Six months after the French Egyptian Assises for academic and scientific cooperation in April 2025, Dr. Ayman Ashour and Mr. Éric Chevallier hosted the Progress Update event on 15th October, highlighting progress with more than 80 French Egyptian academic projects underway, including around thirty French degree programs in Egypt and feasibility studies in medicine and engineering.

The French University in Egypt, which signed its consortium agreement during the Symposium, has launched new dual-degree programs for 2025 and is developing continuing education programs with the Egyptian business community, while the first cohort of the doctoral scholarship program, co-funded by both sides, will depart for France this year as part of a program funding 100 scholarships over five years.

The event also covered academic and scientific cooperation, including partnership models and French language teaching. The French Ambassador welcomed the scale-up driven by the French President’s visit, describing it as a strategic pillar of bilateral relations and highlighting more than 80 ongoing projects, alongside the “Choose France – Choisissez la France” student fair in Egypt, which gathered over twenty institutions and several thousand visitors, reflecting strong student mobility.