Egypt Higher Education Minister reviews 2026/2027 university coordination report

Egypt's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Abdel Aziz Qansoua, reviewed a report regarding the activities of the Coordination Office for the 2026/2027 academic year. The report, presented by Dr. Ahmed El-Gioushy, head of the Education Sector and supervisor of the Coordination Office, detailed the processing of 1,130,167 students from various educational backgrounds.

The breakdown of students includes 815,000 from general secondary education across three stages, 285,000 from technical diplomas, 20,000 from equivalent Arab and foreign certificates, 8,000 from Al-Azhar secondary education, and 2,167 from STEM and Nile schools. The office also managed the calculation of equivalent scores for approximately 15,000 students holding foreign certificates.

Regarding the reduction of alienation (geographical relocation requests), the report noted that 118,741 general secondary students were successful out of 221,292 applicants (53.7%). For technical diploma students, 54,986 were successful out of 87,651 applicants (62.7%). Additionally, 1,348 students with equivalent certificates and 398 STEM/Nile school students were granted relocation requests.