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Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, and Dr. Graham Lord, Vice President of the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and Dean of the University’s Medical Sector, signed an agreement for the first joint degree program in the Arab Republic of Egypt for a Bachelor of Medicine and Oral and Dental Surgery between the two universities, in the presence of Dr. Nancy Roswell, President of the University of Manchester and President of the British Russell Universities Alliance, Ambassador / Sherif Kamel, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Kingdom, Dr. / Rasha Kamal, Cultural Attache and Director of the Educational Mission in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and from the English side, Dr. Tony Hegerty, Dean of the College of Medical Sciences, and Dr. Nicholas Silicat, Dean of the College of Dentistry at the University of Manchester, and Professor Shamsa Farouk, International Relations Officer at the University of Manchester, and from the Egyptian side, Dr. Ahmed Adel Abdel Hakim, Dean of the College of Dentistry, and Dr. Amin Malti, responsible for the file of international agreements at Alexandria University with British universities, d. Nevine Bakri, Vice Dean of the College of Dentistry for Education and Student Affairs.
Dr. Konsowa indicated that the agreement provides for the start of studies with a joint degree at the Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, starting next September (university year 2023-2024), with the credit hours system, under the full supervision of the University of Alexandria, and in accordance with the accreditation rules of the University of Manchester. He pointed out that the University of Manchester will follow up and review its application. He added that it is expected that joint scientific and research cooperation will take place between the University of Alexandria and the University of Manchester in several other fields, especially since the University of Manchester enjoys the 28th place in the world in the QS World Ranking and the first place in the world for sustainable development in the Times Higher Education Ranking. In addition to the cooperation between the two sides in establishing a joint research development program for outstanding researchers from the University of Alexandria with their counterparts from the University of Manchester to serve the vision of the Egyptian state and in line with the national strategy for higher education and scientific research announced by Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, last March, in sponsoring scientific research and integrating it into the industrial sector.
For her part, the representative of the University of Manchester praised, during a visit, the level of educational quality provided through the medical joint degree program in medicine, which she began studying last September in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, which attracted new students from different countries at the level of the world, as she confirmed However, cooperation between the two sides takes place in an integrated manner through a pivotal strategic partnership that serves the goals of developing scientific research and ensures obtaining the highest academic appreciation for graduates of joint programs with Alexandria University for the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry.
