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President of Assiut University Is Back From Malaysia

During his visit to Malaysia, Dr Mostafa M. Kamal signed two agreements: one for cooperation through which Malaysian students pursue their studies at Assiut University, the second provides opportunities for Malaysian investment Assiut Governorate. Dr. Mostafa M. Kamal, President of Assiut University has recently arrived from Malaysia after a short visit within the scientific and cooperation exchange protocol between Assiut University and the Institute for Quran Sciences, Malaysia. Dr Kamal indicated that the visit was basically to pursue what has been achieved between the University and the Malaysian side; being endorsed by the University's hosting a number of 19 Malaysian students who are currently enrolled as students at the Faculty of Dentistry this year. Dr Kamal added that his meetings and discussions with Malaysian officials were very positive since they reached an agreement through which 45 more Malaysian students will be joining the Faculty of Dentistry next December. Dr Kamal also added that they agreed to widen the scope of scientific disciplines and programs for Malaysian students so that they can join Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy in the near future. Besides, the discussions came up with a similar agreement allowing up to 600 Malaysian students from different Malaysian educational institutions to come to the university for durations extending from three to six months to study Arabic and Islamic Studies. Furthermore, two more agreements were signed by the president and the International Islamic University, Malaysia, and the University for Administration and Science. The president assured that his visit included meetings with some investors to encourage them to consider the prospectus investment opportunities in Assiut Governorate. For this purpose, and out of the University's role as partner in its community development, Dr. Kamal has already arranged for a visit to be paid by the Malaysian side to the Governorate to study the possibility of cooperation between Assiut Governorate and Kuala Lumpur Province.