Mohammad Qabha and Nour Junaidi won in the National Competition of the scientific research for the Researcher University Student that was organized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the second year.

The competition encourages university students to conduct scientific researches and continue their activities and research initiatives in order to encourage the scientific research culture and this contributes in increasing the quality of researches in Palestine and reaches the sustainable development in the research sector.

Mohammad Qabha is a student in the Computer Systems Engineering Department in the Faculty of Engineering won the first place in the Technology and Information System field for the Undergraduate category. On the other hand, Nour Junaidi is a student in the Faculty of Graduate Studies won the second place in the Administrative and Financial Sciences field for the Postgraduate category.

The competition included five fields which are Medical and Health Sciences, Engineering and its Sciences, Technology and Information Systems, Social and Educational Sciences and Administrative and Financial Sciences. 24 researches among the 128 participated researches won and Qabha and Junaidi were among the winner researches, as participants from nine universities from both graduate and undergraduate programs participated in the competition.

Prof. Ali Zeidan Abu Zuhri- the University President congratulated both students Mohammad Qabha and Nour Junaidi for their winning, and said that Arab American University is always keen to encourage its students to participate in all types of competitions and that it focuses on developing scientific research as one of the main foundations of the university. He added that AAUP encourages students and faculty members to conduct scientific researches that serve the Palestinian community and the sustainable development.