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Ammon News - Semester at Sea (SaS), a cruise-based study-abroad program administered by the Institute of Shipboard Education (ISE) in Fort Collins, Colorado, arrived in Aqaba on Tuesday.

More than 623 male and female students from various American universities and colleges are traveling on the ship for the duration of an entire semester in order to pursue their research specializations in the nations they are visiting.

In a press release, Peter Marji, director of tourism for the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, said that the floating university hosts students from 60 different countries studying 75 different disciplines.

The students, he added, will have the opportunity to conduct in-depth interviews with locals and visit tourist sites, like Petra, Wadi Rum, the Dead Sea, and Mount Nebo, all of which will enrich their scientific research and studies.

In 1963, the University of the Seven Seas, also referred to as the "Floating University," set sail from the port of New York.

The ship was changed in 2015, and two cruises, one in the spring and one in the fall, were now scheduled annually. While the autumn trip concentrates more on Europe, Africa, South and Central America, the spring trip typically explores Asia, Africa and a few European ports.