European Universities in Egypt

The European Universities in Egypt (Arabic: الجامعات الأوروبية في مصر; Abbreviation: EUE) is a university institution located in the New Administrative Capital, Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Established under Law No. 162/2018^[1][2] governing international branch campuses (IBCs) and university institutions in Egypt,^[3][4] it was formally inaugurated through Ministerial Decree No. 4200/2018^[5] and Presidential Decree No. 86/2021.

The institution forms part of Egypt's Vision 2030 development plan, which emphasizes expanding educational infrastructure through new schools and universities. Founded by Mahmoud Hashem Abdel-Kader, EUE commenced operations in fall 2021, offering courses taught in English.

EUE hosts three British universities:

• The University of London (UoL): Provides programs under academic direction from its member institutions, including The London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE), Goldsmiths, King's College London, and a consortium of six UoL law schools.^[6]
• The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
• The University of East London (UEL)

and therewith European studies and the respective European university degrees^[7] with programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. The institution provides study programs in Economics,^[8] Management, Business, Finance, Politics^[8] / Politics and International Relations,^[9] Computer Science,^[10] Psychology,^[11] Laws,^[12] and several fields of Engineering, including Aerospace Engineering,^[13] as well as, more recently, Architecture.^[14] In 2024^[15][16] the UEL branch was established, providing additional opportunities for studies on the EUE campus, including Marketing and HR Management, Fine Arts, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Sports Therapy, Animation, and Physiotherapy.^[17]

EUE is a 'recognised teaching centre' of UoL and has become an Affiliate of the European University Association (EUA) in 2022.^[18]

The chairman of the Board of Trustees is Mahmoud Hashem Abdel-Kader,^{[19][20][21][22]} former President of the German University in Cairo.

The members of the Board of Trustees include:

• Hossam M. Kamel^[23] (former President^[24] of Cairo University)
• Tamer Elkhorazaty^[25] (Dean of Architecture at the German University in Cairo)
• Yasser Mansour^[26] (former Chairman of the Architecture Department at Ain Shams University)
• Hassan Abdalla (Provost at the University of East London)^[27][28]

The current University and EUE Institutional Upper Management is:

• EUE-UoL Branch President: Reham Abdel-Kader (2025–)^[29][30]
• Acting EUE-UCLan Branch President / Dean: Abuelela Mohamed Abuelnaga^[31][32] (2023–)
• EUE-UEL Branch President: Tarek Hassan Selim (2024–)
• EUE President: Mahmoud Hashem Abdel-Kader (2023–)
• EUE Vice President: Tarek M. Hashem^[33][34] (2022–)

Previous upper management positions were held by the following:

• 1st EUE-UCLan Branch President (2021–2023): Darrell D. Brooks^[35][36] (Senior Lecturer in Physiology at Preston UCLan Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, School Lead for Quality Assurance)
• EUE-UoL Branch Presidents and Deans of LSE:
  • 2019–2022, Hala Abou-Ali^[37] (Full Professor of Economics at Cairo University, Vice President of Research and Postgraduate Studies at the Institute of National Planning)
  • 2023–2025: Sally Khalifa Isaac^[38][39] (Professor of Political Science at Cairo University)
• 1st EUE President (2021–2022): Hilde Spahn-Langguth^[40][41] (former Director of Pharmacy at the de:Institut für medizinische und pharmazeutische Prüfungsfragen and [Full] Professor at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, the German University in Cairo, and the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, among others)