Virginia Tech is launching a new graduate program in Egypt to serve the Middle East and North Africa region.

The program is hosted by the Arab Academy for Science and Technology in its Cairo Campus.

The program is supported by UNESCO.

Degrees offered: M.S. and Ph.D. in:

Electrical (Communication) Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science.

Click here to view Program Details pps file.

Click to view Program summary in English and in Arabic.

Click to view Answers to frequently asked questions

To Apply - Please carefully follow the procedures outlined below:

Complete the online application form: http://www.grads.vt.edu/admissions/applying/index.html

All requested documents must be submitted by the deadline:

Original certified transcripts to be mailed (showing courses and grades)

TOEFL and GRE score reports

Reference letters

Incomplete Applications will not be processed

Choose the "Blacksburg Campus" on the application form

email your name and the transaction ID # (VTGI.....) to VTMENA@aast.edu with a copy to VTMENA@vt.edu

write "VT-MENA" in the subject line of your email

Do not send or email CVs or resumes

Contact in Egypt:

Dr. Yasser Hanafy, VTMENA@aast.edu

MENA-Resident Director, VT-MENA Program

Dean, College of Computing

Arab Academy for Science and Technology

P.O. Box 1029

Abou Qir, Alexandria, Egypt

Contact in USA:

Dr. Sedki Riad, VTMENA@vt.edu

Director, VT-MENA Program

Director of International Programs, College of Engineering

Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

302 Whittemore Hall
Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061-0111, USA

Phone: +1 (540) 231-4463

Fax: +1 (540) 231-3362

VT-MENA Building
in the AAST Cairo Campus behind Sherton Heliopolis

In Alexandria, VT-MENA is hosted in the
College of Computing
in the AAST Abu-Qir Campus