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This study aimed at identifying scientific and practical competencies, communication skills, evaluation andability to work among the graduates of sports rehabilitation in the faculty of sports sciences at Mu'tah University,and the differences in competencies according to the variables of gender and academic estimation. The studysample consisted of (81) male and female graduates, with (42) males (51.9%) and (39) females (48.1%). The studyused the descriptive approach due to its compatibility to the study nature, and the questionnaire was used asthe study instrument for data collection. The study instrument consisted of (4) domains (scientific and practicalcompetencies, communication skills, evaluation, ability to work), where each domain included (6) items. Thestudy data were analyzed by using (SPSS), where the means, standard deviations, t-test, one-way Anova, andleast significant difference were used. The results revealed that the degree of having competencies in generalwas medium and for all the questionnaire's domains. The results revealed that there are no differences betweenmales and females in the level of having competencies and for all the questionnaire's domains. As for thevariable of academic estimation, the results revealed that there are statistically significant differences betweenthe categories of academic estimation, where the differences were in favor of the higher academic estimate.Based on the results, the study recommended the necessity of urging the principals in the department of sportsrehabilitation to cope with the new developments in their domain and update the academic plan in orderto increase the focus on the courses related to health sciences, such as functional anatomy and physiology,in addition to enhancing students to participate in the projects of scientific research within their specialties,especially as the university assigns several scholarships supported by the ministry of higher education.