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Opening of the Tenth Student Conference for Research and Innovations, Faculty of Science
Under the auspices of Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the Faculty of Science organized the 10th Student Conference for Research and Innovations for undergraduate and postgraduate students and third schools. Its activities will continue on May 13 and 14, 2023 in the Faculty building in Shatby.
The opening was attended by Prof. Yasser Refaat - Deputy Minister of Higher Education for Scientific Research Affairs, and Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdel Bary - Vice President of the Arab Academy for Maritime Transport, Science and Technology, and Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rashad Abdel-Fattah - Deputy Director of the City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications - for Scientific and Research Affairs, and Prof. Dr. Sameh Riad, Head of the Central Administration - Environmental Affairs Agency in Alexandria, and Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ismail Abdo Ibrahim - Advisor to the President of the British University in Egypt, and Prof. Aladdin Ramadan Mustafa - Vice President of Pharos University for Education and Students, and Prof. Mukhtar Ibrahim Youssef - Vice President of Pharos University for Postgraduate Studies and Research, and Dr. Mohamed Muharram - Vice President of the Businessmen Association in Alexandria, and a. Mohamed Adel - Executive Director of Scientific Journals and Customer Experience - Middle East and North Africa, representatives of industrial companies in Alexandria, deans and vice deans of faculties and institutes, heads of departments, exploratory centers, participating bodies, members of the faculty and the supporting staff, and our students from the university and schools.
Dean of the Faculty said that the Student Conference of the Faculty of Science is the link between pre-university education, represented by the schools and exploratory centers participating in the conference, and university education in its undergraduate and postgraduate levels, which provides the appropriate scientific environment to highlight the talents of students in the various stages of education in the fields of research and scientific innovations and provide them with the skills of self-expression and talent development process they have.
The opening lecture was delivered by Prof. Yasser Refaat, Deputy Minister of Higher Education for Scientific Research Affairs, entitled "The Qualitative Shift of Science, Technology and Innovation in Egypt".
The conference deals with several main themes: health and preclinical sciences, physical and chemical sciences, life sciences, science and technology, and sustainable development.
With the participation of the Holding Company for Drinking Water in Alexandria, and the Sanitation Company, "company exhibitions".
It is noteworthy that the number of participating schools is 15 schools, in addition to the management of the gifted and exploration centers, and 11 universities. The total number of participants in research is 218, and the number of projects is 146 projects.
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.
The Agricultural Studies Committee of the Supreme Council of Universities meets today at the Faculty of Agriculture
Under the auspices of Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, a meeting of the Agricultural Studies Committee of the Supreme Council of Universities was held today, Saturday, June 3, 2023, headed by Dr. Ayman Abu Hadid, former Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, in the Faculty of Agriculture in Shatby. During the meeting, the committee By discussing and approving a number of new study programs at the undergraduate level, some new programs at the postgraduate level were also approved, and some regulations in various public universities were amended
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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.
