Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Agreement Encourages Egyptian Students to Earn PhD at Iowa State

Officials from Iowa State University and the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau (ECEB) in Washington, DC, signed an agreement last May to encourage Egyptian students to pursue doctoral degrees at Iowa State. The agreement allows any Egyptian graduate student receiving a scholarship from ECEB to pursue his or her doctoral degree at Iowa State for in-state tuition rates. The agreement covers all PhD granting disciplines at the university and will create a stream of very well-qualified doctoral students to enhance Iowa State’s and the CCEE department’s graduate student body.

Individuals present at the signing included Galal Said, president of Fayoum University, Egypt, and Abdallah S. Bazaraa, counselor and director of the ECEB, as well as several Iowa State officials from the Office of the Provost, Colleges of Engineering and Human Sciences, and CCEE department.

CCEE Department Chair James E. Alleman and Assistant Professor Amr Kandil hosted Said and Bazaraa during their visit. Said and Bazaraa toured Iowa State’s College of Agriculture, College of Engineering, College of Human Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Center for Transportation Research and Education while they were in Ames.

Alleman and Kandil led the Iowa State group that drafted the memorandum of agreement.