Arab American University (Arabic: الجامعة العربية الأمريكية), the first private Palestinian joint venture university, is an educational institution founded in 2000 in collaboration with California State University, Stanislaus (CSU) in Stanislaus and Utah State University (USU) in Logan. CSU approved AAUJ’s first Curricula and gave the needed expertise to start the university, USU provided the faculty members and administrators to run the university in its first two years. AAUJ serves the educational needs of over 9,000 students by providing a dynamic learning atmosphere that inspires innovation and has a primarily focus on every student’s success.