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About the branch

A student-run unit of IEEE at the University of Petra, part of the IEEE Jordan Section in IEEE Region 8.

Branch members and faculty around a cake decorated with the IEEE UoP Branch logo at IEEE Comeback Day 2022
Photo: IEEE UoP Student Branch, IEEE vTools event 335243

Mission

What the branch is for

* Editorial summary written for this website, not an official IEEE or university statement.

  1. 01

    Learn

    Technical workshops, talks and hands-on sessions that extend what students learn in their courses.

  2. 02

    Build

    Project teams, competitions and hackathons where students apply engineering to real problems.

  3. 03

    Connect

    A bridge to IEEE’s global network — its Section, Region, Societies, publications and opportunities.

  4. 04

    Serve

    Activities that put technology to work for the university and the wider community.

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Identity

IEEE, beside the Treasury.

The branch logo places the IEEE Master Brand beside the façade of Al-Khazneh, the Treasury of Petra — the city the university is named after: two thousand years of engineering, joined to a global technical community.

The branch's official logo, rebuilt for the web from the artwork supplied by the branch.

IEEE

Where we sit within IEEE

  1. IEEEIEEE (opens external site)
  2. R8IEEE Region 8 (opens external site)
  3. SECIEEE Jordan Section (opens external site)
  4. SBIEEE Student Branch — University of Petra
Section
IEEE Jordan Section (R80079), one of its 25 student branches
[1] IEEE Jordan Section (opens external site)
Region
IEEE Region 8 — Europe, Middle East & Africa
[1] IEEE Region 8 (opens external site)
Society chapter
Computational Intelligence Society (SBC10115)
[1] IEEE vTools Events (opens external site)[2] IEEE vTools Events (opens external site)
Earliest event on IEEE vTools
23 March 2018 — Opening Branch Celebration
[1] IEEE vTools Events (opens external site)
Host university
University of Petra — private university, established 1991, Airport Road, Amman
[1] University of Petra (opens external site)[2] University of Petra (opens external site)

Amman

The University of Petra

The branch operates at the University of Petra in Amman and welcomes students from engineering, information technology and every other discipline with an interest in technology.

Group photo of branch students and speakers at the German Jordanian University, January 2023
Photo: IEEE UoP Student Branch, published on IEEE vTools (event 341988)