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Mu’tah Universityis the fourth and local co-partner in the current consortium and was a partner in EDU-SYRIA I-& II. MU is a national institution for military and civilian higher education established in 1981 by Royal Decree. By 1986, the Higher Education Council decided to create a civil wing for MU. It should be pointed out that MU is located in the far south of Jordan in the state of Al-Karak. The university strives to be community-oriented and achieve sustainable community development. MU campus extends over 400 square kilometres with 15 colleges, 57, 42, and 9, Bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs, …
Yarmouk University (YU) is a public school created in 1976 by a Royal Decree, located in Irbid, a state northern of the capital, Amman. YU has 16 colleges, offers 72 bachelor’s and 90 graduated studies programs, respectively, in various specialties, striking a balance between soft and hard sciences and humanities. Moreover, 11 centers for research and career development reside at YU. The study body count is about 27,850 taught by 936 faculty members. Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, YU has accommodated more than 400 Syrian students in the bachelor’s degree programs. As the school foreseen the clusters of …
German Jordanian University (GJU) is a public university located in Mushaqqar. It was created in 2005 by a Royal Decree in accordance with a memorandum of understanding reached between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany. The University is a “replica” of the German applied-sciences model, characterized by focusing on applying knowledge into practice and promoting knowledge transfer to real life situations. GJU focuses on offering undergraduate and graduate programs of the highest quality through 8 different colleges that …
Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) is public leading highly reputable ranked academic institution. In 1986, the JUST was founded on the outskirts of Irbid, 70 kilometres north Amman, the capital of Jordan. The main purpose of establishing JUST, autonomous national institute of higher education, was graduating bundles of outstanding professionals in specialties that matched the needs of Jordan as well as the region. The student body has increased by more than ten folds of the original one in 1986. Currently, the school has more than 800 full-time faculty members, with 20,000 undergraduate and 1800 graduate students, in contrast …
Zarqa University (ZU) was founded in 1994 with just six colleges and 150 students enrolled in twenty majors. Since then, the university has grown exponentially, adding many more colleges, undergraduate programs, and graduate programs, attracting students from over 37 nationalities across the globe, creating a rich and unique blend of cultures. Today, ZU comprises 13 colleges, 3 deanships, 38 undergraduate programs, and 11 master’s programs, with more than 25,000 graduates. Located in Zarqa, a relatively underprivileged region, the university aims to serve and empower the local community to thrive and improve living conditions. ZU promotes itself as an institution that …
A comprehensive second roundtable discussion was held by EDU-SYRIA and UNHCR on Monday, 5th of June 2023, focusing on the critical role of higher education and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs in empowering refugees and enhancing their self-reliance. The discussions, held with key stakeholders including; British Council, Goethe Institute, The World Bank, Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation (AGF), The European Union, NUFFIC, The Friedrich Naumann Foundation, DAAD, UNICEF, Embassy of Canada, Australian Embassy, German Embassy and Yarmouk University, aimed to identify unmet needs, highlight opportunities, and foster collaboration to address the challenges faced by refugee students. This second …
This action, HSSP, feeds into the Educational Pathway Approach is a model that all projects’ programs are based on. High school, Syrian refugee and vulnerable Jordanian, youths will be enrolled in different pre-college programs during summertime at ZU. The core of summer program is to familiarize high school students to the transition stage to the college life, inspire them to continue post-secondary education, build confidence in being a college student, leave them capable of thinking critically and communicating confidently-skills that lead to success at school, in college, and in his/her career. HSSP’s Statistics All data refers to September 2023 Total …
As a result of the Syrian conflict, approximately 1.5 million Syrians fled to Jordan. The social and economic situation of most refugees in Jordan is precarious. For them there are only few legal job opportunities and options for vocational education. At the same lime, there is a high rate of youth unemployment in Jordan, which already was one of the country’s most pressing problems before the refugee crisis. The reason for the high rate of youth unemployment is among other things, is the limited number of the available jobs compared with the large number of yearly graduate students, and the …
This action will target to enroll Syrian refugees and underprivileged Jordanian candidates via implementing several projects. BAP tackles the following objectives: (i) improved access to technical and vocational education and training opportunities; (ii) improved student employability and increased access to labor market opportunities in relevant sectors; (iii) institutional capacity building through linking and learning among implementing partners and relevant stakeholders in technical and vocational education and training. To address the first two objectives, NUFFIC will carry out aforementioned activities by designing and managing calls for proposals for Jordanian and international stakeholders to submit short projects tailor-made to alleviate three …
Overall Description This action, implemented by Luminus Technical University College (LTUC), aims to: · Prepare 170 Syrian refugees and 80 vulnerable Jordanians for the labor market by creating labor readiness training programs that will find the gap between Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centers’ output and labor market needs. Potential Majors Various up-to-date training programs are currently offered by LTUC (EDU-SYRIA III) in the LMP action. The offered programs are based on the findings of the market research that was completed and published during an event held at Amman Chamber of Industry back in November 2021 (Labor Market Study). …
