Yarmouk University (Arabic: جامعة اليرموك‎, also abbreviated YU) is a university in Jordan. It was established in 1976. Located in the northern town of Irbid, it has a student body of roughly 31,000. The university has several international partnerships with overseas universities. Within the joint TEMPUS program, international students of Brandenburg Technical University conduct researches in Yarmouk University as exchange students. Yarmouk University was founded in 1976 by a Royal Decree. YU is a government funded institution, but enjoys a considerable degree of autonomy. It is governed by a Board of Trustees to which members are appointed by a Royal Decree for specific terms. Yarmouk University also has a subsidiary Private Secondary School on its Campus. The School is called Yarmouk University Model School (YUMS), though the school enjoys a level of autonomy from the University, admissions are restricted to the Children of the University staff and various other academics. The School has a dress code. Some of its well known graduates are: Younis Al Qawasmi, Osama Khater Sa'ad Farah and Jamal Ali.