Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt
Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt Port Said University is a public university located in the city of Port Said at the intersection of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern mouth of the Suez Canal in Egypt. The university began operations in 1976 as the Port Said branch of Suez Canal University. In accordance with a Presidential Decree issued in February 2010, this branch became a separate university under the name of Port Said University. The university currently has ten faculties and institutes offering undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and graduate diploma programmes, including the Faculties of Engineering, Commerce, Arts, Education, Physical Education, Specialized Education, Nursing, Science, Kindergarten, and the Higher Institute for Management and Computing. This is in addition to twenty-five research cen- tres in a variety of fields, such as the Centre for Developing University Education, the Centre for Quality Control, and the Centre for Faculty and Leadership Development. Today, the university serves nearly 14,000 students in twenty under- graduate, graduate academic, and professional degree programmes, and provides the community with a variety of lifelong learning opportunities. It also hosts the Egyptian Olympic Village where various sporting activities take place. The author is associated with the Faculty of Commerce, one of the old- est faculties of the university. The Faculty has departments of Political Science, Economics, Business Management, Statistics, and Accounting. G. M. Selim, Global and Regional Approaches to Arms Control in the Middle East, 119 SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace 4, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29314-6, © The Author(s) 2013 Biography of the Author Gamal M.
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