Under the auspices of Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the COSIMENA 2025 Winter School was launched today at the Faculty of Fine Arts, and will continue until 7 December 2025.

The event comes within the framework of scientific cooperation between Alexandria University and several international partner universities, including Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg, Bauhaus University Weimar in Germany, the University of Sharjah, and Jordan University of Science and Technology, with full funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

In this context, Dr. Nevin Gharib, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, stressed that the workshop reflects the university’s commitment to strengthening its international partnerships and developing students’ skills in the field of digital documentation of cultural and industrial heritage. She pointed out that the training includes the fundamentals of architectural documentation and the production of 2D and 3D drawings of the Cotton Exchange building in the Minet El-Basal area using the latest Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning technologies.

The workshop also hosts a distinguished group of specialists from the participating universities and from the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH), contributing to the exchange of expertise and the enhancement of students’ practical skills.