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Establishment of
“Egypt-Japan University
of
Science and Technology (E-JUST)”
-Outline of JICA’s ApproachDecember 11, 2009
Ko Goto
Assistant Director,
Technical and Higher Education Division
Japan International Cooperation Agency
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E-JUST is a new Science and Technology Bridge
between Egypt, Arab States , Africa and Japan
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Contents
I. Background and Overviews of E-JUST
-Chronology
-Win-Win Relationship
-Vision of E-JUST and Characteristics
-Educational and Research Objectives
II. E-JUST Project and JICA’s Approach
-Location of E-JUST
-E-JUST Organization Structure
-Course Work/ Thesis/ Required Credit
-JICA’s Approach for E-JUST
-Japanese Supporting Univ. Consortium (JSUC)
-Faculty Dispatch Scheme
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Chronology
Formulation
Mar. 2004 Arab-Japan Dialogue Forum
May 2007 Egypt-Japan Summit
2008
Egypt-Japan Science & Technology Year
Preparation
Oct. 2008 Inauguration of E-JUST Project (till 2018)
(Agreement between JICA and E-JUST)
Sep. 2009 E-JUST Soft-Opening
(Presidential Decree in Egypt)
Implementation
Feb. 2010 Commencement of E-JUST
(First 3 out of 7 Dept. of Graduate Schools)
2012
New Campus Constructed (Plan)
(Undergraduate Student Intake)
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Student Recruitment Tour
in Egyptian University
E-J Faculty Seminar
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E-J Faculty Meeting
E-J Faculty Meeting
(Video Conference)
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Win-Win Relationship
For Egypt…
• Improve science and technology education resulting from
huge number of student among existing national universities
• Establish a role model for higher education excellence based
on the Japanese educational and academic systems
• Introduce new and advanced inter-disciplinary programs for
education and research
• Assimilate the Japanese model for nation building &
development in its broadest meaning
• Enable and promote transfer of technology and know-how to
Egyptian industrial sector
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Win-Win Relationship
For Japan…
• Window on Egypt ,Arab States, and Africa, allowing :
– Presenting Japanese culture, values, language & technology
in the region.
– A platform for launching Science & Technology Diplomacy.
– Understand regional market needs and dynamics.
• E-JUST will enable Japanese companies to outsource
/offshore business operations and activities to the region.
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Vision of E-JUST
To be a world class leading university in
science and technology
• To contribute to nation-building of
Egypt
• To create seeds for effective
collaboration between academia and
industry in Egypt
• To produce top leaders for promoting
economic & social dev.
Long-Term
(15 yrs)
• To strengthen the network of Arabic
countries, Africa and Asia in S&T
• To consolidate the foundation of high
quality of education and research
• To shoulder social responsibility
Mid-Term
(10 yrs)
• To establish the foundation of high
quality of education and research
• To participate in and contribute to the
network of S&T in Egypt
• To establish linkage with industry
• To promote relationship between Japan
and Egypt
Short-Term
(5 yrs)
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University Characteristics
・ Research Oriented University
・ Technology-Based University
・ Quality-Oriented University
・ Multi-Culture University
・ Regionally-Competitive University
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Educational Objectives
• Implement state-of-the-art educational systems based on
Japanese academic concepts and founded on project-based
and problem-based learning.
• Teach and emphasize the adoption of professional, moral and
business ethics
• Build partnerships with key Japanese academic and research
institutions as well as industrial companies with the objective of
directly exposing its students and staff to Japanese systems,
know-how and technology.
• Promote multi-disciplinary team work experience.
• Develop and adopt an elaborate Quality Assurance system
with indicators to measure the performance of teaching,
research, consultations and continued education programs.
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Educational Objectives (cont.)
・ Employment rate of E-JUST alumni after 1 year of their
graduation maintains over 90%.
• Introduce new and advanced inter-disciplinary academic
programs
• Develop and provide Continuing Education courses and
lifelong learning opportunities.
• All academic degrees awarded to E-JUST graduates enjoy a
status of International Recognition and are accredited by
Japanese and International accreditation bodies.
• E-JUST is ranked within the top 500 in a world university
ranking within 10 years.
