The EDU-PRENEUR programme (part of EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN programme) implemented by ShamalStart have organized two information session on the Entreprunership Scholarship Programme for National Aid Fund beneficiaries (NAF) in Irbid and Ramth to introduce them to the opportunity of applying to the business acceleration program at Luminus ShamalStart. The session took place at Luminus ShamalSta...

The EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN program, funded by the EU through the regional trust fund “Madad” in response to the Syrian crisis and managed by the German Jordanian University, announces that the door is now open for youth from underprivileged Jordanian and Syrian refugees to apply for Entrepreneurship Training Scholarship Programme” (ETSP) in Partnership with Luminus ShamalStart. The En...

Context As a result of the prolonged Syrian war, more than half a million people fled to Jordan, with an estimated 67 percent residing outside refugee camps. According to UNHCR, a total of 669,497 Syrian refugees are currently (July 2021) registered in Jordan, with the highest percentage of people - around 29 percent - living in the capital Amman. These registered numbers are far below the Jor...

The EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN program, funded by the EU through the regional trust fund “Madad” in response to the Syrian crisis and managed by the German Jordanian University, announces that the door is now open for Syrian refugees to apply for Vocational Training Diploma Scholarships at Luminus Technical University College for the upcoming academic year 2021/2022. The registration period starts o...

The EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN program, funded by the EU through the regional trust fund “Madad” in response to the Syrian crisis and managed by the German Jordanian University, announces that the door is now open for Syrian refugees living inside the refugee camps to apply for Bachelors degree scholarships at Zarqa University for the upcoming academic year 2021/2022. The registration period is open...

The EDU-SYRIA programme started a new cooperation with The Education For Employment (EFE) organization to provide short training online courses for the program studenst and graduates from Zarqa University. On Thursday, 2nd September 2021, A committee composed of the Dean of Student Affairs at Zarqa University, and the EDU-SYRIA officer at Zarqa University, along with the EFE team intervi...

On Wednesday, 11 August 2021 EDU-SYRIA Scholarship Program held an academic meeting with the scholarship students at Zarqa University through the ZOOM virtual communication platform. The meeting was divided into two separate sessions headed by the Scholarship coordinator Dr. Ala’ Khalifeh, and the scholarship officer at Zarqa University, Mr. Ibrahim Al Hariri. The two sessions were attended by mo...

Tuesday, July 6, 2020 – On behalf of His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Her Royal Highness Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan patronized the Closing Ceremony of the first project of EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN Scholarship programme, which is funded by the European Union through the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and the European Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (Ma...

On 24 June 2021, EDU-SYRIA Scholarship program team met with the national aid funds representatives (Al-Aman Fund, Al-Zakat Fund, Tikyet Um Ali, and National Aid Fund) at Luminus Shamal Start to introduce them to the collaboration between EDU-SYRIA and ShamalStart in the Entreprunership Scholarship Programme. The team presented a brief about EDU-SYRIA history, projects, achievements, and chall...

Bottleneck Alleviation Programme  (BAP) managed by Nuffic is one of eight Actions of EDU-SYRIA III. The main objective of BAP is to alleviate three critical transition points (i) transition from  high school to higher education degree programmes, (ii) successfully completing and graduating from higher education degree programmes, and finally (iii) transition from higher education to...