EDU-SYRIA students, Abdullah Al-Mahmoud, Muhammad Abdul-Rahman Jawad, Ammar Al-Labban, and Saeed Asida, majoring in architecture at Zarqa University, won second place in a competition called “Students Reinvent Cities” by C40 Cities, a global network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities that are united in action to confront the climate crisis, in partnership with the Greater Amman Municipality on Monday 31th of July 2023. In an inspiring competition, the Evergreen team secured a commendable second-place finish, while the Living Bridge team demonstrated their prowess with a well-deserved third place. This remarkable event, guided by the expert supervision of …
Mohammed Al-Zamil, a graduate of EDU-SYRIA, participated in the Second National Sumo Robots Championship on Friday 14th of July 2023 at Al Hussein Technical University. The championship included 256 teams and over 550 participants from various universities, schools, and institutions dedicated to robotics. The National Sumo Robots Championship is considered one of the most important sumo robotics competitions in the Middle East. Mohammed, a graduate of Energy Engineering from Zarqa University, took part in this competition as a team supervisor and assistant for four other teams. These teams achieved commendable positions, including the sixteenth place out of 256 teams. It is …
“It was a distinctive and wonderful experience, during which we learned a lot and got to know new people from various fields” began Mazen Al Natour, EDU-SYRIA student, as he talked about his experience in the Second National Sumo Robots Championship held on Friday 14th of July 2023 at Al Hussein Technical University. The National Sumo Robots Championship is one of the most important robotics competitions in the Middle East. Through the team he participated with, Mazen managed to reach the quarterfinals in a competition that included around 256 teams and over 550 competitors from various universities and institutions. His …
EDU-SYRIA students at Zarqa University, from the Faculty of Information Technology, achieved the first and second place in the Second Arab Olympiad for Artificial Intelligence at the level of Arab universities on Saturday 24th of June 2023, which was organized by the Arab Association for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Amman, under the auspices of Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship. The Olympiad included five tracks in information technology: programming, mathematics and algorithms, computer vision, embedded systems, and cybersecurity, where more than 150 male and female students, from several universities in Jordan, Palestine, Qatar, Yemen, Libya, Egypt, and Kuwait, participated. …
Mazen Al-Natour was born in Syria in the spring of 2001. In 2012 he moved to Jordan due to the war in Syria and is now a student at Zarqa University under EDU-SYRIA Program funded by EU, studying electrical engineering. An ambitious and loving young man who started his story with volunteer work since 2015. He implemented and participated in many charitable initiatives aimed at community service. Mazen has some talents such as acting and photography, and these things he exploited in volunteer work, as he has presented theatrical performances in various regions of the Kingdom of Jordan, he covers …
Amer was studying for his computer technologies diploma back in Syria when his passion for technology had led him to open a Computer maintenance and supplies store. yet soon after he graduated he was eager to continue learning and study graphics design, and therefore he traveled to Jordan to study. Unfourtently when he was just about to graduate; the war erupted in Syria and he stayed in Jordan, not as a student anymore but as a refugee. To provide for himself, Amer worked as a designer in a kitchens designing company. In 2016, he applied for the EDU-SYRIA scholarship where …
Meet Suad!Su’ad is a Syrian bachelor’s graduate, who received a scholarship from EDU-SYRIA program funded by the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (Madad Fund). She finished her Educational Sciences degree from Zarqa University with an excellent GPA of 92.7%.! After the crisis of COVID 19 hit the region and Jordan in particular, Su’ad started volunteering with Amal Center of the Arab Medical Relief Society-ACAMRS, an active NGO at Al-Zaatari Refugee Camp-Al-Mafraq City. ACAMRS focus is individuals with special needs, providing them with physical, speech and language therapy, in addition to psychological and emotional support. Unfortunately, …
Amer Rida Alazab has received a scholarship from EDU-SYRIA in 2016 to study for a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Zarqa University Growing up, Amer always felt in his heart that he wanted to become a civil engineer. Sadly, because of the Syrian crisis he was not able to fulfill his dream. The EDU-Syria scholarship at Zarqa University enabled him to pick up his dream and make it a reality that he excelled in accomplishing! Amer graduated last week and was ranked first in his college. His graduation project got third place in “Mubadron” competition at the national level. As a …