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Research Objectives
• Establish Centers of Excellence for basic and applied research
directly related to the community, industry and the environment.
• Build strong interaction mechanisms with the local and regional
industries.
• Engage in research activities that solve real world problems of
the regions’ stakeholders countries and communities.
• Achieve an optimum balance between Basic Research and
Industry or government -sponsored research.
• Research results are readily licensed to industry for
commercialization.
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Contents
I. Background and Overviews of E-JUST
-Chronology
-Win-Win Relationship
-Vision of E-JUST and Characteristics
-Educational and Research Objectives
II. E-JUST Project and JICA’s Approach
-Location of E-JUST
-E-JUST Organization Structure
-Course Work/ Thesis/ Required Credit
-JICA’s Approach for E-JUST
-Japanese Supporting Univ. Consortium (JSUC)
-Faculty Dispatch Scheme
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Location of E-JUST
©2008 Google - 地図データ ©2008
Alexandria
Why here?
⇒Close to
Alexandria
⇒One of Newly
Industrial
Development
City
New Borg El-Arab
(E-JUST)
1 hour from Alexandria,
3.5 hours from Cairo by car
⇒Near by a
National
Research
Institute
Cairo
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Location of E-JUST
Bibliotheca
Alex Airport
BeA Airport
E-JUST
New Borg El-Arab
（円借款、2009年12月完成予定）
E-JUST
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E-JUST
Temporary Campus
(MuCSAT Research
Institute)
Faculty and Student
Dormitory
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New Campus Site View
from Temporary Campus
(MuCSAT)
New Campus Site
Campus Design Competition
is carrying out
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E-JUST Organization Structure
<Commencement>
BoT
President
Provost/
Vice
President
Education
and
Academic
Affairs
School of
Dept. of Electronics & Communications Eng.
Electronics,
Communications Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
& Computer
Engineering
Undergraduate
School of
Innovative
Design
Engineering
Fall 2010
Fall 2012
Dept. of Mechatronics & Robotics Engineering
Spring 2010
Dept. of Industrial and Management Engineering
Fall 2010
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
Fall 2011
Undergraduate
School of
Energy &
Environmental
Engineering
Spring 2010
Fall 2012
Dept. of Energy Resources & Environmental Eng.
Spring 2010
Dept. of Chemical & Petrochemical Engineering
Fall 2011
Undergraduate
Fall 2012
School of Int’l Business and Management Systems
Future
School of Cross Cultural Studies
Future
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E-JUST Organization Structure
Faculty-Student Ratio≒1：10
【No of Student】-Plan
Degree
Annual Intake
Dept.
Term
Sub-Total
Undergraduate
40
7
4 yrs
1,120
Master
30
7
2 yrs
420
Doctor
10
7
3 yrs
210
Total (person)
80
1,750
Total 3,000 students include future
Humanity and Cultural Schools
【No of Faculty】-Plan
Schools
Prof.
Assc. Prof
Asst. Prof.
Sub-Total
School of ECCT
12
16
20
48
School of IDE
18
24
30
72
School of EEE
12
16
20
48
合計
42
56
70
168
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Coursework/ Thesis & Required Credit
Master’s
Degree
Thesis
※3 credits / 1 Subject （3~4 Class / week ×15 weeks）
（Research
Guidance）
Required
Credits
Number of
Subjects
Doctor’s
Degree
Coursework （lectures）：Basically 1st Year
18 credits
Lecture
Core：
3（4） subjects
Elective： 3~5 subjects
PJ Based： 1~2 subjects
Required
Credits
Number of
Subjects
21
18 credits
36 credits
30 credits
48 credits
3（4）subjects
2（1）subjects
1 subject
Total 6 subjects
18 credits
Lecture
Elective ： 9~12 subjects
Seminar
2~4 subjects
Total
5 subjects
1 subject
Total 6 subjects
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JICA’s Approach for E-JUST
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•
•
•
•
•
•
Govt
Industry
MOFA
MEXT
METI
JETRO
JST
JICA
etc.
Univ.
