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Alexandria University celebrated in the Chadian capital N'Djamena in the presence of Prof. Dr. Ashraf Chihi, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Professor / MaKay,  Minister of Higher Education in Chad and Prof. Dr. Rushdi Zahran, president of Alexandria University and Prof. Dr. Abdel Rahman Haggar, president of the University of N'Djamena and Prof. Dr. Hisham Gaber, Vice-President of the University of Alexandria for Education and student Affairs and Mr. Adham Nageb, ambassador of Egypt, Chad, the graduation of the first batch of students of the Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University N'Djamena branch at Hall of celebrations at the Faculty of Medicine, N'Djamena.

 

Alexandria University Council approved during its meeting held recently, headed by Dr. Rushdi Zahran, head of the university, on the establishment of the Egyptian, Ethiopian & Regional Compound for Sustainable Development in Addis Ababa in collaboration with the Addis Ababa University and includes Health and Family Development and the Centre for Energy, food and water and the center of cultural and social services.

Alexandria University Council approved during its meeting held recently, headed by Dr. Rushdi Zahran, head of the university to organize a ceremony in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 30, 2016 to keep pace with the "Africa Day" and invite the African ambassadors in Egypt to support the cooperation with African countries and offer the potential assistance that could contribute by faculties for organizing short visits or training courses or hosting of a semester to meet the needs of these countries, especially in the field of mining, medicine, pharmacy, engineering and electrical studies, as well as expanding the provision of scholarships to the children of these countries in the disciplines they need.

 

Prof. Dr. Ashraf Shehhi, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Prof. MeKay Hassan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research - State of Chad signed, recently, joint cooperation agreement between the two ministries in order to promote academic and research relations between the two sides through the exchange of professors and students and the establishment of joint ventures and increase scholarships by the Egyptian government to Chadian government according to the needs of the State of Chad and the disciplines required there, the agreement was signed at the headquarters of the Egyptian minister in the presence of Prof. Dr. Rushdi Zahran, head of Alexandria and Prof. Dr. Ali Abdel Rahman Haggar, head of N'Djamena University and Prof. Dr. Hisham Gaber, vice president of Alexandria University for Education and student Affairs and the Egyptian ambassador in Chad and communities of Chad.

Prof. Dr. Rushdi Zahran, President of Alexandria University, welcomed Sheikh Saleh Habimana, Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda in Cairo, in order to strengthen the ties of cooperation between the Alexandria University and the universities of Rwanda and to benefit from Alexandria University expertise and specialized scientists for the community  development there, especially in the agricultural, engineering and medical fields and prepare for signing a joint cooperation agreement in the areas agreed thereon.

Dr. Zahran said that Alexandria University is eager to open the horizons of cooperation with all African countries, pointing out the possibility of cooperation with universities in Rwanda, the establishment of joint scientific projects, the preparation of training programs in the areas that they need and organization of short scientific visits for three months or longer for a year for this purpose, for which the students do training and rehabilitation by specialized professors. He added that the university organizes health, medical and agricultural convoys regularly in many African countries to serve the community there. A new convoy will be launched in Tanzania in the middle of next month.

The Ambassador praised the supporting role of Egypt in the service of African countries, pointing to the need for these countries to prepare qualified cadres with scientific degrees such as master's and doctoral to meet the challenges and play their role to serve their countries with modern scientific means.

 

Prof. Dr. Sediq Abdul Salam, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research pointed that the university continues to accept African students wishing to obtain scholarships for students of the Nile Basin countries to be awarded master's and doctoral degrees in various disciplines until the end of this month.