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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 …

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-SYRIA students’ team. The ZU faculty team members were: Dr. Khalid Al – Zayadeen Dean of Admission and Registration, Dr. Ala’ Eddin Sadeq Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Omar Makhzoumi Dean of …

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.

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 Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis, the ‘Madad Fund’, raising up the overall EDU-SYRIA Project fund to 17.6 million Euros. This extension will offer 200 additional scholarships to Syrian refugee youth and vulnerable Jordanians (140 scholarship for Syrian students …

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 Exchange Service (DAAD) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), on the occasion of World Refugee Day. The objective of the conference is to emphasize the importance of expanding access to higher education for young refugees, as only one per cent of …

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 University also attended the event. The banquet included a variety of music and cultural activities by the Program’s students. The Iftar aimed at bringing together students who benefitted from the Project and all those involved in providing educational assistance. …