Ministers from Egypt, the German Ambassador to Egypt Mr. Georg Luy, Deputy General Secretary of DAAD Dr. Christian Müller, the Director of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Office in Egypt Mrs. Isabell Mering, representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Higher Education from both nations Egypt and Germany, in addition to a big economic delegation from Germany – more than 100 German personalities - along with members of the media and the press will be all witnessing this historical moment.

As applied universities are an important type of the German Higher Education System, they are considered one of the important pillars of the German higher education together with research universities with a strong focus on practical oriented teaching and research applications. Now, Egypt will be the only country all over the world which will have the two pillars of German higher education, where offering both models to Egyptian students through the GIUAS and the GUC signifies a long tradition of close and extensive cooperation between the two nations and reflects the success of their first collaboration in the GUC which is Germany’s largest and biggest transnational educational project outside German borders that represents 42% of its total student body on worldwide.

 

The German International University (GIU) is to offer “Made in Germany” university bachelor, master’s and PhD degree programs. Egyptian, Arab and African students will learn the German “do how know how” through future-oriented curricula that focus on practical applications to prepare graduates to the international industry and global employability through its various faculties of:

• Faculty of Engineering (Automotive / Energy / Manufacturing / Electromechanical / Mechanical / Automation & Robotics)
   
• Faculty of Informatics and Computer Science (Applied Computer Science/ Data Science / Media Informatics / Software Engineering)
   
• Faculty of Business Administration (Banking & Finance / Small and Medium Size Enterprises/ International Business / Tourism & Hospitality / Project & Construction Management/ Aviation & Ports Management / Logistics/ Real Estate Management / Digital Marketing)
   
• Faculty of Design (Fashion & Jewelry Design/ Interior Design)