Uzbekistan welcomes Egyptian universities to open branches on its soil

CAIRO – 14 May 2024: Uzbek Minister of Higher Education, Sciences and Innovation Kungirotboy Sharipov expressed interest in collaborating with the Egyptian universities in the fields of medicine, agriculture, chemistry, engineering, technology, engineering, information technology, artificial intelligence, water management, and energy.

The minister said that Egyptian universities were welcomed to open branches in Uzbekistan, and that his country was considering teaching the Arabic language and literature at Uzbek establishments.

Minister Sharipov's statements came during a meeting with Egyptian Ambassador to Tashkent Amira Fahmy to discuss building upon the existing cooperation taking the form of the flow of Egyptian students to Uzbek universities. That is in addition to the work of visiting professors from Egyptian universities at Uzbek counterparts.