Today Tuesday 13/4/2021, deans’ council holds its monthly meeting under the authority of

the President Prof Dr Abedelrazek Desouky in the presence of Prof Dr Hasan Youness, the

vice president for post-graduation studies and research; Prof Dr Reda Salih, the vice president

for community service and environment development; Prof Dr Mohammad Abed El-All, the

vice president for education and students’ affairs, the deans and Mr Ali Sabry, Secretary-

General of the university.

The president thanks the deans for implementing the precautionary and preventive measures, stressing the follow-up of the strict application of precautionary measures to combat the spread of the new Corona virus.

As well, the Council confirms the implementation of the hybrid education system announced since the beginning of the current academic year, "combining in education between student attendance on campus and online education," with a commitment to reduce the number of students in auditoriums, classrooms and practical training laboratories to achieve social distancing according to the determined numbers, and that student attendance on the universities and institutes are in accordance with the previous decisions of the Supreme Council of Universities, which confirm that students of theoretical faculties are not present for more than two days per week, and students of practical faculties between 3-4 days per week, according to the nature of study in the various faculties and institutes, with an emphasis on adherence to all necessary controls for prevention inside classrooms.

The deans’ council also discusses the faculties 'readiness to apply for accreditation, follow up on the modernization of faculties' laboratories and their accreditation procedures, follow up on the faculties ’efforts to improve the university’s ranking in international rankings, and follow up updating data on faculties’ websites in both Arabic and English.