Erasmus Mundus is a bilateral cooperation programme held amongst all universities in Egypt and Europe. It aims to enhance quality in higher education through scholarships and academic cooperation between Europe and the rest of the world. 1) Erasmus Mundus Joint Programmes: Follow an integrated Masters Course or Doctoral programme in two or more universities. All students from Egypt are eligible to apply for scholarships to 138 Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters and 42 Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates. 2) Erasmus Mundus partnerships: Study at European partner universities in a range of disciplines at a range of academic levels. Deadline is according to the courses applied. For more information, please log onto: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/available_partnerships.php Fulbright scholarship flagship is an international educational exchange programme sponsored by the US government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Fulbright Programme offers grants to qualified Egyptian graduate students to study at the graduate level in the United States. Egyptian scholars may apply to conduct post-doctoral research at US institutions and are also eligible for Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Grants. - Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) - Fulbright Foreign Student Programme Binational Fulbright Commission - Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Programme Council for International Exchange - Scholars Fulbright Visiting Scholar Programme Deadline is according to the courses applied. For more information, please log onto: http://www.fulbright-egypt.org/ VT-MENA Virginia Tec Middle East and North Africa (Alexandria University and Virginia Tec) is an academic programme between Virginia Tech & MENA Region in the following specialisations: - Electrical Engineering (Primarily Communications) - Computer Engineering - Computer Science Deadline: It is open during the whole year. For more information, please log onto: http://vtmena.alexu.edu.eg/about.html University of Surrey, in the UK This scholarship is for pursuing undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes in all fields for all universities in Egypt. Deadline for applications is on 1 August preceding the start of the programme in September/October. For more information, please log onto: http://scholarship-positions.com/country-scholarships-university-of-surrey-uk-201314/2013/06/15/ Chevening Scholarships (between one of UK universities & Cairo University) in all fields but this year it was specialised in the following only: - Law and Human Rights - Communication, Media and Journalism - Politics and Economics - Management and Public Policy - Environment Deadline: Applications for 2014/15 will be opening soon. For more information, please log onto: http://cu.edu.eg/Cairo-University-ScholarShips-18.html L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science (between Cairo University & L'Oreal-UNESCO) Grants from UNESCO — L'Oreal for young ladies in the Life Sciences Research 2014 in the field (Biology — Biochemistry — Biotechnology — Biophysics — Agriculture — Pharmacy — Medicine). There are many programmes in these grants designated only for women. For more information , please log onto: http://www.fwis.fr/?locale=en University of Miyazaki, Japan in cooperation with Benha University approved a scholarship programme between the two universities. It is a programme for academic exchange for scholars: both faculty members as well as students in the fields of natural sciences, agriculture, engineering and other fields which each institution may desire to encourage. Deadline: starts in 2014 till 2019 For more information , please log onto: http://www.bu.edu.eg/en/univ_info/protocols.php Faculty of Science, Benha Branch and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University agree to establish a student exchange programme under the Agreement for Education and Scientific Cooperation of two universities. This scholarship is organised by The Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Benha Branch and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University For more information, please log onto: http://www.bu.edu.eg/en/univ_info/Student%20Exchange%20Agreement%20between%20Faculty%20of%20Science%20,%20Zagazig%20.php The Polytechnic Institute LaSalle Beauvais — France and Sinai University exchange programme. LaSalle is an Engineering school for post-graduates in the fields of agriculture, food processing, diet-health, geology and environment. According to this agreement, there will be an exchange of students and members of teaching staff between this Engineering School and Sinai University. Additionally, collaborative researches will take part in this scientific agreement. For more information , please log onto : http://www.su.edu.eg/inter_relations/show_details.php?topic_id=12&category_id=1 IWATEC Exchange Programme. The Centre for Water and Environmental Research at University of Duisburg-Essen in collaboration with Fayoum University offers a joint project called IWATEC. IWATEC is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and financed by the Federal Foreign Office with a total of 220,000 Euros till the end of 2013. It is expected that IWATEC will be extended till end of 2014. The quality of the programme objectives will be assured by a scientific steering committee. Deadline : 01-09-2013 For more information, please log onto: http://www.uni—due.de/zwu/iwatec The University of WALKATO, New Zealand in collaboration with Cairo University offers 40 scholarships for PhD scholars regardless of the student's nationality. In addition, it is important to highlight that the tuition fees for such a university are low in comparison to others. The student can work and have his/her own accommodation, a whole year after graduating. Deadline: 30-06-2013 For more information, please log onto: www.waikato.ac.nz
