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Alexandria University's Council of Graduate Studies and Research, meeting this morning, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, chaired by Dr. Hisham Saeed, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, discussed updating the Directory of Centers of Excellence and Accredited, Central, and Specialized Research Laboratories at Alexandria University. The Council also discussed Alexandria University Council Decisions No. 22 of 2013 and No. 9 of 2015, exempting master's and doctoral students from submitting their dissertations in the conventional format, as well as the public viva, in the event that their dissertations are published internationally.
* The Council congratulated Dr. Mohamed El-Feki on the renewal of confidence and the issuance of the presidential decree re-appointing him as Dean of the Faculty of Law for a second term, Dr. Ahmed Abdelrehim Hussein on his appointment as Dean of the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dr. Ayman Shetewy on his appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Business, and Dr. Essam Wahba, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for Graduate Studies and Research, on the occasion of the Alexandria University Center of Excellence for Water Laboratory obtaining international accreditation in accordance with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017, the highest international standard for laboratory efficiency and ensuring the quality and accuracy of test and analysis results.
* The Council approved the proposed cooperation agreement between Alexandria University and the University of Malta to enhance scientific cooperation between the two parties, the proposed memorandum of understanding between Alexandria University and the International Medical University in Malaysia in the field of student and faculty exchange and other areas of research and development, the proposed cooperation agreement between Alexandria University and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), the proposed cooperation agreement between Alexandria University and the University of Cordoba in Spain, the cooperation agreement between Alexandria University and the International Centre for Cultural Communication in Malaysia (ICCCM), and the proposed memorandum of understanding between Alexandria University and the General Authority for Accreditation and Health Supervision. The council also approved the data transfer agreement between Alexandria University (Faculty of Engineering) and Weill Cornell University's Faculty of Medicine in Qatar to enable the continuation of the preparation of research papers in the field of bioinformatics.
