Belarus and Egypt are planning to sign an intergovernmental executive program in higher and postgraduate education, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Egypt Sergei Terentiev said in an interview with BelTA.
The ambassador spoke about the Belarus-Egypt relations in education. Thus, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of Egypt signed a cooperation agreement to implement five joint research projects in crop farming, nanomaterials, molecular genetics and metallurgical science.
Belarus also invited Egypt to implement projects in e-government, digital transformation, computer games and training of IT personnel. Last year Belarus issued, for the first time, educational grants to citizens of Egypt for the bachelor and master's degree programs in Belarus.
The diplomat noted that some Belarusian universities signed agreements on cooperation with Egyptian colleagues. Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) and Tabbin Institute for Metallurgical Studies are working to set up a joint engineering department.
Currently the parties are working to arrange a visit of the minister of higher education and scientific research of Egypt to Belarus in 2020.
