Inspirational Stories of Jordanian and Syrian Students: We are pleased to share with you ‘My Story’. A storybook about the lives of Jordanian and Syrian students, who are trying to find their way amidst challenging conditions, in host communities and refugee camps in Jordan. My Story is the product of an ambitious 2018 storytelling project that offers a glimpse of the lives of 24 young Jordanian and Syrian students studying for an Associate, Bachelor or Master’s Degree under the program “The provision of Higher Education to Syrian refugees and disadvantaged Jordanians”. The aim of the book is to achieve a …
EDU-SYRIA students at Zarqa University, from the Faculty of Information Technology, achieved the first and second place in the Second Arab Olympiad for Artificial Intelligence at the level of Arab universities on Saturday 24th of June 2023, which was organized by the Arab Association for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Amman, under the auspices of Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship. The Olympiad included five tracks in information technology: programming, mathematics and algorithms, computer vision, embedded systems, and cybersecurity, where more than 150 male and female students, from several universities in Jordan, Palestine, Qatar, Yemen, Libya, Egypt, and Kuwait, participated. …
EDU-SYRIA funded by the EU and managed by the German Jordanian University (GJU) in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held on 22nd June 2023 at Daimeh-Jordan River Foundation-Amman, a series of panel discussions entitled “Higher Education as a Tool for Inclusion, Self-Reliance, and Solutions: High Demand and Limited Opportunities/Mitigation and Possible Interventions”, and was attended by representatives from EDU-SYRIA/GJU, UNHCR, Jordan Investors Sector, Al Hussein Technical University (HTU), Price Waterhouse and Coopers (PwC), South End Business Alliance (SEBA) organization, Eversheds, Nuqal Group/Fine, Talent Beyond Boundaries, Luminus Technical University College (LTUC), Payment Service Provider (PSP) Dubai …
EDU-SYRIA, funded by the EU through the regional trust fund “Madad” in response to the Syrian crisis and managed by the German Jordanian University and implemented by local and international institutions, announces the call for applications to apply for Industrial Fashion Design Training Course Scholarship for 6 months at Luminus Technical University College for Syrian refugees who are holders of the Asylum Seeker Certificate from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and underprivileged Jordanian who are beneficiaries from one of the following aid organization: National Aid Fund, Tkiyet Um Ali, Al-Aman Fund, and Al-Zakat Fund. 1. Main Requirements: Jordanians: Syrians: …
EDU-SYRIA, funded by the European Union through the European Union Regional Trust Fund for Response to the Syrian Crisis, through the “Madad” Fund, which is managed by the German Jordanian University and in partnership with several Jordanian and international organizations and local educational institutions, announces that registration is open for the High School Summer Program (HSSP) for refugee students at Zaatari refugee camp. In coordination with the Protection Unit at UNHCR, EDU-SYRIA will commit to: 1- Ensuring that the program is compatible with children’s ages and will not cause any unintended harm by any means. In addition, medical services will …
Queen Rania Teacher Academy (QRTA) is an independent non-profit organization committed to the vision of empowering educators with the skills, recognition, and support necessary to excel in their classrooms. QRTA was launched in 2009 in partnership with the Jordanian Ministry of Education (MOE). QRTA aims to lead the advancement in the quality of teaching and the promotion of excellence in education in Jordan, and the region. QRTA is guided by an ambitious vision aspired to significantly contribute to through mobilizing QRTA’s intellectual resources to maintain high standards in developing training programs and reforming education policies. QRTA simply believes that every …
The German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) (DAAD) is the world’s largest funding organization for the international exchange of students and researchers. Since it was founded in 1925, around two million scholars in Germany and abroad have received DAAD funding. It is a registered association, and its members are German institutions of higher education and student bodies. It relies on a strong organizational structure, a worldwide network of partners and alumni and a motivated staff of over 1,000 employees. Since the start of the Syrian crises, the DAAD has launched several initiatives to enable Syrian refugees in the MENA …
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 …