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Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, received yesterday Dr. Dina Rashed, Associate Dean of the College for Academic Affairs at the University of Chicago in the United States of America, with the aim of developing academic cooperation between the two sides on topics of common interest.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Ahmed Wahban, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, and Dr. Osama El-Adly, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Education and Student Affairs.
During the meeting, Dr. Konsowa welcomed the attendees, stressing Alexandria University's keenness to consolidate cooperation with American universities in various scientific fields, referring to the extended relations and joint academic degrees with many American universities such as Virginia Tech, Alabama, and Louisville Universities. He pointed to the university's strategy towards establishing many dual and joint academic degrees with highly ranked international universities in order to provide a distinguished educational service and graduate a generation capable of competing in local, regional, and international labor markets. He expressed his aspiration to increase this cooperation in the fields of education, scientific research, innovation, and the establishment of joint academic degrees and the exchange of faculty members and students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
For her part, Dr. Dina Rashed praised the distinguished level of students and graduates of Alexandria University, nand pointed out the academic excellence of students of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science who received scholarships to study at the University of Chicago for a year, stressing the University of Chicago’s keenness to develop joint cooperation with Alexandria University in the fields of educational programs and joint research projects in various academic disciplines.