Education and Training
We champion education for people of all ages to empower them to lead better lives and create a better world. We create sustainable personal and professional development and promote global awareness of the emerging talent in the Arab world.
In 2009, to smooth the transition from education to occupation, we supported the establishment of INJAZ Saudi in partnership with the National Commercial Bank and Savola Group. Over the following two years, the programme grew into an independent and sustainable entity aiming to create employable Saudi youth for the country’s labour market.
Through the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Toyota Endowed Scholarship, over 180 scholarships have been granted to MIT graduates since 1994. The programme was created to make studying at the visionary Massachusetts Institute of Technology a reality for selected scholars from Middle Eastern and Asian countries. Students are hand-picked based on their ability, dedication, and potential and supported through their studies to achieve their professional goals. To date Jameel-Toyota Scholars have pursued careers in architecture, economics, electrical engineering, math, chemistry, physics and aviation sciences.
For budding entrepreneurs, the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab Region provides a platform for networking, knowledge sharing, and mentorship. Abdul Latif Jameel encourages success by organizing the annual MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition which targets 21 countries in the region and attracts more than 5,000 applications every year.
In May 2017, Community Jameel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) co-founded a new global education laboratory that supports education and learning, including in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. The MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) is an entity within MIT's open education and learning initiatives that focuses on three core areas – pre K-12, higher education, and workforce education.
Aimed at tackling the crisis in Teacher Professional Development (TPD) in Jordan, the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (MIT J-WEL) and Save the Children Jordan, in collaboration with the Jordanian Ministry of Education, Community Jameel and Dubai Cares, launched the Transforming Refugee Education Towards Excellence (TREE) programme in September 2019.