The University participated in the UniMed meetings of the Mediterranean Universities Union, as part of the annual meeting held by the Union. The University was represented by VP for Academic Affairs Dr. Zaki Saleh and VP of International Relations Dr. Dalal Erekat.
The meetings lasted for three days and included many various topics, notably the cooperation of universities in the north and south of the Mediterranean to find solutions and draw common policies to guide research and projects to serve the interests of the Mediterranean.
A delegation from the University participated in a training course organized by Ljubljana University in Slovenia entitled "Governance Practices in Palestinian Higher Education Institutions", funded by the European Union, in the presence of a number of Palestinian, European and American universities.
The delegation included the Vice President for Planning and Quality Dr. Mouth Sabha, and his office manager Nadia Zeidan, the director of Quality Department Ms. Mays Awwad, and Mr. Sami Awad from Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.
Arab American University’s President Prof. Ali Zidan Abu Zuhri, and Prof. Dr. Imad Abu Kishk, President of Al Quds University, participated in the regional conference organized in the Arab Republic of Egypt entitled "Education in the Arab World in the Third Millennium".
The conference was organized by the Arab Planning Institute in Kuwait in cooperation with the League of Arab States along with the National Planning Institute of Egypt and Arab League Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization “ALECSO”. The conference aimed to discuss the most important problems and challenges facing the educational system in the Arab countries, and supporting education reform and improving its outputs.