Hisham Hijjawi College of Technology offers a range of loans and scholarships to support students financially and to reward academic excellence. The main programmes are outlined below.
Reem Hijjawi Benevolent Loan Fund
The Reem Hijjawi Benevolent Loan Fund was established in early 2013 through an agreement between Hisham Hijjawi College of Technology and Ms. Reem Hijjawi. The fund aims to cover the tuition fees of financially needy students enrolled at the college throughout their period of study.
A dedicated Loan Fund Committee oversees the collection of student applications, the review of their financial circumstances, and the selection of eligible candidates. The approved lists are submitted to the Dean of the College for final endorsement and referred to the University's Financial Department to complete the required financial and legal procedures.
Loan Committee Members
- Dr. Amer Massad, Dean of the College — Committee Chair
- Mr. Mohammad Al-Atrash, Head of Student Affairs — Fund Coordinator
- Mr. Asaad Awad, Public Relations Coordinator — Member
- Mr. Abdul Rahman Hijjawi, Donor Representative — Member
- Ms. Rana Al-Habash, Head of the University Loan Office — Member
- Mr. Islam Al-Hanbali, Finance Officer — Member
- Mr. Salah Abu Zahra, Registration Officer — Member
How to Apply
- The committee announces the opening of applications for the Reem Hijjawi Loan Fund for needy students, giving priority to those enrolled in engineering programmes and evening study, followed by needy students in other programmes.
- Students complete the official application forms and submit them, along with the required documents, to the Fund Coordinator.
- The committee reviews and shortlists the applications and obtains final approval from the Financial Department.
- Accepted students are notified and complete the steps needed to finalise their registration and activate the loan.
Application Period
Loan applications are submitted at the beginning of each academic year for newly enrolled students. Application forms are available from the Student Affairs Office. For more information, please contact the Fund Coordinator, Eng. Mohammad Al-Atrash.
Merit Scholarship
To encourage academic excellence, the college grants a 50% discount on the tuition fees of registered credit hours to students with a cumulative GPA of 90% or higher, and a 33% discount to students with a cumulative GPA between 85% and 89.9%.
Eligibility Criteria
- The student must be enrolled as a regular student in a diploma programme.
- The student must have achieved a cumulative GPA of 85% or higher for at least two regular semesters (a summer semester does not count).
Scholarships for Children and Siblings of Martyrs
The college covers 100% of the tuition fees for registered credit hours for the children of martyrs across all semesters, provided the student maintains a cumulative GPA of 60% or higher. Siblings of martyrs receive a 40% discount on tuition fees for regular semesters (excluding summer terms) from their second semester onward, under the same GPA condition.
Scholarship for Children of University Staff
Eligibility Criteria
- The student must be enrolled as a regular student in a diploma programme.
- The student's father or mother must be a classified employee at An-Najah National University.
- A 100% discount is granted if the student's cumulative GPA is 70% or higher, and a 50% discount if it falls below 70%.
- The discount does not cover credit hours that the student fails.
- The exemption is revoked for any student who exceeds the official duration for graduation under their college's study plan.
- A student who commits a violation and receives a ruling from the disciplinary committee loses the exemption from the date of the preliminary disciplinary committee's decision.
Top Tawjihi (High School) Student Scholarship
Eligibility Criteria
- The student must be enrolled as a regular student in an intermediate diploma programme.
- The student completes a scholarship application at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, attaching the original Tawjihi transcript (or a certified copy) and the registration receipt.
- The Ministry reviews the applications, identifies the student with the highest Tawjihi score at the college, and notifies the college in writing.
- The college covers the tuition for all semesters, provided the student remains in the same programme and maintains a cumulative GPA of 80% or higher.
Scholarship and Loan Policy
- If a student receives a Merit Scholarship and another partial scholarship in the same semester, the Merit Scholarship is retained and the others are treated as supplementary, provided the total of all awards (including the Merit Scholarship) does not exceed the full instalment.
- If a student receives a commercial loan in a given semester together with one or more scholarships from any other institution, those scholarships are retained, provided their combined total does not exceed the instalment amount.
- If a student receives an external scholarship covering one or more specific semesters, or covering the credit hours required for graduation, that scholarship is applied and any previous awards for the same semesters are removed.
- If a student receives an external scholarship equal to the instalment amount in a given semester together with a loan from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the Ministry loan is cancelled. If the scholarship is partial, the loan and the scholarship may both be retained, subject to the Ministry's approval.
- If a student receives two scholarships for the same semester, each covering the full instalment, only one is applied. If both are partial, both may be applied, provided their combined value does not exceed the instalment for that semester.