The Faculty and Leadership Development Center “FLDC” at Benha University has organized 23 training courses for faculty members and the University administrators under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Ali Shams El Din, the University President and Prof. Dr. Hesham Abu El Enin, the University Vice-president for Postgraduate Studies and Researches' Affairs.

Prof. Dr. Soliman Mustafa, the Vice-president of Benha University for Education and Students' Affairs opened a student positive initiative aiming to qualify students for the labor market. During the opening he confirmed that the University has occupied advanced places among the Egyptian universities.

     Prof. Dr. Ali Shams El Din, the President of Benha University said during the University 2nd Scientific Excellence Day that we seek to a significant shift to benefit from the scientific researches in the development and innovation referring to the importance of the scientific research in all fields to serve the nation.

       Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Ali Shams El Din, the President of Benha University; the University receives a delegation from Japan International Cooperation Agency “JICA” on Monday, 20/06/2016 to discuss the technical cooperation ways in all fields between the two sides. It is worth mentioning that JICA aims to transfer the technology and knowledge around the world. 

The British Company “Quacquarelli Symonds” (QS) has announced its ranking of 2016 on Tuesday, 14/06/2016 and even though the strong competition this year between more than 300Arab Universities (public and private), Benha University has kept its rank between top 100 of the best Arab Universities according to QS ranking for the Arab region 2016.

The Department of the Scientific and Cultural Relations, Sector of Postgraduate Studies and Researches, Benha University has announced the names of the honorees of the University 2nd Scientific Excellence Day, June 2016 which will be held on Sunday, 05/06/2016 under the auspices of the University President.

Prof. Dr. Ali Shams El Din, the President of Benha University congratulates the Faculty Members, Administrators, Staff, Students, and Islamic Nation for Eid El Fitr, May the Blessings of Allah Fill our Life and our beloved Egypt with Peace, Joy and Prosperity. 

The British Council announces that a new round of Institutional Links funding call under the Newton Mosharafa Fund is now available for application in the field of Cultural Heritage. Unlike other Newton Mosharafa calls this one has specific focus on Archaeology and Cultural Heritage only.

Cultural Heritage Institutional Links offers grants of up to £300,000 to set up joint partnership between institutions in Egypt and the UK for up to 2 years in the field of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.

Please note that this call is not in partnership with the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF) and hence it is not co-funded in country; Egyptian applicants will need to provide evidence of matched funding contributions. These contributions can be in-kind or cash.

Deadline: 19 September 2016 16:00 UK time.

Guidelines and application via: https://www.britishcouncil.org/education/science/current-opportunities/newton-institutional-links-july-2016.

The Faculty of Science, Tanta University is very pleased to invite you to take part in the Ninth International Symposium on Geophysics (ISG-9) which will be held in the duration from 21 to 22 November, 2016 under the title of “Geophysical Advances in Prospection for Conventional and Unconventional Economic Resources”. It is worth mentioning that the Symposium will be held under the auspices of Prof. Ashraf El Shihy, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Referring to its role a meeting point for cultures and civilizations, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) has established an African Research portal to improve research publications for professors and students as well as raising the digital challenge in order to develop African innovation through the use of science and technology in networks that extend throughout Africa. The new goal set by the BA is to connect those with common interests and expertise to hasten the development of knowledge and enable immediate sharing of knowledge and contributions.

For more information: http://afn.bibalex.org/GeneralPortal.aspx

The Library just produced a wonderful video on BA Africa which describe our efforts to build research capacity in Africa. Please review this at: https://www.facebook.com/1712811632308154/videos/1746414095614574/. It is this backbone we are using to build statistical capacity in Africa and Arab countries.