☆ Suez - Ahmed Yahya Jadallah

☆ Al-Ahram newspaper, 5 July 2025 edition

Qualifying the labor market and providing skilled and skilled workers are the most prominent things that the state has focused on during the past period in developing education, especially higher education. Suez Governorate is at the forefront of the governorates that are working to pay attention to the educational system on the one hand and service in the labor market on the other hand. Hence, the interest in establishing Suez National University to be considered a new edifice in the higher education system capable of graduating a generation of youth capable of keeping pace with future developments.

Moreover, 33 majors in 10 new faculties under the umbrella of Suez National University will provide many job opportunities for its young graduates to ensure that they work in prestigious institutions and bodies, including those affiliated with the state and those under the umbrella of the private sector. Dr Ashraf Hnijal, the SU President, added that the planned national university includes many new university majors that keep pace with the labor market and its constantly accelerating developments, such as the Faculty of Physical Therapy, which is one of the vital medical faculties that keeps pace with the global trend towards rehabilitative medicine and non-surgical treatments and provides many job opportunities In government and private hospitals, rehabilitation centers, sports medicine, and others.

Furthermore, regarding petroleum and mining engineering in parallel with the petroleum discoveries of the country during the past period, the university president explained that the faculty offers many specialized programs and relies on the latest technology in the fields of exploration, drilling, production, transportation and processing of oil and gas, as well as new and renewable energy. Hence, the Faculty of Dentistry comes to provide its health services using modern technologies such as 3D radiology, 3D printing of dentures and dental implants. This study integrates clinical and laboratory skills. The Faculty of Science also adds a range of advanced educational programs in mathematics and computer science, microbiology and biochemistry programs, petroleum geology and natural gas programs, as well as biotechnology and molecular programs, according to Dr Ashraf Hnijal, adding that the Faculty of Media and Communication Community offers several programs that keep pace with the rapid development witnessed worldwide in web journalism, interactive media, radio media, digital television, digital public relations, and film production programs.

As well, the SU President pointed out that the new faculties also include the Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, which includes programs in cyber information security and data analysis to keep pace with the Fourth Industrial Revolution, in addition to the College of Languages and Humanities, which provides programs in English and Chinese, and specialized translation.

In addition, the Faculty of Engineering offers unique programs in the field of modern construction, fourth-generation buildings, marine engineering as a logistical requirement, smart electrical power systems, communications, advanced computers, and simulation.

Major General Tarek Hamed Al-Shazly, the Suez Governor, stressed that the student, teacher, and industry represent an interconnected link that must be strengthened, and that he is fully prepared to meet any needs or demands from the university, in a way that contributes to achieving educational and development goals, stressing that making Suez National University a model to be emulated among Egyptian universities in terms of Quality of education and graduation of distinguished students.