The Director of the International Relations and Projects Department at YU, Dr. Muwafaq Al-Otoom, sponsored the graduation ceremony of YU Jordanian and Syrian refugees’ students who participated in the SYMPRO project, which received €8,000 fund from the European Credit Fund.

At the beginning of the ceremony, the project director, Dr. Ahmed Al-Aroud, from the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Science gave a presentation about the project which aims at qualifying Jordanian and Syrian students to join MA programs offered by international universities through open source online educational platforms. He further explained that the 11 students who participated in the project received education and training for two semesters as part of the programs offered by the New York City College of Technology in the USA and the Curtin University in Australia. The areas of training included cyber information Security and Data Science which are of current demand in local and international markets. He added that such online programs are less expensive than the traditional ones and can be easily registered by students from all around the world even those in remote places.

The research team of the project included Dr. Ahmed Al-Aroud, Dr. Khaled Nahar, and Abdullah Al Zoubi from the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Science, and Ahmed Al-Zyout from the Computer and Information Center.

It is noteworthy to mention that the YU hosts 484 Syrian refugee students who are enrolled in various academic majors.

At the end of the ceremony, and with the presence of the Director of the Refugees, Displaced Persons and Forced Migration Studies Center, Dr. Ayat Nashwan, and several officials from YU, Dr. Otoom handed the certificates to the participating students.