The Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education (AGFE) has responded to the overwhelming number of applications from tens of thousands of Emirati and Arab youth by boosting the number of scholarships used with its programs from 700 currently, to 1,500 in the next year.

The Foundation supports the most prone youth from the UAE and the region in gaining access to an education that has the power to transform the course of their lives. Al Ghurair scholarships are both achievement and needs-based, targeting scholastic up-and-comers who have actually shown durability when faced with challenge including dispute and financial requirement. Scholarship receivers are selected through a very affordable process. Al Ghurair scholars are expected to be job-ready upon graduation, and to show a solid commitment to repaying to their neighborhoods and to the region as a whole.

Abdulaziz Al Ghurair, AGFE Chairman said: "It is fitting that our Foundation is taking this jump throughout the 'Year of Giving in the United Arab Emirates. We are privileged to stay in one of one of the most generous nations worldwide and it is our obligation to repay, according to the vision of the UAE's leaders." He included: "Strategic philanthropy has a vital role to play in investing in the future of our nation and region and we believe that there could be no much better philanthropic investment than enlightening our brightest youth.".

Launched in 2016, Al Ghurair scholarships are now readily available in 16 leading universities in 10 nations throughout the Arab world, Turkey, Canada, the US and the UK. Supported level programs are fully certified, and autumn under the scientific research, innovation, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The scholarships include management exposure for the recipient, skills advancement, community service, and an established variety of practical training hours.

Regionally, the new partner universities included in the 2018 scholarship cycle are AAl Akhawayn University in Morocco, Princess Sumaya University of Science and Technology in Jordan and Al Quds University, An-Najah University and Polytechnic Palestine University in Palestine.

The Foundation additionally partnered with the University of Edinburgh to co-fund Arab refugees and conflict-affected young people in seeking Master's degrees..

Maysa Jalbout, Chief Executive Officer of AGFE: "We value the partnership between the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education and the University of Edinburgh. We appreciate the University's effort in welcoming young evacuees from this region, and in aiding the monetary burden of tuition. Our goal is to encourage more universities to tip up and share in thecollective global obligation for reducing the refugee education crisis.

The new university partners are currently part of the Al Ghurair network of regional and worldwide colleges which include:Massachusetts Institute of Technology, American University of Beirut, American University of Sharjah, American University in Cairo, Koc University, McGill University, University of Waterloo, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Arizona State University and Minerva Schools at KGI.

Application to the STEM Scholars Program is currently open for Fall 2018 university enrollment. The due date is January 14, 2018. To learn more regarding the Foundations different programs, see: www.alghurairfoundation.org.

Regarding AGFE.
Founded in the United Arab Emirates by Abdulla Ahmad Al Ghurair in July 2015, the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation (AGFE) for Education aims to develop education possibilities in One Decade for 15,000 Arab young people from underserved histories and to help them end up being leaders in their countries and the region.