Egypt’s Ministry of Higher Education has highlighted the establishment of the East Port Said Technological University as one of the fruits of the country’s development efforts in the Sinai Peninsula and Suez Canal cities, coinciding with the 52nd anniversary of the 1973 October War.
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ayman Ashour, said the state places great importance on developing the region, with unprecedented support from President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. The government has implemented numerous higher education projects in Sinai and the Canal cities at a total cost of EGP 24bn ($500m), he said.
Heba Abdelatty, acting president of East Port Said Technological University, stated that the university was built on an area of 70,000 square metres at a total cost of EGP 646m.
The university offers new study programmes that serve the industry in the surrounding geographical area. In the current academic year, it is offering six programmes in two faculties: the College of Industry and Energy Technology, and the College of Hotel and Tourism Services Technology.
Abdelatty added that the university focuses on providing practical training to equip students with the skills required by the modern and future labour market.
A ministry spokesperson said that technological universities aim to qualify graduates to provide the labour market with well-trained technical cadres who are able to keep up with modern developments in the industrial field. He added that the study programmes were designed based on local needs identified in Egypt’s seven geographical regions, in coordination with the needs of the labour market and the industrial community.
