Overview

Government of China provides 364 Chinese Government Scholarships to Egyptian students for the 2019/2020 academic year

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•EgyptDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EgyptSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2019

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Egypt

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education

Loan desecription

Government of China provides 364 Chinese Government Scholarships to Egyptian students for the 2019/2020 academic year

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On August 28, 2019, the Chinese Embassy in Egypt held a reception to bid farewell to 364 Egyptian students who will study in China after receiving 2019 Chinese Government(-funded) Scholarships. The students will study agriculture, machinery, aerospace, Chinese, life sciences, marine science, engineering construction, computer applications and other disciplines in universities in China. According to the Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, 157 of the Egyptian students were provided scholarships through joint cooperation between the Chinese Embassy and the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education.

Staff comments

While the Chinese Embassy has specified that the scholarships are for study in China, financial information on the scholarships is unavailable from either media or official sources (i.e. tuition costs, transportation, etc).