2. International Collaboration in
Higher Education ministry is
the responsibility of the
Cultural Affairs and Scientific
Missions Sector
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3. The Sector Embodies Three
Central Administrations of
1. Central Administration of Missions
& Cultural Representation
2. Central Administration of
Overseas Students “Wafideen”
3. Central Administration of Cultural
Affairs
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4. Head of
Head of
Cultural Affairs and Missions Sector
Cultural Affairs and Missions Sector
Board of Consultants
Board of Consultants Secretariats
Secretariats
& Development Project
& Development Project
Missions and
Missions and
Cultural
Cultural Overseas Students
Overseas Students Cultural Affairs
Cultural Affairs
Representation
Representation
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5. Head of
Cultural Affairs and Missions Sector
Board of Consultants
Secretariats
Central Administration Central Administration Central Administration
of Missions and Cultural of Cultural Affairs of Non-Egyptian
Representation Students
General Department General Department General Department Technical office
Of Of Of of
Cultural Representation Cultural Researches Non Egyptian Students The Head of the
Activities Sector
General Department of General Department of General Department of
Missions Cultural Affairs Non Egyptian Students
Admission
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6. 1. Central Administration of Missions
and Cultural Representation
"Students Out"
• Scientific missions are meant to serve
Egyptian students studying abroad.
• Total number of Mission members from
year 2000 to 2005 is 9580
• Missions are classified as :
– Full missions
– Channel missions
– Internal missions
– Scientific missions
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7. Missions during 2000-2005
Full Scholarships 2032
Internal Missions 3380
Scientific Channel 2312
Scientific Missions 1856
Total 9580
• The total cost of Full Scholarships was L.E.
1180 millions .
• and L.E. 144 millions for all the rest.
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8. • Beside many Scholarships granted
directly from European, American
and Japanese Universities to
Egyptian postgraduate students
(300-400 scholarship/year).
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9. Spectrum of International
Collaboration in Postgraduate Studies
• Reform plan is in implementation that
aims to :
– Integrate with the national strategy of
scientific research.
– Match the research fields with local needs.
– Set economical viability measures for the
cost/value of missions.
– Build up the teams and groups that coordinate
with international projects.
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10. Spectrum of International
Collaboration in Postgraduate Studies
(cont’d)
• Mechanisms:
– Develop a set of centers of excellence (COE) in various
disciplines.
– Balance research on pure, basic and applied sciences.
– Map-out the relationship between the COE,s and research units
across Egypt, the region and the World.
– Encourage international team work tasks.
– Seek out local innovative ideas and concentrate on creative
approaches.
– Implement the regulations and legislations for COE.
– Independence with a strategy of financial and institutional
affairs.
– Equipping with incubators, entrepreneurship and marketing
polices and initiatives
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11. Spectrum of International
Collaboration in Postgraduate Studies
(cont’d)
• Action:
– Postgraduate student are to register for
degrees in such COE since their early diplomas
or Masters.
– Build up teams of verity in science and
cognitive studies/basic and applied studies.
– Collaboration agreements with corresponding
centers worldwide; postgraduates are sent in
groups.
– Continual coordination with foreign COE,s
within and outwith that process
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12. Spectrum of International
Collaboration in Postgraduate Studies
(cont’d)
• Requirements ?
– Welcome to collaboration offers
worldwide, especially with COE,s
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13. The Role of Egyptian Cultural &
Educational Offices (Centers) Abroad
• Crews of these offices and centers
are mainly to
promote Egypt abroad culturally, and
encourage further collaboration with
students and researchers from other
countries
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14. Map of Egyptian Cultural &
Educational Offices (Centers) Abroad
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15. The Role of Egyptian Cultural &
Educational Offices (Centers) Abroad
(cont’d)
• The reform plan is aiming to:
– Assess their performance,
– Redistribute their whereabouts, and
– Characterize their prime objective
(Egypt-EU & Brussels)
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16. The Role of Egyptian Cultural &
Educational Offices (Centers) Abroad
(cont’d)
Requirements ?
Visit the Egyptian centers of your
interest & kindly feedback.
www.mohe-casm.edu.eg
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17. 2. Central Administration of Overseas
Students-Wafideen
"Students In"
• Egypt welcomes in average 2700 students
annually from many countries .
• Guides for attracting more students to join
public and private Egyptian Institutions
are available in Arabic, English and French.
• A strategy for the years 2005 -2015 is set
out to attract up to 100,000 foreign
student.
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18. Non-Egyptian Students accepted
into the Egyptian Universities and
Institutes during 2000-2005
Year Universities Institutes Total
2000/2001 1408 889 2297
2001/2002 1408 1003 2411
2002/2003 1503 969 2472
2003/2004 1522 1187 2709
2004/2005 1620 1687 3307
Total 7461 5735 13196
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19. Non-Egyptian Students accepted
into the Egyptian Universities during
the year 2004/2005
Area Number of Students
Arab World 1196
Africa 190
Asia 216
Europe 18
Total 1620
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20. 3.Central Administration of
Cultural Affairs
• Supervises the collaboration
agreements and protocols between
Egypt and other countries +
• The international representatives in
Egypt such as:
– Fulbright Commission
– UNESCO
– Foreign Cultural Centers
• A review to assess the value of many
collaboration agreements and executive
programs is undertaken now.
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21. Number of Agreements and Executive
Programs for the year 2004
Area Number of Number of Executive
Agreements Programs
Arab World 21 17
Africa 39 21
Asia 18 11
Europe 33 20
North America 5 2
South America 12 9
Total 128 80
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22. Bilateral Agreements with Egyptian
Universities and Institutes during
1997-2004
Area Number of Agreements
Arab World 192
Africa 9
Asia 158
Europe 252
North America 93
South America 5
Total 709
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23. Number of Agreements According to
specializations and countries
Countries Arab European Asian USA Total
specializations Countries Countries Countries
Scientific 16 23 7 9 55
Humanities 49 35 19 10 113
and Arts
Total 65 58 26 19 168
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