News

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar is set to establish the Satellite City Industrialization and Assembly Center sometime this year in cooperation with China, the minster announced on February 16 – the Egyptian Space Day. Read more>

The President of China Xi Jinping has conferred the highest scientific award of China to the famous Pakistani scientist Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman in the Great Peoples Hall in Beijing on 10th January 2020. He is the first scientist of the Muslim world to receive this Award. Currently, Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman is …

Next week Wednesday December 18, 2019 is this year’s World Arabic Language Day (WALD). Also known as the UN Arabic Language Day, the WALD is observed annually on December 18. The day, which was … Read more>

A new course search platform connecting students and school counsellors from the MENA region with universities around the world has been launched by a team of British and Jordanian higher education experts. UNIVER helps students select, apply and enrol in HE institutions across the world. Read more>

While universities in the US and Europe have a strong grip on global rankings, they will do well to avoid becoming complacent. Universities in India, Russia and especially China are making big strides according to the Times Higher Education . Read more>

In a bid to address the growing public misconceptions about science in Nigeria, a network for effective convocation between journalists and scientists, African Literacy Science Network, has been launched in Abuja, Nigeria. Read more>

The Hunan University of Chinese Medicine (HUCM) has decided to establish “Academician Professor Atta-ur-Rahman One Belt and One Road TCM Research Center” at its main campus in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, Peoples Republic of China. The grand opening ceremony of the proposed center will be held on 23-25rd of …

The dream of an Arab space agency is one step closer to becoming a reality, after Saudi Arabia and 10 other countries signed the first pan-Arab agreement on coordinating national exploration programs at the Global Space Congress in Abu Dhabi last week. Read more>

The first pan-Arab organization for space collaboration was formed in the UAE on Tuesday. On the first day of the Global Space Congress in Abu Dhabi, 11 countries signed a charter to establish a new body that seeks develop the region’s space sector. Read more>

Youtube