1. HIGHER EDUCATION FOR KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN EGYPT
Mohamed Ewiss and Seddik Afifi
Nahda University 1

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4. OUTLINES I INTRODUCTION II HIGHER EDUCTION IN EGYPT
III THE STRUCTURE OF NAHDA UNIVERSITY
IV NUB SWOT ANALYSES
V DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY EDUCTION IN EGYPT
VI CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION 4

5. I. INTRODUCTION 5

6. Education in Egypt dates back to ancient times when temples for the muses of art and science were founded as centers of learning.

7. Egypt's Al-Azhar University was established as a theological institution in the tenth century, making it one of the oldest continuous universities in the world.

8. In 1816, the “School Almohandesskhana” was established in the castle in Mohamed Ali’s Era as the beginning of engineering education in Egypt.

9. (Antoine Clot)
In 1827, a medical school was established and attached to a military hospital in Abu Zaabal. The French doctor (Antoine Clot) became the first director of the medical school and hospital.
In 1837, the medical school and hospital was moved to 'Kasr El Aini area in Cairo. The hospital was renamed as "Kasr El Aini hospital".

10. Later on the pre-existing higher professional schools became constituent colleges of Cairo University (previously King Fuad I University, Egyptian University) a public university in Giza, Egypt. It was founded on 21 December It is the second oldest institution of higher education in Egypt, after Al Azhar University.

11. SCU founded in 1950 to plan of university education policies, previously named the Advisory council for the universities.
In 1954 the presidential decree Law No. (508) was issued to reorganize the universities and to establish a Supreme Council of Universities as an authorized autonomous public body .

12. II HIGHER EDUCTION
IN EGYPT 12

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afrelsheikh University
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14. Current Structure of Higher Education in Egypt

15. Cabinet of Egypt Ministry of Finance Ministry of Planning
Ministry of Higher
Education
Ministry of Planning
Supreme Council
of State Universities

16. Ministry of Higher Education
Private Higher Institutes
Technological
colleges
Supreme Council
of State Universities
23 Universities
21 Private Universities
8 colleges
+ 17 technical
health Institutes
149+3
Academies

17. III THE STRUCTURE OF NAHDA UNIVERSITY
The most famous form of technology when you think of Egypt are of course the pyramids. No one knows for sure how the pyramids were built, but there have been many stories and rumours of how they were built. Like how the Egyptians had help from Extra Terrestrials or the stones from the pyramids were not even natural but in fact artificial. And of course it was also believed the Egyptians 17

18. NAHDA UNIVERSITY,
Beni Sweif, Egypt

19. NAHDA UNIVERSITY, Beni Sweif, Egypt
foundation
NUB is an Egyptian private University founded in 2006 by Prof. Seddik Afifi, who has a long, distinguished history of educational achievements. The University Board of Trustees is headed by Prof.Ibrahim Badran who was the former Egyptian ministry of health and the former president of the academy of Science. The language of instruction is English. NAHDA University adopts a flexible undergraduate credit hour system. The main NUB Campus is in New Beni Sueif City, 70 miles south of Cairo.

20. NAHDA UNIVERSITY, NUB- Mission
to achieve excellence in teaching and research
to offer non-traditional study programs in science and technology that are built on modern curricula
to produce the most comprehensively prepared and innovative graduates being able to interact effectively with the challenges and competitions created by global economy and being competent to play leading roles in their areas of specializations
to contribute substantially to the development and progress of society .
NUB- Vision
NUB is an integrated and distinguished Egyptian University committed to excellence and state – of- the- art Knowledge, serving science, humanity and the nation.

22. NAHDA UNIVERSITY,
Staff Memebers

23. IV DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY EDUCTION IN EGYPT IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION AND KNOWLEDGE
The most famous form of technology when you think of Egypt are of course the pyramids. No one knows for sure how the pyramids were built, but there have been many stories and rumours of how they were built. Like how the Egyptians had help from Extra Terrestrials or the stones from the pyramids were not even natural but in fact artificial. And of course it was also believed the Egyptians 23

24. Information and Communication
STRENGTHS
Human Capital
Collaboration
Foreign Investment
Information and Communication
NATURAL RESOURCES
Mathematics

25. NAQAAE is the accrediting body for all Egyptian educational institutions (higher education, pre- university, and Al-Azhar education) (about 55,000)
•NAQAAE was established in 2007 by a Presidential Decree. The Board is formed of a President, three Vice- Presidents and eleven board members selected from educational experts, businessmen and entrepreneurs
•The main goal is to support Egyptian educational institutes by fostering their quality assurance practices & accreditation.

26. Major Challenges facing Higher Education
Competitiveness
Increase of population (Enrolment versus Quality)
Resources & Funding mechanism
Ratio of Staff members to Students.
Impact of globalization & Importance of knowledge
Interference between Higher Education Institutions.

27. Major Challenges facing Higher Education (cont(
Integrated Legislation System.
Quality Assurance & Recognition.
Graduate Employability.
Information Technology.
International Cooperation.

28. V CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION
The most famous form of technology when you think of Egypt are of course the pyramids. No one knows for sure how the pyramids were built, but there have been many stories and rumours of how they were built. Like how the Egyptians had help from Extra Terrestrials or the stones from the pyramids were not even natural but in fact artificial. And of course it was also believed the Egyptians 28

29. ROAD MAP EFFECTIVE FUNDING SUPPORT LABOR MARKET CREATIVE KNOWLEDGE
GOVARNANCE
CONTROL
DEVELOPING
CURRICULA
OVERCOME
MASSIFICATION

30. ROAD MAP HIGH QUALITY PLANNED PROGRAMS INTEGRATED DEMOCRTIZED HUMAN
DEVELOPING
NEEDS
HUMAN
RESOURCES

31. Building the Development Triangles
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
INDUSTERIAL DEVELOPMENY
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

32. Action Plan & Initiatives
University independence and academic freedom.
Enhancement & Modernization of Regulations
& legislation.
Widen the criteria for Students’ Admission to
higher education to recognize diverse potential
by developing initially a test of generic
reasoning and thinking skills to complement
the national Secondary School examinations.

33. Academic Quality Assurance for Egyptian Universities.
Recognition of academic and professional qualifications.
Developing training programs for academic staff.
Improving quality and relevance of mid-level technical education
Implementation & following up the strategic plans and Higher Education Enhancement Projects (HEEP)

34. Improving the balance of skills & knowledge based education
Developing the higher education Information infrastructure (ICTP)
Strengthen university research capacity and its links to innovation.
Developing a comprehensive internationalization strategy.

35. We believe that Quality Assurance is not
a project or a process, it is a Culture and should be the Ensemble of Elements of Higher Education Enhancement

36. THANK YOU