JSUC (12 Universities)
○General Coordination (rotational basis)
Waseda (President)、 Kyusyu (President)
○JSUC (Japanese Supporting Univ. Consortium)
Hokkaido、Tohoku、Waseda、Tokyo、Keio、
TITech、Nagoya、Kyoto、KIT、 Rits、Osaka、Kyusyu
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JICA’s Approach for E-JUST
Faculty & Admin.
Staff Recruitment
Equipment
Provision
Campus
Development &
Construction
E-JUST Capacity
Development (Human
Resource Dev.)
Research & Educational
Equipment
Campus Facilities
Dispatch Faculty
Staff Training in
Japan
Equipment
Provision
Advices
Project Purpose (Short Term)
-Stage I (Oct. 2008- Feb. 2010)
“The precondition for accepting the 1st batch of postgraduate students.”
-Stage II (Feb.2010- Oct. 2013)
“Foundation to become a world-class leading university is established
by steadily practicing the basic concept of E-JUST.”
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Japanese Supporting Univ. Consortium (JSUC)
Japan Supporting Univ. Consortium (JSUC)
Campus Design WG
Ministry of Higher Education
Advice
E-JUST Construction
Committee (tentative)
E-side
J-side
<Management>
Univ. Strategy & Management WG
Advice
President
Advisor for the President
（Short-term Shuttle type）
<School>
Advisor for Deans
（3 Nos. Long-term experts）
Dean
<Department>
Dept. Supporting Team
Contract
Establish
Department
Supporting Univ.
E-JUST Adjunct Professor
（14 Nos. Japan’s Prof.～Asst. Prof.）
Dispatch, Support
Chair
Dispatch, Support
ODA Task Force
EoJ
E-JUST Visiting Professor
（14 Nos. Japan’s Prof.）
JETRO
JICA Egypt
Secretariat
JICA HQ
<Secretariat>
Project Advisor
Project Coordinators
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Japanese Supporting Univ. Consortium (JSUC)
JSUC
E-JUST Structure
Hokkaido Univ.
BoT
President
Provost/
Vice
President
Education
and
Academic
Affairs
School of
Dept. of Electronics & Communications Eng.
Electronics,
Communications Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
& Computer
Engineering
Tohoku Univ.
Waseda Univ.
Tokyo Univ.
Keio Univ.
School of
Innovative
Design
Engineering
Dept. of Mechatronics & Robotics Engineering
Tokyo Tech.
Dept. of Industrial and Management Engineering
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
Nagoya Univ.
Kyoto Univ.
School of
Energy &
Environmental
Engineering
Dept. of Energy Resources & Environmental Eng.
Dept. of Chemical & Petrochemical Engineering
Kyoto Tech.
Ritsumeikan Univ.
Osaka Univ.
School of Int’l Business and Management Systems
School of Cross Cultural Studies
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Kyushu Univ.
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Faculty Dispatch Scheme
<Contract with JSUC>
School
Calendar
First Semester
Second Semester
▲Exams
2009
Aug.
Summer
Course
▲Exams
▲Exams
2010
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
▲Open
Adjunct Prof. A
（Total 5.0M/M）
0.5M/M 3.0M/M
Japan Research Guidance & Lecture
Adjunct Prof. B
（Total 6.0M/M）
0.5M/M
Japan 0.5M/M
Research
Guidance
0.5M/M
Research
Guidance
0.5M/M
Research
Guidance
0.5M/M
Research
Guidance
4.0M/M
Research Guidance & Lecture
Visiting Prof. A
（Total 0.5M/M）
0.5M/M
Japan
0.5M/M
Japan
0.5M/M
Lecture
Visiting Prof. B
（Total 0.5M/M）
0.5M/M
Lecture
※Total 12 M/M in the above case.
※Adjunct Prof. : Japan’s Assc. Prof. or Asst. Prof., Visiting Prof.: Japan’s Prof.
<JICA with JSUC>
Training in Japan
Egyptian
Teaching Staff
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Egyptian Teaching Staff
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Faculty Dispatch Scheme
Egyptian
Student
Japanese
×× School
Advisor for Dean (Long-term Expert)
Dean
（Research
Guidance）
Counterpart
（Lecture）
○○ Department
<Research
Guidance>
Prof.
△△（Theme）Lab.
Assc. Prof.
Visiting
Prof.
Adjunct
Prof.
