Greeners team from AAUP was qualified to represent Palestine in the semifinal stage at the HULT Prize 2020 competition that will take place in Boston– USA later this summer.
The team that contains students Lina Zahaika, Noor Daraghmeh, Haytham Sharabati and Ahmad Asa’d was qualified after they participated in the regional competition that was held via internet through remote communication means following the emergency procedure. This competition was meant to take place in Rawabi city this month but was changed to this remote competition via internet due to the spread of the new Coronavirus- COVID-19, and now AAUP team and another team from Gaza will represent Palestine internationally.
Hassib Al-Sabbagh Center for Information Technology Excellence in AAUP has organized HULT Prize 2020 competition with the participation of 25 teams from all faculties. This competition helps participants to try to find solutions and create entrepreneurial companies with positive effect on the environment.
Dr. Nizam Diab- the VP for Training Affairs started the competition, which was organized with HULT Prize team, by welcoming guests and judges committees which contain professional members from universities and Palestinian institutions. Dr. Diab explained that this competition is a great opportunity for ambitious students and will give them the chance to come up with creative projects that can compete internationally. He also talked about the importance of creativity for Palestinian students and youth, and asserted that this is the path to success.
The Student Rida Abu Shaikhah from Faculty Engineering and Information Technology at AAUP was chosen as the Best Campus Director Globally within the Hult Prize Contest last week.
Rida Abu Shaikhah participated in the contest for this year with team of students, and the team qualified in the contest that was held in London.
Hult Prize is the world's largest student entrepreneurship competition that aims to establish profit companies to face one of the societal challenges and to engage students in creating positive change. In more than 200 universities participate in this competition and is held in more than 150 countries. where the winning team receives an award of 1 ML dollars.
Continuing Accepting Applications for Admission !!
