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Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology

university in Alexandria, Egypt

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Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ4115744 ↗
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Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST, Arabic: الجامعة المصرية اليابانية للعلوم والتكنولوجيا Al-Gāmi`ah al-Miṣriyyah al-Yabāniyyah lil-`Ulūm wal-Tiknūlūjiyā, Japanese: エジプト日本科学技術大学 Ejiputo Nihon Kagaku Gijutsu Daigaku) is an Egyptian research university with a Japanese partnership, established by Presidential Decree No. 149 of 2009 as a university based on scientific research and diversified education.

By strengthening ties and cooperation between Egyptian and Japanese academic institutions, as well as industrial companies, E-JUST conducts state-of-the-art research with the application of Japanese educational standards, policies and systems, and uses the latest Japanese technologies and systems in its teaching and research.

The Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) is located in New Borg El Arab city in Alexandria Governorate. The city was chosen as one of the major industrial areas in Egypt, which contains five diverse industrial zones, has more than 1,300 industrial and production facilities, and attracts a large number of international investments; The temporary headquarters of the university and the university housing are currently located in the third district of New Borg El Arab city until it is moved to its new headquarters in the universities area on an area of 200 acres, once all the construction, laboratories and infrastructure of the university, which is estimated at a cost of about 3.75 billion Egyptian pounds, was inaugurated. The first phase of it is in September 2020.

Objectives

The Egyptian-Japanese University was established to achieve several objectives, the most important of which are:

Establishing a new model for a pioneering Egyptian university based on the effective partnership between Egypt and Japan.

Follow the Japanese model of innovative education based on scientific research, practical application and problem-solving methodology.

To be a first-class research university according to international standards (40% of its students are from graduate studies and advanced research)

It contains several Centers of Excellence based on the elements of innovation and creativity and embodying the new model of universities in the twenty-first century.

The methods of competition with the world's major universities are based on advanced education and scientific research.

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“Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology” enters the record as university in Alexandria, Egypt. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Egypt-Japan, University and Science can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2010. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Egypt-Japan, University and Science.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4115744. Authority coordinates are 30.860, 29.564. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009 and 2020.

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