Shai Reshef

This is a major milestone for us that actually puts us in line with the best universities in the world, which is important because again, being online, Well, I don't think that there is a single university in the U.S. They do not offer at least one course online. Still, people are not 100% sure that that's the right thing and the real thing.

This is a major milestone for us that actually puts us in line with the best universities in the world, which is important because again, being online, Well, I don't think that there is a single university in the U.S. They do not offer at least one course online. Still, people are not 100% sure that that's the right thing and the real thing.

So you need legitimacy and you need credibility, and that's exactly what accreditation gives us.

So you need legitimacy and you need credibility, and that's exactly what accreditation gives us.

University of the People is for the people who have no other alternatives. We do not want refugees. to have the people who can get into Harvard or Stanford, Yale, and others. We want to open the gates for those who have no other opportunities. By definition, we have people in the U.S. that are homeless, stay-at-home immigrants.

University of the People is for the people who have no other alternatives. We do not want refugees. to have the people who can get into Harvard or Stanford, Yale, and others. We want to open the gates for those who have no other opportunities. By definition, we have people in the U.S. that are homeless, stay-at-home immigrants.

We have survivors of the genocide in Rwanda, the earthquake in Haiti, people who sell fruits on the streets. So we're opening the gates to those who have nobody else is willing to accept them. Among them, we have refugees. As a university, we have more refugees than any university in the world. We have 19,000 refugees. We have 4,300 Afghan women who are studying, hiding at home, studying with us,

We have survivors of the genocide in Rwanda, the earthquake in Haiti, people who sell fruits on the streets. So we're opening the gates to those who have nobody else is willing to accept them. Among them, we have refugees. As a university, we have more refugees than any university in the world. We have 19,000 refugees. We have 4,300 Afghan women who are studying, hiding at home, studying with us,

because they're not allowed to study under the Taliban rule. Moreover, what we just learned is that they start graduating, and 60% of our graduates in Afghanistan work remotely as programmers with international companies. It's amazing stories. These are the people that we started the university for. And we have, in 2012, we started witnessing

because they're not allowed to study under the Taliban rule. Moreover, what we just learned is that they start graduating, and 60% of our graduates in Afghanistan work remotely as programmers with international companies. It's amazing stories. These are the people that we started the university for. And we have, in 2012, we started witnessing

Tens of thousands of Syrians knocking on our doors, trying to study, but could not make it because of the language. You know, the war in Syria and all the universities were closed. They were knocking on our door. They couldn't make it. So we said, OK, let's develop a program in Arabic. We developed a program in Arabic. Now we have 30,000 students studying in Arabic, and many of them are refugees.

Tens of thousands of Syrians knocking on our doors, trying to study, but could not make it because of the language. You know, the war in Syria and all the universities were closed. They were knocking on our door. They couldn't make it. So we said, OK, let's develop a program in Arabic. We developed a program in Arabic. Now we have 30,000 students studying in Arabic, and many of them are refugees.

So we are there for these people. And actually, our next project is to develop your people in Spanish, again, for Venezuelan refugees, because there are millions of them that do not have opportunities. And we can and we should open the gates to them. And that's what we do.

So we are there for these people. And actually, our next project is to develop your people in Spanish, again, for Venezuelan refugees, because there are millions of them that do not have opportunities. And we can and we should open the gates to them. And that's what we do.

We have students from 209 countries, you're right. We have students in Gaza. What we learned, and we are a year and a half after when the war started in October, we had 17 students in Gaza. Nine of them are still studying even now. We had 11 professors from Gaza. The professors are volunteers, as you know. Five of them are still teaching with us, which means that they are daily in the class.

We have students from 209 countries, you're right. We have students in Gaza. What we learned, and we are a year and a half after when the war started in October, we had 17 students in Gaza. Nine of them are still studying even now. We had 11 professors from Gaza. The professors are volunteers, as you know. Five of them are still teaching with us, which means that they are daily in the class.

So we decided and we raised, we got scholarships for students from Gaza. And now we are enabling Gazan students to study with us again because all the universities are closed and we are their opportunity to continue their studies. That's our mission, to open the gates. I would say another thing. You know, we are tuition-free. we are not free.

So we decided and we raised, we got scholarships for students from Gaza. And now we are enabling Gazan students to study with us again because all the universities are closed and we are their opportunity to continue their studies. That's our mission, to open the gates. I would say another thing. You know, we are tuition-free. we are not free.

We expect the students to pay $140 per each end-of-course assessment. So a full BA would cost $5,600 for as long as it takes the students. And we let the students actually up to 10 years to complete a bachelor degree. But they have to pay $140 by the end of each course. Those who cannot afford it, we offer them scholarships.

We expect the students to pay $140 per each end-of-course assessment. So a full BA would cost $5,600 for as long as it takes the students. And we let the students actually up to 10 years to complete a bachelor degree. But they have to pay $140 by the end of each course. Those who cannot afford it, we offer them scholarships.