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Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science Holds its Second Annual Conference
Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Sciences held its second annual conference under the title: "The Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Sciences between Reality and Development Challenges".
In his speech, Dr. Ahmed Wahban, Dean of the Faculty, pointed out the importance of this conference as it is an authentic university tradition in order to develop the faculty. He stressed the necessity of developing the content of the scientific curricula for the courses and adding some other courses to keep pace with the ongoing developments in the educational process at the global level, as well as making some amendments to the internal regulations for the bachelor’s level in order to raise the efficiency and quality of the educational process.
He also pointed out a number of axes, the most prominent of which are: quality and the faculty’s keenness to apply for a certificate of accreditation and quality, scientific research, encouraging faculty members and assisting staff to participate in various research projects, and keenness to publish research papers in prestigious academic journals, community service, support for the academic and professional training of faculty graduates, and the prominent role played by the training and qualification unit for the labour market.
In his speech, Dr. Osama El-Adly, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Education and Student Affairs, reviewed the educational process, which has become a continuous and uninterrupted process throughout the year under the credit hour system, evaluated the process of academic guidance for students of the credit hour system, evaluated the regularity of exams, and presented some recommendations that would increase efficiency of the education and student affairs sector at the faculty.
Dr. Sherine Nosseir, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research, reviewed the numbers enrolled in the faculty's diploma, master’s, and doctoral programs, and reviewed the most prominent challenges faced by the graduate studies sector in all its aspects. She pointed to the tremendous developments witnessed by the faculty’s library, most notably the trend towards providing library services completely electronically. In the same regard, Dr. Sherine Nosseir mentioned that the library’s work team entered 96% of the foreign books, 46% of the Arabic books, and 52% of the scientific theses into the Egyptian University Libraries Union system, and in her evaluation of the faculty’s scientific journal, Dr. Nosseir pointed out that the magazine’s evaluation has been graded according to the Supreme Council of Universities since 2020 until it reached 7 out of 7 points in 2023.
Dr. Ahmed Mandour, Head of the Economics Department, and Dr. Mamdouh Mansour, Head of the Political Science Department, presented working papers that addressed the most prominent challenges, in addition to proposals that would raise educational efficiency in the two scientific departments.
The conference sessions continued throughout the day and concluded with a number of recommendations intended to be implemented in the academic year 2023/2024.
Faculty of Engineering Launches Joint International Master’s Program with the University of Louisville, USA
Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the Faculty of Engineering organized an introductory session for the joint international Master’s program with the University of Louisville, United States of America. The session was attended by Professor Dr. Walid El-Borqi, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering; Professor Dr. Ayman El-Baz, Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Louisville; Professor Dr. Gehan Gouyfel, Assistant to the University President for Education Internationalization and International Branches; Dr. Tamer Helmy, Director of Engineering Programs at Alexandria National University; Dr. Ahmed Sherif, Director of Computer Science Programs at Alexandria National University; and Dr. Ahmed El-Tarras, Head of International Relations at the Faculty of Engineering.
The event witnessed a large turnout of students and graduates eager to pursue internationally oriented postgraduate studies. The details of the program were presented, highlighting its unique opportunity for students to obtain a Master’s degree in Engineering Sciences across various disciplines.
According to the program structure, students begin their studies by completing 6 credit hours at Alexandria University, before proceeding to complete an additional 24 credit hours at the University of Louisville. This provides a unique opportunity to obtain a prestigious academic degree while gaining an enriching international educational experience.
Faculty of Arts organizes The Festival of the Theater Department for specialized institutes
Under the auspices of Dr. Abdelaziz Konswa, President of Alexandria University, the Faculty of Arts organized the “Festival of the Theatre Department for Departments and Specialized Institutes” at the Grand Theater in the Library of Alexandria.
Dr. Manal Fouda, Head of the Theater Department at the faculty, pointed out the goal of holding this festival, which is to unite the ranks of all educational institutions specialized in teaching the arts in one crucible to enhance students’ creative abilities and serve the goals of the National Strategic Plan and Egypt’s Vision 2030 regarding investing in people.
The opening included a theatrical performance entitled (The Shahateen Drama), written by Badr Muhareb and directed by Dr. Gamal Yaqout and acting students of the Theater Department at Alexandria University, and holding training workshops at the Shatby Culture Palace, and theatrical performances in the Small Theater in its Alexandria Library. The festival also witnessed the honoring of a number of art icons in Alexandria, and the showing of a number of short films of the most important dramatic works that distinguished students and graduates of the Theater Department and the Higher Institute. For performing arts this year. And short films about the most important works of the festival’s honorees.
The deans, deans of colleges, faculty members, the dean of the Cinema Institute in Alexandria, the dean of the Institute of Dramatic Arts in Alexandria, and a group of artists specialized in the theatrical and cinematic fields participated in the opening.
Faculty of Education Organizes Seminar on Utilizing Artificial Intelligence Applications in Scientific Research
Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdeaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the Community Service and Environmental Development Sector at the Faculty of Education organized a seminar entitled “Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research,” delivered by Dr. Hebatallah Mahmoud Hegazy, teacher of Linguistics and Translation at the Faculty’s English Department, and attended by a group of Vice-deans, department heads, faculty members, supporting staff, and researchers at the faculty.
Dr. Mohamed Anwar Farrag, Dean of the Faculty, indicated that this seminar discussed the concept of artificial intelligence applications for scientific research, the advantages of these applications, the challenges they face, the role of the researcher in making optimal use of them, and ways to employ these applications practically in scientific research in both Arabic and English.
Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science Research Team Wins Second Place in Preparing Public Policy Papers Competition
Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, congratulated the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science at Alexandria University, for winning the second place in the research competition organized by the Information and Decision Support Center of the Egyptian Government, for preparing public policy papers under the title “We Think for Our Country." Participants included 43 research teams from various Egyptian universities.
The winning team of the Faculty’s Department of Economics included Dr. Abdelhalim Shaheen, Mr. Abdelkhalek Mohamed, Mr. Ahmed Magdy, Ms. Alaa El-Shazly, and Ms. Marwa Harb. Their research paper under the title: “Blue Economy Exports are an Engine for Growth: One of the Gains of the Flexible Exchange Rate Policy,” addressed five main axes about what the Blue Economy is, discussed the status of the Blue Economy in Egypt, and analyzed SWOT of Egypt’s exports from the Blue Economy, citing pioneering experiences in this field, and an executive plan to enhance Egypt’s exports from the blue economy. The paper concluded with important recommendations regarding enhancing the capacity of marine wealth exports, port and logistics services exports, and beach tourism services exports.
The award winners were announced at a ceremony organized by the Information and Decision Support Center on Monday the 18th of December 2023.