The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, discussed ways of scientific and research cooperation with a delegation from Bonn Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences in Germany headed by the Director of the Office of International Affairs, Dr. Wang Yi. Massad said that the University is always keen to enhance opportunities of cooperation and effective academic and research partnership with various prestigious international universities like the German University of Bonn Rhein-Sieg, which is widely known by the applied side of the various disciplines it offers, including digital journalism, computer science, information systems, and engineering. He also stressed the need to get out of the limitations of traditional education and respond to the changes of the era through the use of modern education methods, such as distance education.

Wang Yi expressed the University of Bonn's readiness to enhance cooperation with Yarmouk in areas of common interest, i.e. exchange experiences and scientific visits for faculty members and students, and conduct joint scientific projects and research in various scientific fields. He then reviewed the establishment of Bonn Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, which grants bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in many disciplines, such as business administration, computer science, engineering majors, journalism, and natural sciences, stressing the University’s interest in the practical aspect of sciences, as it provide students with the necessary skills to meet the demands of the labor market.