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Nuffic, the Dutch organization for Internationalization in education, as part of the EDU-SYRIA III consortium, will be responsible for managing the call for proposals for local organizations to submit projects that will support the Jordanian and Syrian youth education by developing their skills and strengthen their competencies. This Nuffic EDU-SYRIA newsletter will present the program progress quarterly.

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 …

Zarqa, Jordan, December 1- EDU-SYRIA Project, funded by the European Union (EU) and managed by the German Jordanian University (GJU), organised friendly football matches for the students enrolled in the Programme. The project celebrates the power of football to overcome the barriers and build bridges between Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities. This sport opportunity provides young people with a sense of self-dignity and respect, allowing them to celebrate cultural cohesions and differences in a positive and peaceful manner. These games will be the starting point of the formation of a football team representing the project, and a future football …

On Tuesday, 8 October 2019, under the patronage of HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal, Zarqa University celebrated the graduation of the 22nd Patch of its students for the summer semesters. Among the graduates were 121 students from EDU-SYRIA Scholarships program, who studied in the bachelor’s level in majors: Pharmacy, Arts and design, Economics and administration science, Educational science, Information Technology. Her Highness handed over the certificates to students for the bachelor’s and handed over the prizes to the first of class, it worth mentioning that there were many EDU-SYRIA students who graduated first in major for the summer semester 2018/2019: …

On 24 and 25 September 2019 at the Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma – UNINT, the UNIMED, Union of the Universities of the Mediterranean, has organized an international conference entitled ” A step further towards vulnerable communities in the Middle East: The commitment of universities to the refugee crisis in the Middle East.” The conference is part of the European RESCUE project, Support for the education of refugees in Mena Countries, and will see the participation of academics and experts from Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq as well as the interests of European international and academic organizations dealing with the …