Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

New Agreement Encourages Egyptian Students to Earn PhDs at Iowa State

 

Contacts:
Dana Schmidt, CCEE communications specialist, (515) 294-8312
James E. Alleman, CCEE department chair and professor, (515) 294-2140
Amr Kandil, CCEE associate professor, (515) 294-8824

Ames, Iowa – Officials from Iowa State University and the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau (ECEB) in Washington, DC, signed an agreement Wednesday 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 Iowa State and will create a stream of very well-qualified doctoral students to enhance our 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 University officials from the Office of the Provost, Colleges of Engineering and Human Sciences, and Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE).

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.

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