Université Française d'Égypte

Infobox University
name = Université Française d’Égypte
native_name =


established = 2002
type = Private
president = Dr. Ahmed Ossman
vice-president = Dr. Bernard Fillion-Dufouleur
free_label = Directeur des Études
free = Dr. Fabien Flori-Dr.(general) Kamal Sabry
city = El Shorouk, Cairo
state =
country = Egypt
undergrad =
free_label = Founder universities
free = , Haute Alsace University, Corse University and Nantes University
calendar = Semester| campus = El Shorouk, 40 km from the center of Cairo
motto = “Faites la différence”
language = French, English and Arabic
sports = Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Swimming, Tennis, Ping Pong
website = [http://www.ufe.edu.eg/ www.ufe.edu.eg] |

The Université Française d’Égypte (UFE) is a private university in Egypt, established in 2002 in cooperation with the , the Nantes University, Haute Alsace (Mulhouse-Colmar) University and the Corse University. A convention with Paris VI University (the no. 1 university in France) concerning the engineering faculty was signed. Other conventions with other French universities will be signed soon, with a continuous goal for more future conventions.

L’Université Française d’Égypte is considered to be one of the best universities in Egypt today. [cite web
url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/791/intrvw.htm
title=Al-Ahram newspaper discussing the Université Française d’Égypte
accessdate=2008-04-18]

Historic events

University inaugurations

The university was inaugurated in 2006 by president Jacques Chirac and president Hosny Mobarak. [cite web
url=http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=11&Itemid=68
title=Inauguration page on the official website of l’Université Française d’Égypte
accessdate=2008-04-18]

Euro-Mediterranean Bio-mathematics conference

Held between the 26th and the 28th of July 2007 by the University of Savoie and Universitá di Corsica.Researchers from Europe and the Mediterranean met in Egypt to discuss bio-mathematical subjects and the implementation of mathematics in medicine to cure certain diseases. [cite web
url=http://dptmath.univ-corse.fr/Method-of-payment_a29.html
title=Corse university informs on the event
accessdate=2008-04-18]

International Microelectronics conference

The TIC department in the UFE accommodated, from the 29th to the 31th of december 2007, an international Microelectronics conference, in cooperation with the Canadian University of Waterloo and the Electronic Devices Society of the IEEE. The conference was under the aegis of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and the Ministry of Higher Education.A certain number of communications were presented on the following fields: Systems and Integrated Circuits, CAD for Microelectronics and Technology of Microphone–Nanoelectronics. The Best communications will be published in a special volume of the review “Microelectronics Journal” (Elsevier).This demonstration profited from the financial support of the companies Mentor Graphics, Si-Ware Systems, If-Vision, Newport Media, Imodelit, the National Institute of the Telecommunication and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. The students of the department TIC of the UFE strongly helped with the organization of this event and took part in it actively. [cite web
url=http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/Gazette/Gazette%20janvier%202008.pdf
title=The UFE gazette January 2008
accessdate=2008-07-23]

Paris 6 convention signing

The 4th of November 2007 there was the signing of the convention between the University of Paris 6 and the UFE, in presence of UFE president Tahani Omar, Paris 6 president Jean-Charles POMEROL and the french ambassador Philippe COSTE. The signing was followed by a cocktail.

Panting Exhibition

“The (ex)President of the "Université Française d’Égypte" Tahani Omar inaugurated an artistic event at the veritable institution’s headquarters in Al-Shorouq City last week. The event hosted a miscellaneous art exhibition featuring 45 contemporary artists. West Al-Balad pop band performed many of their contemporary Arabic songs. Also some of the multi-talented students of the university who are also members of the university band enchanted the audience with absolutely delightful songs. A galaxy of dignitaries attended the event including the head of the projects at the university Violette Fayeq and a number of lecturers, professors, faculty heads and deans.” "Al-Ahram Hébdo"

Campus

Undergraduate campus

Only three faculties in the university are, yet, opened.

Post-graduate campus

The university has another campus in El-Mohandesseen that is dedicated to post-graduate studies as well as extra-curricular courses.

