Portugal, 1 March 2022

18 DECEMBER 2021

6 December 2021 - 13h30 (New York time) - 18h30 (Lisbon time) - watch it at the UN TV Webcast

Union for the Mediterranean States endorse a region-wide project to provide displaced populations with rapid access to Higher education.

Statement on the Passing of President Jorge Sampaio, Lisbon, Portugal

Nota sobre o falecimento do Presidente Jorge Sampaio

Check-out the story prepared by Al Fanar Media about the online discussion held on 25 March and  titled “Higher Education in Crisis Settings Matters—Listening to Syrian Voices and Other Testimonials”,  side event ahead of the fifth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region”.

Also available in Arabic.

Picture (Syrian students participate in a summer school organized by the Global Platform for Syrian Students. Credits: Global Platform for Syrian Students)

At her Master’s degree thesis defense, RANEEM got 20, the highest possible score !!!

Amazing. Sincere congratulations to our top researcher !

Ali, Asset Management Member at ITIC - ISCTE Trading & Investment Club, wrote a paper on blockchain and artificial intelligence in the Jornal Economico Portuguese Journal last 12 November 2020.

Let’s read Ali’s paper (in portuguese)

By Jorge Sampaio,

Former President of Portugal, Chairman of the Global Platform for Syrian Students

On 28 May the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the UN in Geneva and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, co-organized a virtual briefing on higher education opportunities as complementary pathways for admission to third countries. This session was attended by more than 120 participants from everywhere.

Congratulations to this talented team on their amazing achievement!

“Higher Education in Emergencies: on the road to 2030” is now available. Get a copy here.

MONDAY, January 20, 2020 (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation – Lisbon, Portugal)

See here the final programme of the upcoming workshop on Setting up a Rapid Response Mechanism for Higher Education in Emergencies to deliver more, better and faster.

Two Calls for Applications just launched!

Deadline for applying: 24 January 2020.

Students of the Global Platform for Syrian Students attended the 3rd edition of the annual Christmas Concert organized by the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon. This year it took place on 6th December at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML).