President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has issued a decree approving an agreement between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Consortium of German Applied Universities to establish the German International University of Applied Sciences (GIU AS) in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital.

The deal was signed in Berlin 9 October 2018. It was approved by the House of Representatives in its 11 March 2019 session.

GIU AS will give degrees in various disciplines including engineering, architecture, computer science and IT, economy, business and management, public administration, production technology, agricultural science, biotech, food processing technology and tourism.

The decree was published in the official gazette Thursday.