Year: 2020

The Arizona State University(ASU) and the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education مؤسسة عبد الله الغرير للتعليم (AGFE) are now receiving applications for the 13th cycle of online master’s degree in 33 different specializations (engineering, technology, mathematics, health, education, tourism, etc.), for the first semester (fall) of the academic year 2020-2021. Applicants must be of Arab citizenship, between 15 and 29 years of age, have received their Bachelor’s degree with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (or 85%) or higher, be willing and able to provide proof of need for financial assistance for a college education, and have never received a Master’s degree. Priority will …

Dear students,  We hope you are staying healthy and safe. EDU-SYRIA program closely monitors the effects of Corona virus, and constantly assesses its impact on our students and their learning process. Two weeks have passed since the start of the e-learning process in all Jordanian universities, including our partners in the program. Therefore, we would like to hear from you about your own experience in distance-learning and studying via the Internet, what are the pros and cons, the problems and your needs to continue in distance-learning, and your recommendations to receive an adequate eLearning. Therefore, you are kindly requested to …

The impact of the pandemic of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel corona virus, has touched almost every organization in the world, including EDU-SYRIA and its partners. Corona virus is a respiratory disease first identified in December in China. On Jan. 30, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. On March 2, 2020, the government of Jordan confirmed the first case of corona virus. As the number of corona virus cases increased, schools and universities were closed and public gatherings were banned on 14 march 2020 until further notice. We urge our …

EDU-SYRIA project granted 214 new bachelor’s degree scholarships for Syrian refugees to study at Zarqa University for the second semester 2019/2020. The registration for the scholarships started on 23/1/2020 and ended on 7/2/202, with 1388 registered applicants at the scholarship portal http://edu-sys.eu/ . After the end of the registration period, 284 eligible applicants were interviewed on Thursday 13 and 20 February 2020, only 214 of the applicants fit the criteria, explained below. It’s worth mentioning that representatives from UNHCR Jordan joined the EDU-SYRIA team on the interview days as observers of the acceptance process in the scholarship. Eligibility: The candidate …

EDU-SYRIA organized 2 information sessions at Al-Zaatari and Al-Azraq camps on 2 and 5 February 2020, to introduce Syrian refugee youth to the Bachelor’s scholarships provided by the program. These sessions were hosted by Relief International and in collaboration with UNHCR. They aimed to ease the scholarship registration process for the applicants from the camps, as a team from the registration department at Zarqa University were present and studied the applications and gave for the accepted students a document of “initial acceptance at Zarqa university”. Relief International team helped the student to create their profiles on the scholarship portal and …