DAFI Scholarships for Refugees 2017
DAFI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
INTERSOS and The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Yemen provides a limited number of scholarships for refugees Yemen. The scholarship originated from the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative Fund (DAFI) which is funded by the German Government.
WHEN TO APPLY:
- Application forms and brochures are available at INTERSOS Offices in Sana’a, Aden, Kharaz, Hadramout and Ibb.
- Application forms for the 2017 DAFI scholarships together with supporting documentation of the criteria stated below should be submitted to INTERSOS Offices in Yemen between 05 March – 25 April 2017.
CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS:
- The applications should include: scholarship application, a copy of refugees card/ certificate card and a copy of High Secondary School HSC;
- He/she must not be older than 28 years upon application;
- Higher School Certificate (HSC): For students holding a high school diploma from abroad, this diploma must be certified by the competent official authorities in Yemen. The HSC must not be older than 10 years.
- Refugee card/certificate: The applicant must have a refugee card from the Yemeni government /refugee certificate from the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Yemen;
- The total average of the High Secondary School (HSC) should not be less than 75%.
PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
The applications should include: scholarship application, a copy refugee card/ certificate and a copy of HSC.
The application forms are available at INTERSOS offices in Aden: INTERSOS office in Basateen, INERSOS office in Kharaz camp. In Sana’a: you can find the application form at INTERSOS Drop in Center in Haddah. In Hadramout: INTERSOS Office in Mukalla. In Ibb: INTERSOS Office and OSAC in Al-Qadah For other governorates please contact with Mr. Mustafa Al-Sufi, DAFI’s Project Manager via his email: dafi.yemen@intersos.org or mobile number: 774 192 326;
You can also download the application from here: 2017 DAFI Application- English
- Only the applications that match the conditions that are mentioned above and even received by 25 April 2017 will be considered.
- Only successful students will be invited for entrance exams in Aden, Sana’a and Mukalla.
NOTES:
- Deadline for submitting the application is April 25, 2017;
- All students with certificates issued outside Yemen will be subject to the Arabic language exam to determine their level.
- After successfully passing the entrance exam and final selection, it’s not possible to change the major subject.
- Entrance exam: The entrance exam will be in accordance with the curriculum of Yemen;
SELECTION:
The selected students who will be awarded a DAFI scholarship in July 2017; which is done jointly by INTERSOS, UNHCR and the German Embassy. Only selected students will be notified by September 2017.
Due to the large number of applications, the selection panel will not inform applicants who have not been selected.
The Available Majors Field of Study in the DAFI Program
For Refugees Students
| Name of Faculty | Major Field of Study | Exam Subjects | Score | Remarks |
| Health | – Physician Assistant
– Pharmacy ( Diploma) – Dental technician – Nursing – Midwifery – Nutrition – Physiotherapy – Optics – Anesthesiology – Labs |
– Chemistry
– Biology – Physics – English |
100
100 50 100 |
Open for all students |
| Engineering | All | – Physics
– Math – English |
100
100 100 |
Open for all students |
| Commerce | – Economy/ Banking and Financial Sciences
|
– Math
– The principles of economy |
100
100 |
Open for all students |
| – Business Administration and Accounting | – Math
– English |
100
50 |
||
| Computer and IT | – Information Technology and Information System | – Math
– English |
100
50 |
Open for all students |
| Arts | – Sociology | – Sociology
– Psychology |
100
50 |
Open for all students |
| – Social Service and Psychology | – Social Service
– Psychology – Arabic |
100
50 50 |
Open for all students | |
| – Media/ Public Relations | – Media
– Arabic |
100
100 |
||
| – English | – English | 100 | ||
| Oil and Minerals | – Oil/ Chemical Engineering | – Physics
– Math – Chemistry |
100
100 100 |
|
| Law | – Law | – Arabic
– Yemeni constitution – Islamic Fiqh |
100
50 50 |
Open for all students |
| Science | – Biology- Chemistry | – Biology
– Chemistry |
100
100 |
Open for all students |
| – Physics- Math
|
– Physics
– Math |
100
100 |
||
| Education | – Physics- Math | – Physics
– Math |
100
100 |
Open ONLY for Kharaz students |
| – Biology- Chemistry | – Biology
– Chemistry |
100
100 |
||
| – Islamic Studies | – Quran Science + faith and monotheism
– Arabic |
100
100 |
||
| – English | – English | 100 | ||
| – Sociology | – Geography
– History |
100
100 |
||
| – Science | – Physics
– Chemistry – Biology |
100
100 100 |
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