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Amman. On April 18th, 2018, EDU-SYRIA team held the seventh Quarterly Management meeting at Luminus Technical University College (LTUC) to discuss the Programmes’ progress. The dean of the LTUC, Dr. Ayman Magableh welcomed the president of the German Jordanian University and the Director of EDU-SYRIA Programme Prof. Dr. Manar Fayyad, and EDU-SYRIA Management team. Prof. Fayyad opened the meeting by thanking LTUC and Dr. Ayman Magableh for the generous hosting, stressing the importance of the valuable relationship between the project and LTUC. In his welcome note, Dr. Ayman expressed LTUC readiness to continue supporting the Project and Syrian refugee students. …

EDU-SYRIA Social work students at German Jordanian University meet with EDU-SYRIA management team, Dean of the School of Applied Humanities and Languages Prof. Dr. Alaaldeen Alhalhouli, and the Head of Department Social Work Prof. Dr. Christine Hildebrandt, to discuss the challenges they face in their studies and explore the possible solutions. After the meeting, The Dean of the SAHL together with the Head of Department Social Work handed over certificates to EDU-SYRIA students who worked with the DAAD Project “Higher Education Dialogue” (HED). A project team of 20 students and teachers from Germany, Jordan and Lebanon (University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (FHWS), German Jordanian …

Amman, Jordan – February 24, 2019: Under the Patronage of H.E. Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Walid Maani, the European Union and the EDU-SYRIA Program, funded by the EU’s Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis, the EU ‘Madad’ Fund, in cooperation with the GIZ’s Project “New Perspectives through Academic Education and Training for young Syrians and Jordanians”, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, organised a conference on February 24, 2019 entitled: “Syrian Students in  Jordan: Time to Start Over.” The opening of the conference was attended by H.E. Mr. …

Amman, Jordan. On Tuesday 20 June 2017, on World Refugee Day, the Edu-Syria program, managed by the German Jordanian University and funded by the EU Regional Trust Fund, the ‘Madad’ Fund, organized an Iftar banquet for 250 students affiliated with the program, of which 50 students live in the Al Zaatari camp. The Iftar was held at Zarqa University in presence of the Madad team, representatives of the EU Delegation in Jordan and the project management team from the German Jordanian University (GJU). The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the University and the President of Zarqa University also …

Starting from 3/6/2016 and till 18/6/2016, EDU-SYRIA scholarship program is accepting applications for the second round of the program which is targeting interrupted students seeking a Bachelor degrees. Notice that the priority will be given for the Syrian students living in the refugees camps and those who satisfy the following requirements: Scholarship requirements The applicants should have a Syrian nationality and have a refugees certificate from UNHCR. The applicants should have the Jordanian magnetic security card. The applicants should have the original secondary school certificate officially certified. The applicants should be interrupted from their Bachelor university study programs with a …

On Thursday, April 21, the German Jordanian University organized a ceremony to honor the students who received Edu-Syria Scholarships, in the presence of a representative of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Dr. Hakam Al-Alami, Advisor to HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal on Water and Sanitation. During the speech of HRH Prince El Hassan that was delivered by his representative Dr. Al-Alami, HRH Prince El Hassan commended on EDU-SYRIA program objectives of helping the Syrian refugees in Jordan and Jordanians from the refugees host communities, and admired EDU-SYRIA unique model in cooperating the public and private academic sectors which combines …

A visit was made to Zaatari Refugee Camp by the EDU-SYRIA team from GJU, Zaraqa University, and Al-Quds College on 22 February 2016. The purpose of the visit was to interview new Syrian candidates for studying/completing their studies at either Zarqa University or Al-Quds College. The UNHCR hosted the operations of this round at their Zaatari Basecamp office. They provided the project team with the logistical support necessary for completing the interviewing process. Over 80 applicants have been interviewed. The biggest challenge was to have all necessary documents (i.e. certificates and transcripts) of the applicants legalized by the institutions that …

EDU-SYRIA announces the first batch of accepted students in the scholarship program. The total number of accepted students at Zarqa University is 142. The first batch of EDU-SYRIA scholarship is focused on Syrian students who are interrupted in their University study. EDU-SYRIA applicants from Zatari camp will be invited on Monday 22/2/2016 at UNHCR in the camp for an interview. Furthermore, the list of accepted students in Al-Quds College will be announced soon. It is worth to say that, the European Union Delegation in Amman in cooperation with EDU-SYRIA works hardly to provide new scholarships to students who obtained a …

On Monday Feb 15th, the EDU-SYRIA Scholarship program held the second round interview at Zarqa University. Around 730 Syrian applicants came to ZU who underwent a documents verification process out of which 330 were interviewed due to having the required documents.

On Saturday 13/2/2016 , Luminous education – Al Quds College welcomed its first batch of students in the education program for Syrian refugees and Jordanian young people in the affected areas of refugees Managed by German-Jordanian University and funded by the European Union in cooperation with the Universities of Zarqa and Yarmouk and Al Quds College. The project is supported by the European Union to provide 390 scholarships to the Syrians and Jordanians students, including 80 scholarships in Al Quds College. High Representatives from the European Union, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the German Jordanian University were …