Advantages

Three teaching languages

French (a language of culture and knowledge that creates bridges with French speaking countries), English (a globalization language) and Arabic (in order to work in Egypt and Arab countries). The student will learn how to use those three languages professionally at the work place during his 4 years of studies.Notice that these three languages are 3 of the "6 International Languages" defined by the United Nations (English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Arabic and Russian), which makes them wanted anywhere in the world.

Double Diplomas

An Egyptian and a French/European one (University of Paris III: Sorbonne, University of Nantes). Faculty of engineering: Masters in the “PEC” and “TIC” departments which could be delivered by the Haute-Alsace University, the Corse University or Paris 6 University.L’UFE is the only university in Egypt that delivers a foreign diploma without its students being obligated to travel outside Egypt to get the foreign diploma (still, students can go continue their studies in France if they want.)

French systems and programs

L’Université Française d’Égypte has an agreement with the universities of Paris VI (1^st scientific university in France), Paris III: Sorbonne, Nantes and Corse that all academic programs will be supervised and approved by these universities. And that these universities will send its professors to teach at the UFE as well as providing the UFE with technical assistance.

Like many other Egyptian private Universitites, the UFE has joint curricula with their French counterparts.Also the professors staff has a very high percentage of French – well-qualified – professors teaching and supervising the educational process.The conventions signed between the UFE and the French partner universities guarantee that the university is well qualified European-Union class. Also, the university uses the European ETCS program in calculating points for each term.

Engineering students at the UFE can now prepare their Master degree from Paris VI University. Paris VI is the best university in France, and rated 38th by the Academic Ranking for World Universities organization [cite web
url=http://www.arwu.org
title=Website of the Academic Ranking of World Universities organization
accessdate=2008-09-28] . Today, no students from any other private university in Egypt can prepare the Master or the Doctorate degrees from any university included in the top 200 World universities, but the UFE students.

In June 2008 the French Academy presented to the Université Française d’Égypte the cultural prize Louis D. that represents an amount of 750,000 Euros. This prize will allow the UFE to get top notch equipments for its faculty of engineering. This prize is the recognition of the quality of education offered by the UFE. [cite web
url=http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=23&Itemid=109
title=Main page of the official website
accessdate=2008-07-23]

Actualities

Please visit http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=17&Itemid=96about the university conventions.

Faculties

*Faculty of Applied Languages
** [http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=325 Business and international affairs department]
** [http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=325 Specialized translation department]

*Faculty of Management and Information System
** [http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=326 Management department]
** [http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=121&Itemid=326 Information systems department]

*Faculty of Engineering
** [http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=327 Communication and information technology department (TIC)] Specialized in: Communication, Electronic, Networks and Computer engineering. This department is one of only two in Egypt to give students the opportunity to specialize in Electronic engineering (undependable from Communication Engineering) or Telecommunication engineering.
** [http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=122&Itemid=327 Production, energy and automatic control department (PEC)] The department covers all the domains of Mechanical Engineering. [cite web
url=http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=10&Itemid=60
title=UFE faculties and academic divisions
accessdate=2008-04-18]

Engineering Faculty

Introduction

The UFE engineering faculty provides high quality education following the programs of its partner universities. In the video conference rooms, student can attend, live, lectures from the partner universities, which shows that the UFE programs are not "like" but are "the same" programs as its partner universities.

The study ends with a 6 months training course during the fifth year, that can be carried in the National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) in France and the best achieving students will have the opportunity to continue their study in doctorate within this laboratory (UMR CNRS 7189).

Today the faculty contains 8 Engineering specializations. The UFE is one of only two universities in Egypt to have the Electronic and Telecommunication disciplines of engineering.

