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DAAD

June 18, 2023

The DAAD is the world’s largest funding organization for the international exchange of students and researchers. Since it was founded in 1925, around two million scholars in Germany and abroad have received DAAD funding. It is a registered association and its members are German institutions of higher education and student bodies. It relies on a strong organisational structure, a worldwide network of partners and alumni and a motivated staff of over 1,000 employees. Since the start of the Syrian crises, the DAAD has launched several initiatives to enable Syrian refugees in the MENA region and in Germany to gain access …

Mu’tah University (MU)

June 18, 2023

Mu’tah University is the fourth and local co-partner in the current consortium and was a partner in EDU-SYRIA I-& II. MU is a national institution for military and civilian higher education established in 1981 by Royal Decree. By 1986, the Higher Education Council came to a decision of creating a civil wing for MU. It should be pointed out that MU is located in the far south of Jordan in the state of Al- Karak. The university strives to be community-oriented and achieve a sustainable community development. MU campus extends over an area of 400 square kilometres with 15 colleges, …

Yarmouk University (YU)

June 18, 2023

Yarmouk University (YU) is a public school created in 1976 by a Royal Decree, located in Irbid, a state northern of the capital, Amman. The YU has 13 colleges, offer 56, 63, and 19, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs, respectively, in an array of specialties, striking a balance between soft and hard sciences and humanities. Moreover, 11 centres for research and career development reside at YU. The study body count is about 27,850 taught by 936 faculty members. Since the beginning of the Syrian crises, YU accommodated more than 400 Syrians students in the bachelor’s degree programs. As the …

German Jordanian University (GJU) – lead applicant / coordinator

June 18, 2023

German Jordanian University (GJU) is a public school located in Mushaqqar. It was created in 2005 by a Royal Decree, in accordance with a memorandum of understanding reached between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany. The University is a “replica” of the German applied-sciences model, characterized by focusing on applying knowledge into practice and promoting knowledge transfer to real life situations. GJU focuses on offering undergraduate and graduate programs of the highest quality through 9 different colleges that …

Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)

June 18, 2023

Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) is public leading highly reputable ranked academic institution. In 1986, the JUST was founded on the outskirts of Irbid, 70 kilometres north Amman, the capital of Jordan. The main purpose of establishing JUST, autonomous national institute of higher education, was graduating bundles of outstanding professionals in specialties that matched the needs of Jordan as well as the region. The student body has increased by more than ten folds of the original one in 1986. Currently, the school has more than 800 full-time faculty members, with 20,000 undergraduate and 1800 graduate students, in contrast …

Zarqa University (ZU)

June 18, 2023

Zarqa University started was founded in 1994 with only six colleges and 150 students enrolled in twenty majors. After that, the school was growing exponentially with many more colleges, undergraduate programs, and graduate programs, admitting students from more than 37 nationalities across the globe with a rich and unique blend of many cultures. Currently, it has 13 colleges, 3 deanships, 38 undergraduate and 11 master’s programs. The graduates are totalling for more than 25 K students. The institution is located in a relatively poor state, Zarqa, aimed to serve and trigger the local community to thrive and improve human conditions. …

High School Summer Program (HSSP)

May 28, 2023

The High-School Summer Program (HSSP) feeds into the Educational Pathway Approach, which is a model that all EDU-SYRIA III components are based on. High school students of Syrian refugee and vulnerable Jordanian youths will be enrolled in different pre-college programs during summertime at ZU. The core of summer programs is to familiarize high school students to the transition stage to the college life, inspire them to continue post-secondary education, build confidence in being a college student, leave them capable of thinking critically and communicating confidently-skills that lead to success at school, in college, and in his/her career. The HSSP is …

Entrepreneurship Training Scholarship Program (ETSP)

May 28, 2023

Overall Description This action, implemented by Luminus Jordan Start (LJS), aims to: ·        Incubate, train, prepare, and equip 40 teams of 3 to 4 people, Syrian refugees, and vulnerable Jordanians, with the necessary competencies and abilities to start their own business. Potential Majors The ETSP targets entrepreneurs with promising ideas in manufacturing, textiles, handicrafts, and service-based hardware with other related services, which will take place through the Business Accelerator at Luminus Jordan Start, that enables them to confidently enter and navigate the business world, with access to FabLab Irbid – a state-of-the-art manufacturing space – the first of its kind …

“Bottlenecks” Alleviation Program (BAP)

May 28, 2023

The BAP aims at fluffing the following objectives: (i) improved access to technical and vocational education and training opportunities; (ii) improved student employability and increased access to labor market opportunities in relevant sectors; (iii) institutional capacity building through linking and learning among implementing partners and relevant stakeholders in technical and vocational education and training.   These objectives will be achieved by launching a call for proposals for Jordanian and international stakeholders  urging them to submit short projects tailor-made to alleviate three bottlenecks; the students’ lack of the technical and vocational skills as required by the job market, the challenge in …

Six-Month Labor Market Oriented Course Scholarship Program (LMP)

May 28, 2023

Overall Description This action, implemented by Luminus Technical University College (LTUC), aims to: ·        Prepare 170 Syrian refugees and 80 vulnerable Jordanians for the labor market by creating labor readiness training programs that will find the gap between Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centers’ output and labor market needs. Potential Majors Various up-to-date training programs are currently offered by LTUC (EDU-SYRIA III) in the LMP action. The offered programs are based on the findings of the market research that was completed and published during an event held at Amman Chamber of Industry back in November 2021 (Labor Market Study). …