South Valley University (SVU) is in
Egypt and provides teaching and research facilities.
The President of South Valley University is Prof. Dr. Youssuf Gherbawy.
One of the country’s more modern higher education institutions, Egypt’s South Valley University has 16 faculties split between its two campuses in
Qena and
Hurghada. Initially a branch of
Assiut University, SVU was established in 1995.
Qena is a large market town on the River
Nile situated next to the famous Greco-Roman temples of
Dendera. Also on the Nile, Luxor is a long-time tourist hotspot that in large part attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors because of its temples, tombs and location on the site of the ancient capital of
Thebes. Ancient Thebes is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
It has a second campus in the coastal city of
Hurghada, just south of where the
Gulf of Suez meets the
Red Sea. Hurghada is home to the Faculty of Education.
SVU has placed strongly among similar universities in the country in national rankings. Tuition fees are low for domestic and international students alike. More than a quarter of its students are postgraduates.
Other faculties include Arts, Law, Science, Special Education, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Nursing, Engineering, Commerce, Agriculture and Physical Education.
SVU previously owned a campus in the city of Sohag further upstream, but this became a separate institution, Sohag University, in 2006. SVU’s Faculties of Education, Engineering, Arts, Science and Social Work had a presence here.
Postgraduate Studies
The Postgraduate Studies and Research Sector is one of the three components of the University’s technical affairs (Education & Students, Postgraduate Studies and Research, Community Service and Environmental Development). The sector is concerned with all fields related to postgraduate studies (Diploma – Masters – Doctorate – Fellowship), also the scientific research and whatever related to it, such as output, topics, journals, academic promotions, training and motivation for researchers, devices and laboratories. As well as the sector includes university libraries, whether central or those in colleges, university hospitals and museums, borrowing systems, etc.
Community services and environmental affairs
community service and the environmental development. The sector supervises on the centers and the units of special nature and also the university establishments that present the services for the community and the surrounding environment. In addition to that the sector organize symposiums and conferences, that aid to raise the level of the environmental culture, in addition to that the service convoys (medical, veterinary, awareness campaign…)for the direct interaction with the surrounding community.
References
*http://www.svu.edu.eg/en/
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Universities in Egypt
Educational institutions established in 1958
1958 establishments in Egypt
Educational institutions established in 1995
1995 establishments in Egypt