Asst. Prof.
Research
Guidance
Research Guidance (Sub)
Lecture
Lab Policy
Advice
Advice
Advice
□□（Theme）Lab.
Research
Guidance
Lecture
Research Guidance (Sub)
Lecture
Lab Policy
Advice
◇◇（Theme）Lab.
Lab. Policy Advice
●● Department
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Lecture
<Lecture>
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Thank you for your kind attention.
More information about E-JUST on
http://ejust.org
Ko GOTO,
Goto.Ko@jica.go.jp
Assistant Director,
Higher and Technical Education Division, JICA
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The ASEAN University Network /
Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network
JICA/JSUC (11)
• Hokkaido University
• Keio University
• Kyoto University
• Kyushu University
• National Graduate Institute for
Policy Studies
• Shibaura Institute of Technology
• Tokai University
• Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Toyohashi University of Technology
• University of Tokyo
• Waseda University
• UY
• YTU
• NUOL
• BUU
• CU
• KMITL
• HCMUT
• HUT
• DLSU
• UP
• ITC
• ITB(BRU)
• UBD
• UM
• USM
• NTU
• NUS
•ITB(INA)
•UGM
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Missions
• Upgrading faculty
qualification through
acquisition of graduate
degrees
• Enhancement of host
graduate programs
• Promoting joint activities
and strengthening human
linkage among Member
Institutions through
fieldwise seminars, alumni,
website, database,
IT-Enhanced courseware
development, etc.
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Concept Structure
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• Core Programs
 Master’s Degree Program
 Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program
• Short-term Study in Japan Program
 Doctoral Degree in Japan Program
 Doctoral Degree in Singapore Program
• Key Support Programs
 Collaborative Research Program
 Field-wise Seminar Program
 Japanese Professors Dispatch
Program
 Short-term Visit to Japan Program
 Short-term Visit within Member
Institutions Program
 Special Equipment Support Program
 Promotional Trip Program
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19 Member Institutions
Vietnam
• Hanoi University of Technology
(HUT)
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Thailand
Brunei
• Institut Teknnologi Brunei Technology (HCMUT)
• Burapha University (BUU)
(ITB/BRU)
• Chulalongkorn University (CU)
• Universiti Brunei Darussalam
• King Mongkut's Institute of
(UBD)
Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL)
Cambodia
• Institute of Technology
of Cambodia (ITC)
Singapore
• Nanyang Technological
University (NTU)
• National University of
Singapore (NUS)
Indonesia
• Gadjah Mada University
(UGM)
• Institut Teknologi Bandung
(ITB/INA)
Lao PDR
• National University of
Laos (NUOL)
Philippines
• De La Salle University (DLSU)
• University of the Philippines
(UP)
Malaysia
• Universiti Sains Malaysia
(USM)
• University of Malaya (UM)
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Myanmar
• University of Yangon (UY)
• Yangon Technological
University (YTU)
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9 Engineering Fields
Country
Indonesia
Malaysia
Host Institutions
Host Programs
Gadjah Mada University
Geological Engineering (GeoE)
Institute Teknologi Bandung
Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineering
(ME/AE)
Material Science/Engineering (MatE)
Universiti Sains Malaysia
University of Malaya
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
De La Salle University
Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
(ManuE)
Chemical Engineering (ChE)
University of the Philippines
Environmental Engineering (EnvE)
Nanyang Technological University
All
National University of Singapore
All
Chulalongkorn University
Civil Engineering (CE)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
(EEE)
Information and Communication
Technology (ICT)
King Mongkut’s Institute of
Technology Ladkrabang
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Milestones
• December 1997: Japan-ASEAN Summit
Concept evolved from an initiative of Mr. R.
Hashimoto
• November 1999: ASEAN-Plus-Three Summit
Support of an ASEAN-wide university network
included as part of OBUCHI-Plans
• April 2001: Establishment of AUN/SEED-Net
Signing of Cooperative Framework by ASEAN
University Network, JICA, ASEAN Foundation and
19 Member Institutions (witnessed by the
representatives of 10 ASEAN countries and Japan)
• March 2003: Launching the Full-Scale
Operation
Signing of Record of Discussions between Thai
authorities and JICA
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