Facilities

*Electricity and Magnetism lab
*Optics lab
*Microwaves and Antennas lab
*Optoelectronics lab
*Automatism lab
*Electronics & Communication lab
*Backbone Networks lab
*Data Transferring lab
*Computer labs
*Architecture and Design of Integrated Circuits informatics lab
*Numerical Analysis lab
* Materials lab
* Automatic Control lab
* Heat Transfer lab
* Fluid Mechanics lab
*Chemistry lab
*Off-campus access to the Ministry of Military Production labs
*Library
*Wi-Fi (Internet access anywhere in the campus)
*Electronics workshop
*Production Technology workshop
*Technical Drawing Hall
*Conference room (which at the moment presents lectures from Paris VI University)
*Online postgraduate courses in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , the Rice University and the Carnegie Mellon University. [cite web
url=http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=49
title=References from the official website
accessdate=2008-07-23]

Staff

As training the future teachers is a priority at the UFE, the UFE sends professors to do postgraduate studies in France.List of recent professors sent to France:
*Ahmed Ali, works at the LAAS laboratory at Toulouse university. He does doctoral studies in the field of electromagnetism, more specifically in the domain of antennas.
*Mootaz Allam, who is currently making researches at the Informatics laboratory at Paris 6 university. The domain of research is the analog electronics.
*Ahmed Gamal, currently making postgraduate studies at the ENSPS (École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Stasbourg) laboratory in the field of signals treatment.

Visitors

This is a list of professors to visit the UFE in 2007- 2008:
*Pr. Alain GREINER, from Paris 6 university, will teach Methodology in the TIC, ACSI department.
*Pr. Pirouz BAZARGAN, from Paris 6 university, will teach Microprocessors Architecture in the TIC, ACSI department.
*M. Rami ISKANDAR, from Paris 6 university, will visit the university to report on its Electronics and Communication laboratories.
*Pr. Mounir BENABDENBI, from Paris 6 university, will lecture on the conception and DFT test (digital integrated circuits test) in the department of TIC, ACSI.
*Pr. Anne DERIEUX, from Paris 6 university, will teach the application of the theory introduced in Methodology in the TIC, ACSI department.
*Pr. Jean Yves DRÉAN, from the Haute Alsace university, will teach advanced materials in the PEC department.
*Pr. Evelyne Aubry, from the Haute Alsace university, will give lectures of acoustics in the PEC department.
*Pr. Hevré AUBERT, from Toulouse university (ENSHEEIHT), will give lectures on Network Antennas in the department of TIC, Télécommunication.
*Pr. Paul BISGAMBIGLIA, from the university of Corse, will teach Object Oriented Programming.

Convention with the University of Savoie

The students of the PEC department at the faculty of engineering will benefit from a new course on renewed energy. This course will be offered by the polytechnic school of Savoie University within the framework of a partnership in prospect.

Many students will have the opportunity to travel to Savoie and prepare a Masters degree and work in the field of research at the University of Savoie. [cite web
url=http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/Gazette/Gazette%20janvier%202008.pdf
title=Université Française d’Égypte’s "La Gazette" January 2008
accessdate=2008-09-03]

Business Faculty

The only university in Egypt harmonically coupling the study of mangement and informatics.

Staff

*Hany Nasr El-Din was invited to assist in the supports of the finals studies for the Master degree.
*Associate Pr. Asmaa Al-Sharif, traveled to Rennes for a doctoral week. After that, to Nantes University to participate in a conference at the “Maison des Sciences Humaines”. She co-presented a communication with Associate Pr. Eve Lamendour at the Nantes University.

Visitors

This is a list of UFE visitor professors:
*Pr. Alain VAILLY, from Nantes University, will give lectures in Modeling.
*Pr. Vélina SLAVOVA, from Bulgare University, will teach Introduction to the Bases of Information.
*Pr. Marie CATALO and Noel BARBU, from Nantes University.
*Pr. Eve LAMENDOUR, from Nantes University, to give lectures in Marketing.
*Pr. Pascale COUPARD, associated with Nantes University, to teach Management Risks for students in the 4th year in the Management department.

Applied Languages Faculty

Introduction

The Applied Languages faculty at the UFE is in cooperation and under the supervision of the Paris III: Sorbonne University. The Sorbonne University is one of the top 5 universities in the world.

Visitors

This is a list of professors from the Sorbonne University to visit the faculty in 2007 - 2008:
*Pr. Cécile LEBLANC, to give lectures on the French-Methodology.
*Pr. Eric MAIGRET, to give lectures in Communication.
*Pr. Fayza EL-QASEM, to give lectures on the Arabic-Methodology.
*Pr. Bertrand RICHT, to give lectures on the English-Methodology.

