German University in Cairo

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German University in Cairo
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founding 2002
Sponsorship Private
place Cairo , Egypt
president Yasser Higazi
Students over 10,000
Website www.guc.edu.eg
GUC

The German University in Cairo (GUC) ( Arabic الجامعة الألمانية بالقاهرة al-gamaʿa al-almāniyya bil-Qāhira ) is a non-profit private university in New Cairo City , Egypt . It was founded in 2002 by presidential order 27/2002 on the basis of Egyptian law No. 101/1992. The GUC is mainly supported by the partners University of Ulm , University of Stuttgart , University of Tübingen , University of Mannheim and the University of Graphic and Book Art Leipzig as well as by the German Academic Exchange Service ( DAAD ), the state of Baden-Württemberg and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research .

GUC offers over 70 courses leading to the degrees B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. according to the Bologna Process . The language of instruction is English, and the courses are accredited in Germany by ACQUIN and in Egypt. With well over 10,000 students, GUC is the largest transnational educational institution.

The GUC campus in the southeast of Cairo covers a total of 577,000 m². In addition to various sports areas, this also includes an industrial park and a solar park as well as state-of-the-art laboratories for the integration of education, research and application. The GUC also maintains a guest house in Ulm, a campus in Berlin and several liaison offices in Germany with the aim of increasing the mobility of students, researchers and teachers.

Interior view of campus and desert

Governance

The GUC is divided into the following faculties: Information Engineering & Technology, Media Engineering & Technology, Engineering & Material Sciences, Management Technology, Pharmacy & Biotechnology, Applied Sciences & Arts, Law and Legal Studies and Postgraduate Studies & Scientific Research.

The university is independent and self-governing on the basis of its statutes: the Board of Trustees is responsible for the basic supervision, and independently of this the University Council advises the university president or vice-presidents on academic matters. Both bodies are made up of personalities from Germany and Egypt. Members of the Board of Trustees include: a .:

  • Ashraf Mansour (Chairman, Founder of the GUC)
  • Dieter Fritsch (Deputy Chairman for Academic Affairs, former Rector of the University of Stuttgart)
  • Peter Frankenberg (former Minister for Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg)
  • Cyrill Nunn (German Ambassador to Egypt)
  • Annette Schavan (former Federal Minister for Education and Research)
  • Wolfram Ressel (Rector of the University of Stuttgart)
  • Michael Weber (Rector of Ulm University)
  • Karl Joachim Ebeling (former rector of Ulm University)
  • Dorothea Rüland (General Secretary, German Academic Exchange Service)
  • Ibrahim El-Dimeery (Former Egyptian Minister of Transport)
  • Gamal Nada (judge, former President of the Egyptian Council of State)
  • Ulrich Zürn (managing partner at Dr. Horn Unternehmensberatung GmbH for auditing and tax consulting, Ulm)

External perception

The Federal Foreign Office promotes university partnerships worldwide and cites the "German University in Cairo" as the first example. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research sees the GUC primarily in the continuity of German-Egyptian educational cooperation: “The first 'German' private university abroad (formally it is a private institution under Egyptian law with a German name) is of great political importance in the long-standing and traditional educational cooperation on the Spree and Nile, which began over a hundred years ago with the German denominational schools in Cairo and Alexandria. "

On the occasion of its 15th anniversary, the German Academic Exchange Service honors the GUC as an “extraordinary example” of transnational education and as one of “the largest and most renowned universities in the region”. The GUC stands “for transnational education 'Made in Germany', which has successfully established an independent, partnership-based approach around the world from which both sides benefit.” The Information Service Wissenschaft IDW reports: “Today, the GUC is seen as a model and the largest outside of Egypt University project that was implemented with German participation. "

Web links

Commons : German University in Cairo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.guc.edu.eg/en/about_guc/history.aspx
  2. ↑ http://www.guc.edu.eg/en/about_guc/trustees_council_deans/president_cabinet.aspx
  3. ^ German University in Cairo - About GUC. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ 15 years GUC: Where do we stand, where do we want to be? The German perspective. - DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  5. ^ German University in Cairo - About GUC. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  6. ↑ GUC Berlin. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Contact GUC Ulm. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  8. ^ German University in Cairo - Faculties. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  9. ^ German University in Cairo - President's Cabinet. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Foreign Office - Science and Universities. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  11. ↑ BMBF Internet editorial office: Egypt - BMBF. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  12. ↑ 15 years German University in Cairo - DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  13. ^ Information Service Science - 15 years German University in Cairo. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .

Coordinates: 29 ° 59 ′ 16.8 ″  N , 31 ° 26 ′ 31.2 ″  E