FURTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Regional Scholarships
Palestinian Refugee Scheme
Each year the Foundation supports 15 to 20 scholars who are registered
Palestinian refugees to pursue first degrees (Bachelor Degrees)
at accredited universities in the region. The scheme is administered
by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) who will advertise
the awards and select scholars according to the following criteria:
- Candidates must be aged between 18 and 21, having completed
secondary education within the last two years;
- Candidates should be unable to afford to complete a university
degree due to their economic circumstances;
- Candidates must excel in their final secondary school examinations;
- Scholarships are available for four- or five-year university
degree course in liberal arts/social sciences, law, business,
public administration or applied sciences in an accredited university
in the target countries/territories;
- Successful candidates must not be beneficiaries of any other
scholarship scheme.
Interested applicants who meet the above criteria are advised to
make further enquiries through UNRWA.
Regional Partner Scheme
The Foundation is examining ways of supporting additional scholarships
for outstanding individuals from our target countries who are not
Palestinian refugees but who hold Iraqi, Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian
or Syrian nationality. These scholarships may be supported through
local NGOs or universities. The first of these schemes began in
September 2007 through Relief International in the West Bank (see
below) and the Foundation hopes to have schemes in place in its
other target countries by the start of the 2008/09 academic year.
Relief International provides four scholarships per year
for undergraduate study in the West Bank. The first group of scholars
began their degrees in October 2007 covering IT, Engineering, English
Language and Medicine.
More information about the work of Relief International can be
found at www.ri.org
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