By: Wafaa Fayez
CAIRO, Jan. 12 (SEE)- Dr. Farouk Ismail, President of Ahram Canadian University , said that the university includes 6 colleges, namely pharmacy, business administration, computer science and mass communication, in addition to the faculties of dentistry and engineering, adding that Al-Ahram organization saw the need of the labor market for these specialties.
In an interview with SEE, He pointed out that the university will establish faculties of physiotherapy, creative arts, languages and translation during the coming period, and the Faculty of physiotherapy will start its work in September 2019.
Dr. Farouk Ismail, President of Ahram Canadian University
Ismail added that the university has allocated 120 acres and will be sufficient to establish nine universities. Furthermore, he hopes to build 2 faculties in the future: human medicine, nursing and radio arts. He explained that Al-Ahram organization has strong relations with Canadian universities.
He added that education in Canada is advanced and precedes education in other European and American universities. Therefore, Ahram Canadian University has been established on a modern scientific basis.
“ The number of university students totals to 9000 students, and the number of teaching staff and employees reached 1100”, he added. In addition to the role of the university in serving the community through the clinics of the Faculty of Dentistry frequented by about 250 patients per day for treatment.
Dr. Farouk Ismail, President of Ahram Canadian University with the editor of "SEE"
he said that a medical center will be set up at the Faculty of Physical Therapy to treat patients free of charge and with symbolic fees. Ismail noted that 5% of the university students come from different nationalities, such as students from America, Germany and Africa, and the University facilitates the payment of tuition fees for African students.
For Canadian students, Ismail said that there are many attempts to attract Canadian students to study at his university and to stress that Egypt is a safe country. He also called on the Canadian ambassador to deliver a lecture and a message that Egypt is a suitable environment for Canadian students to study.
Furthermore, he will travel to Canada during the next two months to update the cooperation agreements between his university and Canada and activate the exchange of students and faculty members.
Dr. Farouk Ismail, President of Ahram Canadian University
Ismail added that there is cooperation currently with German and American universities to attract foreign students to study at Ahram Canadian University.
Cooperation agreements will also be signed soon with these countries and an American professor will be invited to give a lecture to the university students.
“There is a strict system of education in the Ahram Canadian University in order to make the graduates distinguished: the study depends on the system of credit hours, and every student who gets a cumulative average of less than 2 will not be allowed to provide the number of credit hours.” Ismail said.
"Students must be committed to attend the student 75% of lectures and the College of Pharmacy may get quality and accreditation soon".
He elaborated that the state's tendency to establish branches of foreign universities in Egypt is important, adding that cooperation with foreign universities is a good step.
He also stressed the importance of private universities and expansion of its establishment and improvement, in order to reduce admission to Government Universities.
Private universities are required to establish MA programs, and he therefore hopes that the Ministry of Higher Education will agree to this. "Getting a Master's degree in private universities is necessary. The private universities have been built to continue and not to close and stop.” he added.
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