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...

The “Japanese Initiative for the future of Syrian Refugees (JISR)” offers 20 scholarship slots for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon to complete their master’s degree in Japanese universities. Hardcopy applications are accepted through the designated UNHCR Offices until Friday, 29th of November, 2019. More information on the scholarship and the eligibility criteria is available here: https...

A friendly match between EDU-SYRIA students at Zarqa University (ZU) and ZU faculty team was held on Thursday 19/9/2019 in Amman. The game is part of the program policy that encourages extra-curricular activities such as sports or talents. The match brought with it the spirit of competition, joy, and enthusiasm, and the ZU faculty team won the match with a 6 - 4 goals victory against EDU-S...

On Thursday, 22.08.2019, Zarqa University celebrated the graduation of the 22nd cohort for the second semester 2019/2018, under the patronage of the President of the University Board of Trustees. The 55 EDU-SYRIA students who were among the graduates, started their studies on 2016/2107.

EDU-SYRIA project in collaboration with the European Union, happily announces the availability of 40 scholarships for tin Diploma degree at Luminus Technical University College for the First semester 2019/2020. In order to apply you need to meet the following conditions: Scholarship applicant needs to meet the following conditions: The applicant must hold the Syrian citizienship.The applica...

The United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is proud to announce the opening for Bachelor degrees scholarships slots under the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI) program, funded by the German Government, the Said and Asfari Foundation. The scholarship program is administered by UNHCR in partnership with the Higher and further Education Opportunities a...

Amman. Prof. Manar Fayyad, EDU-SYRIA Project Director and President of the German Jordanian University, signed the grant agreement for an extension on EDU-SYRIA II Program (VET & Higher Education Programme for vulnerable Syrian youth and disadvantaged youth from host communities (EDU-SYRIA II)) on June 23rd, 2019. The grant is worth 2.6 million Euro, provided from the European Union Re...

Berlin, Germany. On 18 and 19 June 2019, The president of the German Jordanian University Professor Dr. Manar Fayyad and EDU-SYRIA Project Manager Dr.Dhiha Abou-Tair participated in an international expert conference titled “The Other 1 Percent – Refugees at Institutions for Higher Education Worldwide”. The conference was organized by the German Federal Foreign Office (FFO), the German Academic E...

Zarqa, Jordan, On Thursday 23 May 2019, EDU-Syria Project organized an Iftar banquet for 250 students affiliated with the Program. The Iftar banquet took place at Zarqa University in the presence of the German Jordanian University President Prof. Manar Fayyad, and representatives of the EU Delegation to Jordan. The Chairman of the University’s Board of Directors and the President of Zarqa Uni...

On Wednesday 24 April 2019, EDU-SYRIA graduates joined the annual career fair at the German Jordanian University (GJU). EDU-SYRIA project continuously tries to support the Syrian refugees by encouraging all the project's graduates to participate in the GJU job fair, which aimed to introduce the students to the Jordanian industrial companies, and give them the chance to interact with compan...