The President of the Middle East University, Prof. Salam Al-Mahadn, met with Marah Al-Omari, a graduate of the second cohort of the Master of Applied Translation programme, who received a distinction in her thesis, marking the youngest master’s degree graduate since the programme was launched in Jordan and the UK.
Al-Omari’s distinction offers her international academic prospects, including the possibility of obtaining a PhD scholarship at the University of Strathclyde or other prestigious international universities.
Launched in 2023, the programme has graduated two cohorts of students from diverse backgrounds. The degree requires the translation of a previously untranslated literary work, and Al-Omari’s project was a translation of the children’s novel “The Mystery of the Burning Hut” by Mahmoud Salem.
The program is the only one of its kind in the Middle East, as it is attractive to graduates of various disciplines, not just English language graduates, because of the global job opportunities it provides, especially with the University of Strathclyde, which is ranked among the top 200 universities in the world.