Founded in 1990, Al-Ahliyya Amman University (AAU) is the oldest private university in the Jordan. The university is located just 15 minutes from Amman's center, giving participants easy access to all that this diverse city has to offer. AAU is a great force in the field of private higher education. Fully accredited and recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, AAU is also a member of the International Association of Universities, the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, and the Union of Arab Universities. AAU has a total degree-seeking student enrollment of approximately 7,000 in all departments and programs. AAU issues undergraduate degrees in numerous fields, as well as master's degrees in law, clinical psychology, and pharmacy. The university's library holdings in both English and Arabic include more than 84,000 books, 37,000 e-books, over 3,000 volumes of 181 periodicals, and thousands of other periodicals on nine databases.