FURTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME

Regional Scholarships

Palestinian Refugee Scheme

Each year the Foundation supports 15 to 20 scholars who are registered Palestinian refugees to pursue undergraduate 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 degree courses in liberal arts/social sciences, 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.

Relief International Scheme

The Foundation currently provides scholarships for outstanding individuals from our target countries who hold Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian or Syrian nationality. The first of these schemes began in 2007 through Relief International in the West Bank (see below) and there are now similar schemes in place in Gaza and Jordan.

More information about the work of Relief International can be found at www.ri.org

For information on specific regional schemes please email:
West Bank & Gaza Programme: Ali Sedaghat ali.sedaghat@ri.org
Jordan Programme: Amer Tubeishat amer.tubeishat@ri.org