Nile University - Nile University's Collaboration

Nile University's Collaboration

Nile University has collaborations in the region with:

• Bell Labs
• Miami University (foreign exchange program)

Nile University is offering the first Management of Technology program in the region in cooperation with the University of Minnesota, USA, and according to the guidelines of the International Association of Management of Technology (IAMOT) at the University of Miami, USA.

NU also offers an Executive MBA program in cooperation with IESE Business School - Navarra University, Spain (see section below).

The Communication & Information Technology Program with specialization in Software Engineering is the first of its kind in Egypt and is delivered by professors from USA and Canada. This program offers a unique model of cooperation in the development of software project sponsored by industry partners and in cooperation with the Software Engineering Competence Center (SECC), a partner of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) - Carnegie Mellon University. The Wireless Technologies program is offered in collaboration with Ohio State University.

• IESE Business School

One of the first international universities to collaborate with NU is Navarre University of Barcelona-Spain through its IESE Business School. IESE was

founded in 1958 in as the graduate business school of the University of Navarra. Its focus has been on executive education aimed at experienced business leaders.

The school launched its MBA program in 1964, under the guidance of an advisory committee set up by Harvard Business School and IESE. Partner schools have included Harvard Business School, Stanford, MIT Sloan School of Management and the University of Michigan Business School. It has become a player in offering customized programs for executives.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between MCIT and IESE for academic collaboration with NU. In light of this MOU, IESE helps in the design of the academic curricula, provide Ph.D. fellowships for faculty development, advice on the institutional development of the business school, in addition to offering executive programs.

NU has been interacting with universities to discuss possible collaboration in academic as well as in research programs. NU currently has signed collaboration agreements and memoranda of understanding with the following institutions:

• Center for the Development of Technological Leadership – University of Minnesota - USA.
• College of Engineering - University of Miami-USA.
• Northwestern University- USA
• Ohio State University - USA.
• The Henri Samueli School of Engineering – University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) - USA.
• Imperial College – London UK.
• University of Waterloo – Canada.
• Information & Communication University – South Korea.
• Seoul National University - South Korea.