Najjad Zeenni IT Center of Excellence

Developing a viable ICT industry in Palestine
"Information and communication technology has opened new career prospects and Palestinians must be introduced to the mounting global competition that they will face in the future. Palestinians need motivation, tools, and skills to help them prepare for the digital future [and] the Najjad Zeenni Information Technology Center of Excellence at Birzeit University has been created for such purpose."

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Higher Education

Education is the engine room of the knowledge economy. Technology integration into the teaching and learning environment will provide the students hassle-free access to a digital campus.

Pre-incubation
The initiative is to build a strong and cohesive university-based entrepreneurial environment that encourages new business start-ups and spin-offs.
E-Learning
NZITCE works to tackle the many challenges associated with the use of ICT in higher education in order to help formulate the optimal level of ICT integration into the educational system, particularily in the math, science, and engineering tracks.
Information Technology (IT) Training
Our skills-development training programs are designed to generate a continuous supply of competent Palestinian ICT manpower who will design, develop, engineer, implement, and manage computer-based information systems in Palestine. [Download Flyer]

ICT Businesses

The Najjad Zeenni IT Center of Excellence is recognized for its contribution to the Palestinian ICT industry through the following sector development activities:

ICT Training
The Najjad Zeenni IT Center of Excellence plans, develops, and delivers a multitude of professional ICT training programs that are responsive to the Palestinian market needs.
Incubation
The incubation program at NZITCE is a university-driven program that provides early-stage companies with the enabling infrastructure and tools to become high growth enterprises.
Consulting Services
NZITCE is committed to developing a viable and vibrant ICT industry in Palestine by weaving together research, innovative IT solutions, and successful business models.

Community Outreach

Changing Lives & Transforming Communities using ICT: The Najjad Zeenni IT Center of Excellence continuously hosts information technology summer camps, IT competitions, and other technology-related events.

Student Technology Excellence Program (STEP)
STEP is a program that fuels and ignites high-school students' interest in information and communication technology through fun and learning. The program encourages team-based work and promotes higher-order thinking.
Information Security Awareness for Teens
Palestinian teens are increasingly using digital and online communication channels such as facebook, chat, bluetooth devices, and email. The training program provides the teen participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to help them protect themselves from online fraud, identity theft, privacy leaks, and other e-attacks made against them when using these new communication channels.

CHANGING LIVES | TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES using ICT

"Encouraging new ICT business start-ups"

The BSC has been established to promote a strong and cohesive university-based entrepreneurial environment that is conductive to new business start-ups and spin-offs.

Latest Highlights

Empowering Palestinian School Students in Underserved Areas

What if you can afford to provide a handheld computer device to every K2 student that would differentiate instruction, align to core math curriculum and engage even the hardest-to-reach students? The teachermate hand-held computer system is a tool that provides individualized lesson plans for students and delivers up-to-the-minute student progress reports...

Technology Summer Camps Program 2010

Combining technology with fun and challenges. Palestinian teens and kids are keeping busy this summer of 2010 by participating in any of the 13 fun and challenging summer programs organized by the IT Center of Excellence and the Palestinian National Committee for Summer Camps spanning 11 Palestinian governorates.

IT Security Awareness for Teens

Learn about cryptography, encryption, and much more. Palestinian teens are increasingly using digital and onlline communication channels such as facebook, chat, bluetooth devices, and email. The training program provides the teen participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to help them protect themselves from online fraud, identity theft, privacy leaks, and other...