Prof. Dr. Rushdi Zahran, Alexandria University President, recently welcomed, Mr. John Kasn, the British Ambassador in Egypt and Ms. Caroline Alcock, British Consul General in Alexandria in order to support and encourage the cooperation relations between the two sides in various scientific and academic fields
Dr. Rushdi Zahran pointed to the organization of workshops regularly in cooperation with the British Council where British experts participate to benefit from them and transfer their expertise to develop the university. He added that there is an ongoing cooperation between the University of Alexandria and many British universities through scholarships within Newton Mosharafa program in partnership between the Ministry of Higher Education and the British Council to send young researchers to study doctoral in British universities.
The ambassador emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation between the two sides and taking advantage of young people in order to build future cadres. In addition, the Ambassador congratulated the Faculty of Arts on the occasion of winning one of Newton Mosharafa projects in collaboration with Nottingham University in Britain and the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, entitled "The Egyptian Cultural Maritime Heritage Documentation" to preserve Egyptian high historical value marine areas.
Following the visit, which was attended by Prof. Dr. Sediq Abdul Salam, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Prof. Dr. Hisham Jaber, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs and Prof. Dr. Emad Khalil, director of the sunken monuments Centre, Faculty of Arts, Mr. Ambassador went to the Faculty of Arts to visit the virtual reality room and discuss cooperation projects between the two sides during the past ten years