Dr. Ahmed Farag El-Kased, President of Menoufia University, chaired the meeting of the Graduate Studies Council with the participation of deans and vice deans of colleges for graduate studies and members of the online committee, in the presence of Duaa Fahmy, Director General of Cultural Relations, and Mohamed Zidan, Director General of the General Administration of Graduate Studies.
At the beginning of the meeting, Dr. Ahmed El-Kased congratulated the members of the committee and university staff on the occasion of the upcoming celebration of the 48th annual university anniversary, wishing the university more excellence and prosperity in all fields.
Dr. Ahmed El-Kased followed up during the committee the progress of the university and colleges' plan in the field of scientific research and graduate studies in the university's colleges and institutes, stressing the need to overcome the obstacles facing researchers and graduate students and solve the problems of those who are struggling, and follow up on student files. The council also discussed adding new study programs in graduate studies according to the needs of the labor market.
Dr. Ahmed El-Kased explained that the session addressed topics related to the work of the General Administration of Graduate Studies and Cultural Relations, and the committee approved the minutes of the previous session and followed up on the decisions that were implemented. During the meeting, the annual and semi-annual reports of some graduate students registered for master's and doctoral degrees for the previous and current academic year were reviewed, in addition to reviewing the scientific reports submitted by members of scientific missions and scientific reports submitted by faculty members at the university about their attendance at conferences inside and outside the university at Egyptian, Arab and foreign universities.
El-Kased stressed the need to complete the first semester registration cycles while providing all the elements for the progress and success of the educational process and the need to adhere to the approved study plan in addition to submitting scientific clearances according to a specific period presented to the college councils, and the need to inform students of the legal period for obtaining the scientific degree and the need to extend the study period before the expiry of the legal period for registration when necessary.
The university president pointed out that the number of published research papers by the university's faculty members in international journals has reached 28,469 so far, adding that 161 scientific research papers were registered by faculty members during the month of November in the colleges, including 21 individual research papers and 140 joint research papers, in addition to registering 113 scientific theses to obtain master's and doctoral degrees in the university's colleges and institutes, including (78) male and female students for master's degrees and (35) male and female students for doctoral degrees, stressing the importance of scientific research and international publishing and the necessity of visiting published research and encouraging joint scientific research that can be applied to serve society and achieve the state's goals and sustainable development.