Amman, Tuesday, July 21, 2020 – The President of the German Jordanian University, Prof. Manar Fayyad, and the Dean of Luminus Technical University College, Dr. Ayman Maqableh, signed the agreement of EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN scholarship programme, funded by the European Union through the regional trust fund in response to the Syrian crisis: the EU ‘Madad’ Fund to support 310 vulnerable youth (60 Jordanians and 250 Syrian refugees). In addition, the agreement will provide financial support for 40 entrepreneur teams to establish startup projects at the Luminus Business Incubator, Luminus ShamalStart. This agreement comes within the project “Supporting Higher Education for the Disadvantaged …
The EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN programme – funded by EU through the regional trust fund in response to the Syrian crisis: the EU ‘Madad’ Fund – announce that the door is now open to apply for Master’s scholarship for vulnerable Jordanian youths ( the beneficiaries of: National Aid Fund (NAF), Tkiyet Um Ali Fund, Al-Aman Fund and Al- Zakah Fund), for the academic year 2020/2021. EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN programme for graduate studies is a component of the larger project “Support to Higher Education for Syrian Refugees and Vulnerable Jordanian Youth”, that has eight other programs, is implemented by DAAD as part of a the project’s consortium …
Due to the difficult situation, we are all experiencing because of Covid-19 pandemic; the scholarship programme management has decided that the registration for the summer semester will be optional for all student at all partner universities: Zarqa University, Luminus Technical University College, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Yarmouk University, German Jordanian University. If you have, any question send us a direct message to the page or an email to info@edu-jordan.eu
Amman, May 7 2020 – On Thursday, Her Excellency Ms. Maria Hadjitheodosiou, EU Ambassador to Jordan, and Prof. Manar Fayyad, President of the German Jordanian University, signed a bilateral grant agreement for EUR 15 million to support 2245 vulnerable Jordanians and Syrian refugees with fully funded scholarships to higher education. The EU-funded project “Support to Higher Education for Syrian Refugees and Vulnerable Jordanian Youths-EDU-SYRIA III” will give young students the opportunity to pursue higher education (bachelor and master levels), vocational education, technical training, preparing teachers , special entrepreneurial training, labour market oriented courses as well as summer programs for high …
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 …
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 …