Amman- 1st of June, 2015 

 

20 Syrian Scholarship Holders, funded by GIZ and DAAD, gathered at GJU to meet with colleagues of GJU and the German Partners of the program. They were welcomed by GJU Vice President Dr. Manar Fayyad thanked the German Partners for their support and encouraged the scholarship holders to work hard and make use of this opportunity.

 

On behalf of the German partners Mr. Henner Kirchner, responsible for the program „New Perspectives through Academic Education and Training for young Syrians and Jordanians“ at GIZ, and Mr. Andreas Wutz, Director of the DAAD Office Amman, welcomed the scholarship holders at GJU.

 

The 20 students will start their Master’s program in Jordan jointly with 20 Jordanian scholarship holders at various Jordan universities, including GJU.

 

The welcome week and the 3-month preparatory course for the students have been organized by Dr. Dorothea Jecht and Dr. Andrea Pape-Christiansen, International Office of GJU.