Tamayouz Excellence Award

TAMAYOUZ SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME

Tamayouz’s international scholarship programme enables excellent students from around the world to undertake postgraduate architectural studies at the Milan Polytechnic University in Italy and Coventry University in the United Kingdom, as well as to attend short courses. Funding for these studies comes from Coventry University, The Iraqi Business Council in Jordan and Makiya Kufa – Charity. Two scholarships are given annually.

The Scholarship Sponsors

The Scholarship Awardees

The selection criteria for Tamayouz Scholarship aim to identify high-caliber architecture graduates and the awardees are selected by the Tamayouz Judging Panel after submitting their graduation projects to our Local and International Graduation Awards.

2014

Khaled Riyad
MSc in Construction Management
Coventry University

Sponsored by the Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

2015

Waad Durzi
Architecture Part II (2 Years)
London South Bank University​

​Sponsored by the Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

2016

Ahmed Al-Mashadani
MSc in Architecture (2 Years)
​Milan Polytechnic University ​

Sponsored by the Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

2017

Nizar Razk
MSc in Construction Management and BIM
Coventry University

2017

Nishat Tasnim
MSc in Architecture ​(2 Years)
​Milan Polytechnic University

​Sponsored by the Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

2018

Fatimah Al-Muqdadi
MSc in Construction Management and BIM
Coventry University

2019

Nizar Razk
MSc in Construction Management and BIM
Coventry University

2020

Umme Tahmina Haque​
MSc in Architecture ​(2 Years)
​Milan Polytechnic University

Sponsored by the Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

2021

Will be awarded later in 2021

Sponsored by the Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

Scholarship Conditions
1. The winner must apply for the MSC course at the university and receive an “Unconditional Acceptance Letter”.  
2. The Tamayouz scholarship does not cover application fee and visa fees, flights, accommodation, or living expenses during the duration of the study.
3. The winner must fulfil admission requirements of the university, such as presenting an honours degree equivalent to a 2.2 or above in an appropriate discipline and meeting the minimum English language requirements for the course.
4. The student is required to obtain the study visa after receiving the unconditional offer from the university and then the sponsor pays the tuition fees.
5. The winner can start the application process once the winner’s name is announced, and he/she will have the remaining year to sort out the English language requirements, acceptance and visa.
6. If the winner of the scholarship is a group entry or a joint winner, the value of the scholarship will be split evenly between the winners upon payment of tuition fees and not given to the winners in cash.
7. This scholarship covers the university tuition fees only. The fees are not paid in cash, but paid directly to the university. This scholarship cannot be transferred to another person in the case that the winner decides to not accept this opportunity.
8. The scholarship will not be given in cash instead of a scholarship.
9. Winning Tamayouz Excellence Award does not guarantee acceptance from the university. The winner will have to go through the standard application process.
10. If the student does not start their MSc courses within one year from the date of the winners announcement, they automatically forfeit their claim to the funding.  
11. No alternative prize is given to the students if they failed to get accepted at the University within 12 months. 

Short Courses and Workshops

2016 - 2018 Stadslab - Tamayouz Scholarship fund Stadslab

STADSLAB is the postgraduate programme of the Academy of Architecture and Urbanism, School of Fine and Performing Arts (FHK) and part of Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Fontys is one of the largest Universities of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, with nearly 40,000 students in 40 Faculties. The Academy is based in Tilburg, a modern city in the southern part of the Netherlands.

​In 2016 and 2017 Stadslab and Tamayouz Award ran a scholarship fund for the 2nd and 3rd prize winners of Tamayouz International to join Stadslab's masterclasses. The fund scholarship for the Stadslab masterclass of choice + flight + accommodation cost.

The objective of the scholarship is to provide an experience for the winners where professionals and academia would meet to exchange knowledge and know-how, while addressing real time cases proposed by our hosting cities

2016

Lucia Alonso Sanchez – Spain
Tbilisi Courtyards Masterclass
​Tbilisi – Georgia

2017

Prachi Metewala – India
Darling Intercultural Space design Masterclass
Darling – South Africa

2017

Tomas Pont Apostolo, Stefano Romagnoli and Juan Cruz Serafini
​Darling Intercultural Space design Masterclass
Darling – South Africa

Tamayouz Travel Scholarship

Tamayouz offers a $1500 travel scholarship to the second and third place winners of the International Graduation Projects Award. This scholarship intends to cover the travel and accommodation costs for the winners to attend the annual ceremony, as well as to participate in the annual design workshop, which is held during the week following the ceremony. The winners of the travel scholarship are determined by the Tamayouz Jury Panel.

Travel Scholarship Awardees

2018 - Second Place

Sol María Calcarami, Nadia Borri and Consuelo Oyola – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

2018 - Third Place

Yasmina Aslakhanova and Victoria Tsukerman – Moscow Institute of Architecture (State Academy) in Moscow, Russia

2019 - Second Place

Jacopo Donato and Caterina Giacomello – Polytechnic of Turin and University of Turin in Turin, Italy

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