Females compose almost half of ICT students in Egypt, quarter of those specialized in cybersecurity

CAIRO – 11 May 2023: President of Egypt University of Informatics (EUI) Rim Bahgat stated Thursday that females currently compose almost half of the students majoring in ICT, and 20-25 percent of those whose concentration is cybersecurity.

Bahgat underlined the role of firms operating in the sector in the delivery of the training necessary for the educational process of students. She noted that the EUI consists of four schools that are engineering, computer science, business technology, and digital arts and designs.

Those offer 16 programmes, including artificial intelligence, information science, cybersecurity, electronics, telecommunication, business analysis and digital marketing, animation arts, user experience, and designing electronic games.