Dr. Mokhtar   Youssif;  the Vice President of Alexandria University for  Graduate Studies and Research stated that the university pay great attention to educational and cultural cooperation with Nile Basin Countries to support Egypt role in qualifying scientific personnel  in different disciplines in these countries.

Dr. Mokhtar added that the university allocated 35 scholarships in the academic year 2018/2019 for master and PhD students from Nile Basin Countries. The number of scholarships applicants increased because of application via university site. Youssef highlighted the increased number of applicants that reached 55o applicants for master programs and 250 for PhD programs from different Nile Basin Countries.

He added that all nomination will be collected in 15th of next July and the university will announce the selected students on 1st of August.