All Higher Education Scholarships

Between 2007 – 2018 The DSMT-Dar Al Tifl Higher Education Scholarship Programme awarded eleven full and four partial higher education scholarships by competitive application, to able but disadvantaged former pupils of the school to study at Palestinian universities.  All girls have now successfully graduated.

See examples of Higher Education Reports and application Guidance Notes.

DSMT’s latest graduate 2023

Rawan – 2018 HE scholarship student

Rawan completed her five year Computer Engineering degree course at Birzeit University in 2023. After DSMT closed in 2021, UK charity Friends of Birzeit University (FOBZU) managed the last two years of her scholarship on our behalf. Throughout her course Rawan was awarded consistently high grades in the 90s and was awarded an ‘honour grade’ each year, apart from 2020 when such grades were suspended because of the COVID pandemic.

“Last week was my last at uni and it went amazing. I have done my graduation project in front of my professors, my family and friends and thankfully everything went well.” 

“Here I am with my project partners” (Rawan far left)
Soon after graduation Rawan started work.  “I have already started a job with the Microsoft team at Asal Technologies in Ramallah.  They offered me a job in January and I am officially an employee now. (April 2023)  This is why it is the most amazing week of my life….. I’m super excited for my next chapter now!”

“I just want to thank you and everyone in the DSMT for all their help. I am really grateful. A last update in regard to my university, our graduation party was in July. I am attaching a picture of me representing all the engineering students at the graduation day, as I achieved the highest grades!

Graduates in 2021-22 

Narmeen – 2017 HE scholarship student

Narmeen graduated with a degree in Law from Birzeit University in summer 2022. She has since taken a qualification to be a licensed tour guide and is working voluntarily as a community project coordinator. “There were some difficulties along the way because of Covid but I have made it to the end successfully. Thank you DSMT.“

Arwa – 2018 HE scholarship student

Arwa graduated with a degree in Banking and Finance at Birzeit University in summer 2022.  When we last heard she was looking for work related to her degree. “Thank you DSMT for making all this possible for me.”

Congratulations to both girls whose education was severly distrupted by the pandemic.

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