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1Welcome to a new Era in Egyptian History
Higher Education System in Egypt
Karim HamdyAssistant National TEMPUS Coordinator
The case of Egypt!
Bonn :: November 2006HE Education system in Egypt-2010/11
HE institutes No. of institutesStudents
enrolmentEnrolled in
PostgraduatesNo. of staff
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PublicUniversities
Full time18
1 M 180 K39 K 27 K
Newmodes 433 K
Al-Azhar 1 335 K 15 K 4 K 3 K
Public Technical colleges 8* 126 K 0 850 605
Private Universities 18 53 K 1.1 K 1.3 K 1.7 K
Private Higher institutes 124 407 K 7 K 2 K 2.4 K
Private middle institutes 22 39 K 0 3 0
Total 188 2.5 M 204 K 47 K 35 K
*This includes 45 institutes + 12 Technical institutes of health +Technical Institute for Advanced Industries This includes 11 institutes + 11 branch for labor university (middle programs)
Bonn :: November 2006Distribution Based on the Academic Discipline
Universities, and higher institutes (private and public)
Engineering sciences 8.3%
Medical sciences 6.2%
Agriculture and Vet. 2.1%
Basic sciences 2.0%
Cultural and Literature 19.4%
Arts 0.5%
Education 12.0%
Social sciences 41.9%
Technical colleges and private middle institutes
Applied science disciplines 2.2%
Humanities and social sciences disciplines 5.3%
Total 100%
Bonn :: November 2006Pillars of Higher Education Systems
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Bonn :: November 2006Higher education sector Review (OECD) The Strategic Planning Unit – Ministry of Higher Education in collaboration with
OECD and World bank produced for the first time the Higher Education Country report in conjunction with reviewers’ report that analysis comprehensively the status of higher education in Egypt.
It informs the public as well as higher education institutions about the performance of higher education sector in Egypt through internationally comparable standards.
It would be republished every 3 years in accountability to the society and the government.
Outcomes: More focus and funding should go to: Quality Governance Mobility and Internationalization
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Bonn :: November 2006What Egypt and Arab Spring Countries need is:
DemocracyDevelopmentSocial JusticeHigher Education and Research is a
Solution? Economy Job Market Technical Education Research Quality Internationalization etc. 9
Bonn :: November 2006New Country, New Rules, New Game…
SWOT Analysis Strength: Large Number of Qualified Professors
and Teachers Weakness: Low Salaries, Low Quality, No Link
to Job Market Opportunities: Higher Education and Research
would boost the Egyptian GDP by 4% at least Threats: Prioritizing Development
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Bonn :: November 2006Egyptian “Priorities”
“Readability” vis a vis Bologna Process Gap Analysis Harmonization Strategies Internationalization NQF Quality Assurance
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Bonn :: November 2006Egyptian “Priorities”
Languages TeachingFinance and Banking SectorInformal Education and LLLBasic Sciences EducationMining and ResourcesE-Learning
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Bonn :: November 2006Egyptian “Priorities”
Technical EducationSustainable Development Technologies
Desert Agriculture Solar Energy
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Yet we need a lot of help from our friends, in the form of partnership in order to achieve our goals of democracy, development and Social Justice
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Thank youKarim [email protected]