EJUSTPast , Present , and Future

FALL 2015

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E-JUST Background and History

• Japan’s Prime Minister visit to Egypt and Saudi Arabia in May 2003 to strengthen the dialogue between Japan and the Arab world.

• Initial proposal on cooperation in science and technology in terms of a joint university was triggered by middle of 2005.

• March 2009 - Signing of the bilateral agreement to establish E-JUST by Egypt and Japan.– Egypt government will sponsor land,

infrastructure and buildings, and cost of Egyptian academic and administrative staff.

– Japan government will cover equipment through a Grant Aid project and Japanese academic staff through JICA.

• February 2010 - Start of Soft Opening phase

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Partnership between Egypt and

Japan

Leading University

serving Egypt,

Middle East and Africa

Role model for

Egyptian Higher

Education sector

Research oriented, graduate focused

Japanese style

approach(Project Based

Learning)

Unique academic programs

(multidisciplinary)

Basic Concepts of E-JUST

Academic Programs

• Two Faculties – Engineering : 8 active Programs

• Electronics and Communication Engineering• Computer Science and Engineering.• Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering.• Industrial Engineering and Systems Management • Materials Science and Engineering.• Energy Resources Engineering• Environmental Engineering• Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering.

– Business and Humanities : 2 Planned Programs• International Business and Management• Cross-Cultural Management and Japanese Studies

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Japanese Supporting University Consortium (JSUC)

Waseda University

JICA’s Support for Educational and Research Laboratories and Equipment

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JICA’s Support for Educational and Research Laboratories and Equipment

Scanning Electron Microscope

Scanning Probe Microscope

Laser 3D Microscope

Common Microscope Center

Chromatographs and X-Ray Diffractometer

Common Analysis Center

Digital Manufacturing Center

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Mazak Turn-Mill Center 3D Plastic printer Laser 3D Scanner

Turn-Mill Center Ultrasonic Micro MillingCoordinate Measuring Machine

Current Student Enrollment (Spring 2015)

Program MSc PhD Total

Electronics and Communications engineering 9 29 38Computer Science and Engineering 4 17 21Mechatronics and robotics engineering 6 16 21Industrial engineering and systems Management 6 7 13Materials Science and engineering 1 13 14Energy Resources Engineering 5 9 14Environmental engineering 3 20 23Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering 1 7 8

Sub Total 34 118 152

Total 152

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Student Privileges in E-JUST

• International study environment with joint Japanese and Egyptian supervising team,

• state of the art facilities, access to information and knowledge bases, • work in research groups, matching teams with Japanese counter students, • attendance of conferences, workshops, seminars and symposia;• Opportunity of scheduled fully supported study terms in Japan, between 6 to 9

months, under direct supervision of Japanese professors;• Access to most sophisticated research laboratories in Japan; • Benefit of Ministry of Higher Education funded full scholarships:

– Full tuition fees including all text books and access to electronic digital libraries.– Monthly stipend.– Fully furnished apartments in a unique housing complex.– Full medical coverage.– Research seed fund.

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Students AchievementsFEB 2010 to March 2015

20%

80%

Total No of StudentsFemales Males

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• 49 MSc graduates (2 years target duration)• 35 PhD graduates (3 years target duration)• 93% of students enjoy Egyptian government

scholarship.• 7% of students enjoy private sector scholarships

from Elaraby, Mitsubishi, IBM, Google, NTRA …

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Research Performance Indicators

Total Faculty Papers Since Feb., 2010• 29 Total full time Egyptian faculty

• 152 Total MSc and PhD students in eight programs• Total published papers (FEB 2010 – MAR 2015):• International Journals : 205 papers• International Conferences : 527 papers

presentations

Research activities performanceE-JUST Publications since 2010 up to April 2015.

Year No. Faculty

IJP Non-IJP INT C EG

INTCTotal

Papers

2010 23 6 6 13 13 38

2011 24 9 12 46 11 78

2012 21 22 9 77 30 138

2013 26 18 21 115 12 166

2014 28 40 23 120 30 213

2015 (March) 26 24 15 50 10 99

Total 148 119 86 421 106 732IJP Int Journal Paper INT C International conference

Non IJP Non Int J paper EG INT C Int conference held in Egypt

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

0 50 100 150 200 250

Total Publications

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First full E-JUST patent for EJUST professor and student

Serial Title Inventors Status Patent Number

Publication Date

1. Fine-Grained Indoor Social Network

Moustafa Youssef

Provisional

Application Number: 62004559

Filing Date: June 2014 Moustafa El-

Hamshary

2. Multi-function 3-DOF parallel manipulator-based lower limb rehabilitation and assistive device

Dr. Samy Assal Eng. Ahmed Asker

Provisional

Filing date:August 2015

9/6/2014E-JUST, The UNIVERSITY

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EJUST Permanent Campus

200 Feddans, Designed By Arata Isozaki and Aoki Associates, target completion date 9/2017.

Ceremonial entrance

General Design

Campus Facade

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Thank youwww.ejust.edu.eg

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