General Department for Non-Egyptian Students' Admission and Grants
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Higher Education General Department for Non-Egyptian Students' Admission and Grants Guide For Non-Egyptian Students Translated by The Centre for Foreign Languages and Professional Translation In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate Word from his Excellency, the Minister of Higher Education: Egypt is continuing its contribution to the human civilization, a civilization that goes back thousands of years, the oldest and greatest civilization known to mankind. In the long path, learning and education have a prominent place since the days of Oon University in ancient Heliopolis, the Old Alexandria University and the Grand Azhar. These places of learning were beacons guiding those searching for knowledge, wisdom and learning. They were pilgrimage sites worked for the novel sciences they gave to people coming from different places. In pursue of this distinguished historical role, Egypt still opens its doors: the doors of its universities and institutes to students who come to it from all parts of the world to get the knowledge and the experiences they need in all areas of knowledge and to obtain certificates enabling them to go into careers. They can obtain various bachelor degrees or go ahead for higher studies and academic degrees from diplomas to masters and doctorate. They also obtain opportunities for professional training that open wide horizons for them in distinguished careers. In their stay, they are given every care and attention on all levels: financial, social, cultural and physical, to build their character in that important stage of their lives. Egypt, that first put stone on stone to build the edifice of civilization, now keeping up its constructive role. This time the edifice is people; our sons the foreign students who go back to their countries having drunk of sciences and learning along with the water of the Nile and the generosity and deep-seated culture of the Egyptian people. They go back to their countries loaded with that cultural momentum and a treasure of Egyptian passion that, indeed, makes of them extraordinary ambassadors for Egypt. Egypt conducted the first treaty in human history and it still believes in the importance of maintaining good relations with all countries of the world. It hopes to make of the educational and cultural services offered to foreign students a notable means of knowledge, a solid bridge to of human interaction based on knowledge, learning and cooperation as well as the exchange of experiences among the various cultures that shape the edifice of human civilization. Egypt offers annual grants to students coming from all over the world to study in Egyptian universities and institutes. These students receive stipends to afford the costs of study and they also get housing, sports, cultural, health and social services while practicing arts activities. I have the pleasure to offer to the foreign students this guide book which includes detailed information for anyone wanting to enroll in the higher education institutes and universities in our country. I wish them every success. Minister of Higher Education and the State for Scientific Research Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama 2 Word from the First Deputy Minister and Head of the Cultural and Mission Affairs: Dear foreign students, I welcome you to Egypt, the mother and heart of the world that embraced human civilization from ancient times and developed an eternal human message over the ages declaring that human beings are brothers and partners, that knowledge and learning are the bases of progress and prosperity, and that ethics are the foundation of advancement. It may not come as a surprise to you if I mentioned that for centuries Egyptians rulers invited new neighboring peoples ± up to the heart of Caucasia, the mountains of Tunisia, and the springs of the Nile - to come and join their institutes of learning and their religious temples, forging a web of love and legality and a texture of knowledge and learning that lasted for countless years. You are now keeping up that bond of old days coming to Egypt ± the home place of Hager, the destination of the child Jesus, the mother of Mahfouz, Zowel and Sadat: the advocates of literature, science and peace. The various departments of the Section of Cultural and Missions Affairs welcome you, and the Central Department for Foreign Students is developing itself to help facilitating your studies, cultural life and social activities. It will do everything that will smooth your stay and increase your love for Egypt and your ties to it. My heart wishes for you, and I hope that this book and its electronic copy will be a helpful guide. