Mission

The program's mission is to provide students with knowledge and skills, strengthen their ability to understand and analyze refugee issues and develop solutions to their problems. The program's mission goes beyond the local national dimension to the regional and international dimensions, as the refugee problem is not linked to a specific place and time, but has a global character and renewed permanence. The human dimension is the main starting point for the launch of this program in addition to the scientific and research outputs that we seek to achieve, which also allows and calls for fruitful cooperation and concerted efforts with various local, regional, and international actors interested in migration and refugee issues. In the end, we will seek through this pioneering program to create a state of awareness among educated university youth about the issue of Palestinian refugees so that they can also, in a scientific and systematic way through targeted theoretical study and writing advanced scientific research, to defend this just cause and convey this collective memory through successive Palestinian generations, especially since in the Palestinian case we do not rely much on the oral narrative because only about 3% of the Nakba generation is alive; we must look for other ways to transmit this collective memory. Consequently, the most important and most influential at present are advanced scientific programs and scientific research that will make us more knowledgeable and closer to the international community and international institutions active in this regard.

Industry

1. The Refugee Studies program will meet labour market needs of staff in various Palestinian public and private institutions in addition to the need of the Arab and international market. The program, additionally, plays a vital role in meeting its scientific, practical, and technical requirements and needs, and will be one of the largest tributaries of specialized graduates in light of the worsening refugee crises worldwide.
2. Graduates of this program can work in public and private research institutions at local, regional and international levels. Graduates can also work in international institutions dealing with migration and refugee issues, led by UNRWA. As well as, the chance to work in the PLO Refugee Affairs Department and its branch, and in the people's committees for services within the Palestinian camps at home and in the diaspora.
3. The opinions of the institutions concerned with the program were surveyed such as the Refugee Service, the Relief and Employment Agency for Refugees, and other institutions; in addition to a number of university graduates in sociology, social service, geography, and political science. These opinion surveys have shown that the institutions are positive and strongly supportive of the program's launching.

Teaching and Learning

After completing the program, the student will be able to:

1. Understand migration and asylum issues in different areas and regions of the world.

2. Understand the issue of the Palestinian refugees in a more broad and deep way.

3. Conduct more field and applied scientific research on refugees.

4. Be able to defend just refugee issues.

5. Open up broad avenues for graduates to work and cooperate at the local and international levels

Coursework and Assessment

Students will be evaluated through examinations, scientific research, participation, activity, attendance, and scientific visits:

• First exam: 20%.
• Second exam: applied research carried out by the student and discussed by the teacher in front of the students of the course 20%.
• Participation, activity, attendance, and scientific visits: 10%.
• Final exam: theoretical and practical 50%.