# European Universities in Egypt

The European Universities in Egypt (Arabic: الجامعات الأوروبية في مصر; Abbreviation: EUE) is a University Institution in the New Administrative Capital (Cairo Governorate). The institution was launched in accordance with Law No. 162/2018 on the Establishment and Organization of International Branch Campuses (IBCs) within The Arab Republic of Egypt and University Institutions, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Decree No. 4200/2018 and the President's Decree No. 86/2021.
The New Administrative Capital, the location of EUE, is part of Egypt Vision 2030 which includes a complete educational infrastructure, adding schools and new university institutions.
Founded by Mahmoud Hashem Abdel-Kader, EUE opened in fall 2021, with courses taught in English.
The university institution now hosts three prestigious British universities:
* The University of London (UoL) as Awarding body with Academic direction from its member institutions, among them LSE (The London School of Economics and Political Sciences), Goldsmiths, King's College London, and the Laws Consortium, consisting of 6 UoL Law Schools
* The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
* The University of East London (UEL)
and therewith European studies and the respective European university degrees with programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. Currently well established study programs include Economics, Management, Business, Finance, Politics / Politics and International Relations, Computer Sciences, Psychology, Laws, and several fields of Engineering (also Aerospace Engineering), as well as, more recently, architecture. In 2024) UEL Branch was established, providing additional opportunities for studies on the EUE Campus [e.g., in Marketing and HR Management, Fine Arts, Design (Fashion, Graphics), Sports Therapy and Animation, as well as Physiotherapy].
EUE is a 'recognised teaching centre' of UoL and has become an Affiliate of the European University Association (EUA) in 2022.

## Management / Governance

Chairman of the Board of Trustees: Mahmoud Hashem Abdel-Kader (former President of the German University in Cairo, GUC),
Members of the Board of Trustees include, among others:
* Hossam M. Kamel (former President of Cairo University)
* Tamer Elkhorazaty (Dean of Architecture at GUC)
* Yasser Mansour (former Chairman of the Architecture Department at Ain Shams University)
* Hassan Abdalla (Provost at the University of East London, U.K.)
University and EUE Institutional Upper Management:
* Current: -- EUE-UoL Branch President: Sally Khalifa Isaac (2023-); -- Acting EUE-UCLan Branch President / Dean: Abuelela Mohamed Abuelnaga (2023-); EUE-UEL Branch President: Tarek Hassan Selim (2024-), -- EUE President: Mahmoud Hashem Abdel-Kader (2023-); -- EUE Vice President: Tarek M. Hashem (2022-)
* Previous: -- 1st EUE-UCLan Branch President (2021–2023): Darrell D. Brooks (Senior Lecturer 'Physiology' at Preston UCLan Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, School Lead for Quality Assurance); -- 1st EUE-UoL Branch President and Dean of LSE (2019–2022): Hala Abou-Ali (Full Professor of Economics at Cairo University, Vice President Research and Postgraduate Studies Institute of National Planning); -- 1st EUE President (2021–2022): Hilde Spahn-Langguth (former Director of Pharmacy at the IMPP Mainz and (Full) Professor at the MLU Halle/S., at GUC, the KFU Graz etc.).