Research

[cite web
url=http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=8&Itemid=45
title=Official website’s page on the university research
accessdate=2008-07-23]

CIDRE

Beyond the teaching which is transmission of the knowledge, the university has another essential mission: the research, which is creation of knowledge.

An institution must unceasingly go from front, to be in phase with scientific and technological progress and not to be based solely on its assets.

Created in April 2004, the International Center of Research, Development and Cooperation (CIDRE) has the role to allow to the UFE to become a national and international development pole. This center has as a priority to be in close contact with the world of the company, the local or international institutions concerned with research and with the various concerned organizations of the development.

The action of the CIDRE is spread on three axes:

The research

The CIDRE has as a principal role to undertake and organize research within the UFE. It must found a public image of the university as an establishment dedicated to research (participation in international conferences and publications in reviews specialized). To conclude from the agreements from Research and Development (R&D) with the companies leaders and to undertake activities of consulting form part of the principal concerns of the CIDRE.

The continued formation

To work out continuous training schemes in relation to the needs for the market east another priority of the CIDRE. It must set up a system of formation open to all, always with the concern of meeting the specific needs for the companies.

Outside relations

The CIDRE establishes bonds of co-operation with international organizations like UNESCO, the European Community, the Agency of the Francophonie... It develops projects of co-operation with the establishments concerned (Ministries for Industry and Oil).

Cooperation agreements

UNESCO

The co-operation with UNESCO is a pilot project dedicated to the use of modern technologies of teaching in the Egyptian, Arab and African universities. The agreement signed by the CIDER on October 8, 2003 allows inter alia in common developing courses on line with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University and Rice University. To make it possible the UFE to produce a modern center of course online like adapting and implementing a system of management of teaching are other objectives of this agreement.

Ministry of Industry

A convention was signed on June 22, 2004 between the UFE and the Ministry for Industry. Under the terms of this convention, the Ministry will take part with the UFE, in the form of committee of follow-up, with the development of the training schemes, like with obtaining their financing. These programs are intended for executives of the private sector working in the fields of import/export, of the management of quality and the leadership

Ministry of Petrol

A convention was signed between the UFE and the Ministry for Oil 5 the Mars 2005. Under the terms of this convention, the Ministry offers to the French University of Egypt a financial assistance intended for the equipment of the laboratories, accommodates the students of three faculties in training courses and grants purses to best of them all while beginning to offer stations in the oil sector to them. As for the UFE, it takes part with the assistance of its partners, with the effort engaged by the Ministry for Oil for the improvement of the performances of the executives working in the oil sector, and this, through technical trainings specialized and consultations on request.

Online courses

These courses were developed within the framework of a project with the MIT and the UNESCO:
*Thermodynamics
*Electric and electronic circuits
*Solid state mechanics
*Electric materials [cite web
url=http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=8&Itemid=45
title=UFE CIDRE page as a reference to the whole “Cooperation agreements” category
accessdate=2008-04-18]

UFE Partners

*
* Paris VI University
* Haute Alsace University
* Corse University
* Nantes University
* Centre de Recherche, Développement et Coopération Internationale
* Centre Français de Culture et de Coopération
* Ambassade de France en République Arabe d’Égypte
* Club d’Affaires Franco-Égyptien [cite web
url=http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=16&Itemid=81
title=Official partners of the Université Française d’Égypte
accessdate=2008-09-03]

The university also has collaborations with:
* UNESCO
* Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Carnegie Mellon University
* Rice University
* University of Savoie [cite web
url=http://portal.ufe.edu.eg/joomla/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=49
title=Reseach partners of the Université Française d’Égypte
accessdate=2008-09-03]

External links

*Official website: http://www.ufe.edu.eg
*Bureau Universitaire de Scolarité: [e-mail]
*Public relations: [e-mail]
* [http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/elysee.fr/francais/interventions/discours_et_declarations/2006/avril/discours_du_president_de_la_republique_a_l_universite_francaise_d_egypte.47076.html President Jacques Chirac’s discussion on the UFE]

References