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About Birzeit University\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Founded on the principles of excellence and opportunity for all, Birzeit University has become Palestine\u2019s leading academic institution. It is an academic powerhouse with a clear focus on excellence that has secured it national and international recognition unparalleled with other established institutions. Birzeit University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the service of the country and the community.
\nBirzeit University constantly strives to keep up with international developments, align them within a local and regional context and expand ongoing development plans underpinned by the principles that guided the university since its establishment as a school in 1924. These plans seek to provide the finest higher education for Palestinians in an atmosphere of academic freedom and liberalism, accomplish academic excellence, serve the Palestinian community and engage in national action.<\/p>\n

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Target<\/span>: 400<\/h2>\n

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Program Description <\/span><\/h2>\n

As part of the Learning to Earning program, Birzeit University will deliver the AI-Enabled Career Readiness Program, preparing 400 final-year students from the West Bank for employment, freelancing, remote work, or entrepreneurship in a rapidly evolving labour market. Delivered through a hybrid model, the program will bridge gaps between academic education and market needs by combining career readiness and employability skills, entrepreneurship training and mentoring, digital, AI, and data fluency, and an introduction to global freelancing. Participants will also benefit from employer engagement, internships, job matching, and structured pathways into remote work and entrepreneurial opportunities.<\/p>\n

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