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Baha¶ Al-Din Khariy First Deputy Minister Head of the Section of Cultural and Mission Affairs 3 Word from the Deputy Minister for Foreign Students¶ Affairs: The late poet and son of Upper Egypt, Ahmed Donkel, said that Egypt does not start from ancient Egypt but from the stones of Thebes. He thus encapsulated, in so few words, many books and studies that were and will be written about our good country. As he mentioned, Egypt is not only the present-day country. It is that civilizational and knowledge treasure that no other nation possesses. Its unique place and regional and international status makes of Egypt the center of the world, thanks to its geographical location, ancient culture, contemporary quest for comprehensive progress and development, and aspiration for a future to be organized and advanced by the will of its sons. In Egypt¶s drive to build its present and future, science and education are on the top of its priorities. The superiority of Egypt¶s culture and civilization is another priority that the country¶s institutions in general and the Ministry of Education in particular adhere to. In this connection, cultural relations are a key vehicle through which Egyptian culture is taken to the world and the cultures of the world are brought to our country in a process of boundless and untrammeled cultural cooperation. In seeking to fulfill this goal, the ministry devotes special attention to the foreign students who come to our country for education and knowledge. It offers them significant services in all fields through the Central Department for Foreign Students. The present guide book for Foreign Students deals in detail with these services. It is a guide pointing foreign students to the educational fields they can join and the relevant conditions and rules. The Ministry of Higher Education and its departments do not set their eyes only on the pure activities of research and education but goes beyond this to a civilizational role that consolidates the values of communication and constructive dialogue among peoples embodied in cultural cooperation agreements signed with various countries of the world. Hence, this guide book is compiled to acquaint students with the systems of education in Egypt. The ministry is pleased to place all its educational and administrative resources at the service of our sons, the foreign students, trusting that some among them will someday attain to positions of leadership in their countries. Egypt will then be in their minds and hearts and they will have formed their impressions of it through lived experience and actual interaction. Guided by a belief in Egypt¶s cultural role, the Arabic Language Educational Center, affiliated to the Central Department for Foreign Students, recruit specialist university professors to teach and improve the learning efficiency of non-Arabic speaking foreign students. I would like also to point out the annual grants and scholarships allocated by Egypt to foreign students and the different facilities introduced to help them to pursue their education and studies in different fields. 4 This guide book has been compiled by the General Department for Admission and Grants to Foreign Students. It includes detailed and sufficient information on Egyptian universities and institutes as well as the subjects qualifying students for admission (qualifying subjects, equivalent certificates) and other details that foreign students need to know. The Central Department for Foreign Students¶ Affairs is glade to present this guide book to our sons, the foreign students. I take this opportunity to express gratitude to all those who contributed their efforts to compiling it, hoping that it will fulfill the purpose for which it was written. Ahmed Hayba Deputy Minister for the Affaires of Foreign Students 5 Section One Chapter One: · Rules for Admitting Students Holding the Egyptian General Secondary Stage Certificate. Chapter Two: · Rules for Admitting Students Holding a Foreign Secondary Stage Certificate. · Subjects Qualifying for Admittance to the different Faculties and Institutes. Chapter Three: · Additional Conditions. 6 Chapter One Rules for Admitting Students Holding the Egyptian General Secondary Stage Certificate 7 Rules and conditions for admittance : The General Department for Foreign Students¶ Admission and Grants nominates students for enrolment in the following: 1) The different governmental universities except Al-Azhar University. 2) The Ministry of Higher Education¶s higher institutes. 3) Private higher and intermediate institutes supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education. 4) The Ministry of Health¶s technical health institutes. 5) The Ministry of Culture¶s Arts Academy institutes at Haram Street. 6) The Sadat Academy for Administrative Sciences. 7) The Mubarak Labour University. 8) Open Education Centres of the governmental universities. Admission Requirements: 1) The certificate of the Egyptian general secondary stage or its equivalents. 2) Passing the qualifying subjecting and complying the minimum degree required for the faculty in question. Submitting the Papers: Students are to submit their papers to their countries¶ embassies in Cairo or to the Arab Affairs Office located at 4 Tayran Street, off Al-Khalefa Al-Ma¶moun Street, Manshyat Al-Bakry, Heliopolice, Cairo, at a date not exceeding the end of September of every year.