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Alexandria University Vice president: Master and PhD theses must have practical benefit
During the meeting of Graduate Studies Council, Dr. Seddik Abdul Salam, Vice President of Alexandria University for Graduate Studies and Research stressed on universities role in supporting the trend toward a knowledge-based economy through utilizing the scientific research to serve the national economy and promotion the development and continuous cooperation between university and industry.
He added that the Master and PhD theses must have practical usefulness and to representa scientific add value.
A committee to establish standards for the grants of prominent students
With the deep concern of Alexandria University for encouraging outstanding students, the Council of Education and Students Affairs headed by Dr. Hisham Gaber decided to form a committee to establish standards for providing grants of special programs in university faculties for outstanding students from secondary schools.
"Gaber": cases of fraud are less than 0.5%
The Council of Education and students Affairs of Alexandria University headed by Prof. Dr. Hesham Gaber, Vice President of the University for Education and Students stated that all faculties finished the second semester exams for the academic year 2015/2016.The Council held a session on Monday, 20 June 2016 explaining that this year exams has been marked by good organization and a few cases of fraud less than 0.5% as 572 cases from 150,000 students performed exams in various university faculties.
Dr. Roshdy Zahran attended the second meeting of francophone ministers of higher education
As a response to an invitation from the Francophone International Organization, Dr. Roshdy Zahran, the President of Alexandria University participated in the second meeting of francophone ministers of higher education on behalf of Dr. Ashraf Alshehy, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The meeting was held on 17th of June, 2016 in Bamako, Mali. The meeting was revolved around “Digital Technology Development initiative in Francophone universities”. In the beginning of meeting the president of Mali Ibrahim Bobakar welcomed all attendants. The meeting was attended by Mali Minster of Higher Education, Secretary-General of Francophone International Organization, ministers, representatives and ambassadors of foreign countries. The president of Mali stressed on the importance of remote education and digital education and called to make use of information technology systems in higher education and cooperation between Francophone countries through joint scientific certificates by electronic education and mutual recognition of conferred certificates.
Dr. Zahran declared that the meeting included the inauguration of the pilot phase of the electronic portal established by the Francophone Academic Agency in presence of the Secretary-General and participation of 23 minister of higher education representing 23 countries. He added that the organization has been implementing the portal since a year as it was mandated by the first meeting of higher education ministers held in June 2015.
The electronic portal will be a mutual destination for open education resources and training programs on the internet. Dr. Zahran noted that an implementation plan was set for full operation within four years and the participants decided to provide all capabilities for the success of the portal.
It is worth to mention that the third meeting will be held in June 2017 in Morocco.
Alexandria University Vice President Visits Egyptian Embassy in China
Dr. Essam ElKurdi, Alexandria University Vice President, visited the Egyptian embassy in the Chinese capital Beijing, where he met the Egyptian Ambassador, Dr. Magdy Amer and Dr. Hussein Ibrahim, the Egyptian cultural advisor in China. A dialogue was made between the two sides about the opportunities for cooperation between the University of Alexandria, and the Chinese universities, government and provinces in terms of scholarships of undergraduate and graduate studies and conduct joint researches.
From his side, the Ambassador stressed on the development of Chinese-Egyptian relations, which is experiencing significant progress in the current period and pointed to the need for special investment of the available opportunities in the field of academic cooperation.