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❑ Preparing students, who will later on serve the local National Significance of IBCU
National Significance of IBCU community, face current and expected problems at the 2- Scientific Research
1- Education national level through establishing different programs
so as to bridge the present gap between education
outcomes and the labor market. ❑ Linking the applications of knowledge and innovation
❑ Internationalization is a key objective in the higher ❑ Preparing students for the international work outputs to the country’s priorities through selecting
education action plan according to Egypt’s Vision 2030. environment; the fact that will help them later on after research projects and excellence centers that coincide with
graduation to find job opportunities in the international Egypt’s priorities action plan to solve sustainability issues. ❑ IBCU considers scientific research a main funding source in
❑ Providing high-quality education and training to everyone labor market. Thus, this will in turn decrease Moreover, IBCU seeks to support the country’s action plan higher education entities to ensure the sustainability of
and without discrimination in an efficient, fair, unemployment rates, increase job opportunities in by having research staff in different scientific fields; this will research centers and to help alleviate the country’s
sustainable and flexible institutional system through Egypt, and contribute, directly and indirectly, to the link innovation and knowledge to the national objectives responsibility for supporting research in universities. This will
programs, created through international and regional increase in the national income. and challenges. This will be carried out through establishing be an added value to the world economy.
partnerships with accredited institutions. This ensures interdisciplinary research centers that serve Egypt’s
the improvement of the quality of education and ❑ Adopting a set of governing values that supports work priorities and its Vision 2030 in the fields of: energy, water,
constant competitiveness in international education ethics, innovation, pluralism and diversity, responsibility health, agriculture, food, environment, technological
reports, in accordance with the international systems of and respecting differences, while maintaining one’s applications, future sciences, strategic industries,
university education and with Egypt’s Vision 2030. own identity. Therefore, cultural change is a key education, national security, tourism, media, marketing and
component in the strategic action plan of IBCU because investment.
❑ Linking academic programs to top local, regional and real change depends on changing man by building ❑ Overcoming problems that are triggered by the traditional
international entities through creating partnerships. The his/her personality. Such a change requires an structure of research institutions by creating research work
programs that have been approved of and developed by integrated work environment that supports the value of teams and excellence centers based on environmental
IBCU depend on competitiveness to ensure that students change. research. This will help create knowledge and make use of
receive technical, professional and technology training, ❑ Reinforcing political, economic and cultural relations it and maximize the benefit from the intellectual capital.
to prepare them for the current work environment. This with various countries, supporting the soft power of ❑ Creating an infrastructure that supports scientific research
can be achieved through the creation of an educational Egyptian politics both regionally and internationally. It is and innovation by benefitting from the available financial
system which is based on entrepreneurship (Enterprise expected that graduates of IBCU programs will one day resources for scientific research, and by outsourcing and
Education), which depends on merging training with become unofficial ambassadors. finding new resources.
education when preparing and delivering curricula, and ❑ Increasing the world university ranking of CU by
having cooperation between the teaching and ❑ It is expected that IBCU programs will attract encouraging international publications in highly ranked
professional staff in all relevant specialties to help international students which will increase academic journals, supporting scientific research, drafting a long-
prepare students for any problems and practices in real exchange opportunities, help in learning about other term research action plan, and supporting research work
work environment or simulation models. cultures and in creating an international learning teams to increase and improve research.
environment, in addition to attracting tourists,
represented in the students’ families.
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