Global

Tokyo Tech Egypt E-JUST Office

Tokyo Tech Egypt E-JUST Office

A leading contributor to the Egyptian and Japanese governments' joint project for the development of Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Tokyo Tech opened its Egypt Office in 2014. Tokyo Tech Egypt E-JUST Office supports faculty members dispatched by Tokyo Tech to E-JUST and E-JUST doctoral students accepted as exchange students at Tokyo Tech. The office also activates academic and student exchanges between Egypt and Tokyo Tech and serves as a base for Tokyo Tech's public relation activities in Egypt and the surrounding Arab-Africa region.

Activity Reports and Announcement

History

October 2008

JICA Technical Cooperation Project began.
Tokyo Tech cooperated in the project as a "supporting university" for development of programs in Energy Resources Engineering and Environmental Engineering.

March 2009

A bilateral agreement was concluded between the governments of Japan and Egypt for the establishment of the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST).

September 2009

E-JUST opened.

February 2010

E-JUST accepted its first cohort of graduate students.

October 2010

Tokyo Tech became a "supporting university" for E-JUST's program in Industrial Engineering and Systems Management.

January 2012

A school-level academic cooperation agreement was concluded between E-JUST and Tokyo Tech's Graduate School of Science and Engineering and Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology.

February 2014

Phase Two of the JICA project began. Tokyo Tech became a "primary contributing university" to E-JUST.

April 2014

Tokyo Tech Egypt E-JUST Office was established.
Professor Junichi Iijima became the office's first director.

November 2017

Tokyo Tech began cooperation on "practical and experiment-based education in the field of basic science" for E-JUST's Faculty of Engineering.

February 2019

Phase Three of the JICA project started.

April 2019

Professor Hidetoshi Sekiguchi became the director of Tokyo Tech Egypt E-JUST Office.

Related

Contact

Address: Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST)

P.O. Box 179, New Borg El-Arab City, Postal Code 21934, Alexandria, Egypt


For general inquiries: International Affairs Group, International Affairs Division, Research Promotion Department

Email kokusui.sui@jim.titech.ac.jp


For Tokyo Tech E-JUST Project: Tokyo Tech E-JUST Project Office

Email ejust_tokyotech@chemeng.titech.ac.jp