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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
4/24/2024 10:52:35 AM
Standoffs between pro-Palestinian student protesters and universities grew increasingly tense on both coasts Wednesday as hundreds encamped at Columbia University faced a deadline from the administration to clear out.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
4/23/2024 6:17:06 PM
More than 130 people were arrested overnight during pro-Palestinian protests at the New York University campus as student demonstrations gather pace in the United States over Israel's war on Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
4/23/2024 10:26:31 AM
Columbia cancelled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel's war on Gaza.
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Egypt
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Society
12/12/2023 9:11:23 PM
Minister of Higher Education Ayman Ashour announced on Tuesday that foreign students studying in Egyptian universities for the 2023/2024 academic year numbered 26,000, a 117 percent increase over 12,000 in 2019/2020.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/22/2023 11:59:00 PM
Last week saw a surge in pro-Palestinian activism, arrests, and retaliation at universities across the US, but more is yet to come.
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Business
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Tech
10/29/2023 12:44:50 PM
The Egyptian American University team won first place in the Arab FinTech Challenge for universities at GITEX Dubai 2023, which is sponsored by FinTech Egypt powered by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), the bank said in a statement on Saturday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/26/2023 3:55:08 PM
Republican Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s administration is taking the extraordinary step of ordering state universities to ban a pro-Palestinian student organization from campuses, caliming it backs Hamas militants.
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Egypt
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Society
10/1/2023 3:48:26 PM
National schools and universities across 27 Egyptian governorates have started their 2023/2024 academic year by Sunday with high student attendance and amid intensified security presence in Cairo to ensure smooth traffic and students’ safety.
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Egypt
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Society
9/30/2023 7:12:23 PM
Egypt-Japan University of Science & Technology and Al-Azhar University have secured a presence in The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024, ranking at 601-800 and 801-1000, respectively.
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Egypt
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Society
9/26/2023 4:59:45 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said the donation-based Tahya Misr (Long Live Egypt) Fund will bear half the cost of establishing 17 new technical universities across the country, estimated to cost EGP 500-600 million.
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Egypt
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Politics
9/26/2023 2:23:00 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Tuesday that Egyptian universities need to produce more graduates that satisfy the needs of the modern job market.
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Egypt
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Politics
9/8/2023 2:27:26 PM
The Youth Committee of the National Dialogue urged the government to reform student union elections and expand support for student activities at universities as part of expanding youth empowerment in the country.
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World
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International
9/2/2023 1:44:44 PM
Should you get a leg up on your university application just because Mom or Dad had studied at that school?
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Egypt
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Society
9/1/2023 2:51:22 PM
Egypt will keep the application window in private and national universities open for Egyptian students transferring from Russian, Ukrainian and Sudanese universities until 30 September.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
9/1/2023 1:06:00 PM
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour recently issued a ministerial decree stating the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University will change to the credit hours system, positioning the faculty as the first government university to allow students to graduate in four years.
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Egypt
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Society
8/30/2023 9:26:56 PM
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has extended the deadline for applicants to submit foreign graduate certificates to enrol in Egyptian universities till 10 September.
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Egypt
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Society
8/30/2023 7:26:07 PM
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research signed an agreement on Wednesday to grant 100 scholarships to outstanding Upper Egyptian Thanaweya Amma students -- high school graduates -- to study at foreign universities in the New Administrative Capital (NAC).
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Egypt
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Society
8/28/2023 11:32:45 PM
Egypt has launched a major new initiative - dubbed EGYAID - with scholarships and residency rights to attract more international students to the country's universities as part of transforming the country's higher education institutions into fourth-generation schools.
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World
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International
8/21/2023 5:28:58 PM
A committee of Afghanistan's Ministry of Higher Education said it was working on a plan to reopen universities for female students, local media reported on Monday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/18/2023 4:21:00 PM
Students who have passed grade 12 exams are now applying for universities. Al-Ahram Weekly reports on the available alternatives.
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