full fairness in applying the admission guidelines for the children of the Ministry's employees using the unified admission system.
Al-Khatib explained that the Higher Education Council stipulated that the admission process should be conducted according to instructions agreed upon with the Ministry of Health for this purpose.
He stated that it is required for the applicant to be Jordanian, not older than 21 years by 31-12 of the year in which the application is submitted, and to have obtained the Jordanian General Secondary School Certificate in the same year, whether in the normal or supplementary or summer session, in the scientific branch with its two medical or engineering tracks, or in the academic track with its two health or engineering fields, and not to have a high school average less than 60 percent.
Al-Khatib mentioned that the student must submit an application to the Unified Admissions Coordination Unit, and pay an application fee of five dinars, noting that the deadlines for submitting the unified electronic admission applications to the colleges, and the admission requirements will be announced on the website of the Unified Admissions Coordination Unit, the Ministry of Health's website, and their respective social media platforms.
He clarified that during the application submission, the student must specify whether their father or mother is an employee or retiree from the Health Ministry, with entering their national number and functional number if they are currently employed, or just their national number if retired.
He indicated that the student has the right to apply to compete in all specialties in the two colleges, and to arrange them in the application according to their preference.
Al-Khatib informed that after the application period ends, the Unified Admissions Coordination Unit draws up a list of the names and details of the students who entered in their applications that they are children of employees and retirees from the Ministry of Health, for the ministry to review this list, and to provide the unit with the names of the students who meet the conditions and are eligible to compete, and the names of the students who do not meet the conditions and must be excluded.
He said that student admissions are competitively based on their high school averages, and according to the seats allocated to them in each specialty and college.
Al-Khatib noted that annually, 15 percent of the seats decided by the Higher Education Council for admission in each specialty and college are allocated for the children of the employees and retirees from the Ministry of Health in the two colleges, and they are nominated for admission at the beginning of the first semester of each academic year.
He clarified that the Unified Admissions Coordination Unit first implements the general admission process in the two colleges across the provinces of the kingdom, according to the general policies of student admission at the intermediate diploma level issued by the Higher Education Council, and then subsequently implements the process of admitting children of employees and retirees, excluding any student who was previously accepted in the general admission list for their first choice.
Al-Khatib said that students from the provinces of the capital, Al-Balqa, Zarqa, Madaba, Ma'an, Tafilah, Karak, Aqaba, and the Central and Southern Badia compete for the seats allocated to them at the Rufaida Al-Aslamiyah College for Nursing, Midwifery, and Allied Medical Professions in Yajouz.
He added that students from the provinces of Irbid, Mafraq, Jerash, Ajloun, and the Northern Badia compete for the seats allocated to them at Nasiba Al-Maazniyah College for Nursing, Midwifery, and Allied Medical Professions in Irbid.
He indicated that admission in the Midwifery specialty is only for females, while the priority for admission in Radiology and Health Supervision specialities is 75 percent for males.
Al-Khatib said that after the admission process is executed, the Unified Admissions Coordination Unit provides the Ministry of Health with official statements containing the names of the students nominated for admission.
He affirmed that a student expelled from one of the programs is not allowed to apply again for the same program, and the concerned college must verify this when completing the student's admission procedures, noting that a student accepted in one of the colleges cannot be transferred to the other college.
