About Us

EDU-SYRIA Scholarship Program is a humanitarian project funded by the European Union to improve the livelihood options of Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanian youths in Jordan through having access to higher and vocational education and having improved their employability. German Jordanian University is the administrative and management body of the project via a consortium of international and local organizations in addition to public and private academic institutions, namely, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Cooperation (NUFFIC), Queen Rania Teacher Academy (QRTA), Jordan University for Science and Technology (JUST), Yarmouk University (YU), Mutah University (MU), Zarqa University (ZU), Luminus Technical University College (LTUC) and Luminus Jordan Start.

EDU-SYRIA supports the “No Lost Generation” strategy that aims at providing those affected by the conflict with the chance to shape a more stable, sustainable, and secure future. In an effort to empower and support those affected by the Syrian crisis, EDU-SYRIA’s main objective is to provide more than 3000 scholarships for higher education and vocational training, equipping both Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians from host communities with the required knowledge and skills to access the labor market.

The first project of the series is EDU-SYRIA I WHICH started on December 2015 with an initial fund of 4 million Euros, to Provide 390 higher education scholarships (bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and vocational training diploma) mainly for those students whom their undergraduate education in Syria was interrupted due to the Syrian conflict.

After the launch of EDU-SYRIA I, a huge demand for the scholarship from refugees was marked, not only from interrupted students but also from Syrian youth who were denied the opportunity for higher education. Therefore, EDU-SYRIA II has emerged.

EDU-SYRIA II started in October 2016 with a greater amount of fund allocations worth 11 million Euros, to serve the maximum number possible of beneficiaries by providing 1000 higher education scholarships for interrupted students and students who only completed high school in Syria or Jordan. On January 2019, 2.6 million Euros topped the total fund, to provide another 200 higher education scholarships, under the project entitled “EDU-SYRIA II Additional”.

EDU-SYRIA III is the more recent project of the series; started on February 2020 to help 2245 direct beneficiaries, with a fund of 15 million Euros, raising the total fund of EDU-SYRIA to 32.6 million Euro.

The project also cooperates with the UNHCR to identify Syrian refugees’ eligibility for scholarships, and with Jordanian aid funds: National Aid Fund, Tkiyet Um Ali, Al-Aman Fund, and Zakat Fund, to identify the underprivileged Jordanian beneficiaries.