Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra Hosts Simulation Visit Team as Part of Preparations for Institutional Accreditation

As part of its preparations for academic accreditation, the Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra welcomed the simulation visit team from the Center for Quality Assurance and Accreditation, during the period of February 1–2, 2026.

The faculty received the visit team with the presence of:

• Prof. Dr. Mohamed Saeed Abdelghaffar – Dean of the Faculty

• Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Suleiman – Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research

• Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Salah – Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs

• Prof. Dr. Islam Nazmy – Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development

• Prof. Dr. Ahmed Attia – Director of the Faculty’s Quality Assurance Unit

  Alongside department heads and standards coordinators.

The visit team was chaired by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Mohamady Ghanem – Director of the Center for Quality Assurance and Accreditation at Benha University, and included a group of expert external reviewers:

• Prof. Dr. Hisham Hamed – Dean of the Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Director of the Quality Assurance Center at the Egyptian Russian University, and reviewer at the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE)

• Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Badran – Professor at Mansoura University and reviewer at NAQAAE

• Prof. Dr. Hamed El-Zaablawy – Director of the Quality Assurance Unit at the Faculty of Agriculture and reviewer at the Quality Assurance Center at Benha University

The committee reviewed documents related to institutional accreditation standards according to the amended 2015 version. They also conducted several meetings and interviews with faculty members, teaching assistants, administrative staff, undergraduate and graduate students, academic and administrative leaders, alumni, and community partners.

The visit included inspections of the faculty buildings, lecture halls, classrooms, laboratories, units, and support resources for teaching and learning, in addition to the Engineering Studies and Consultancy Center, to assess the faculty’s readiness to meet the requirements for academic accreditation.

In this context, Prof. Dr. Mohamed Saeed Abdelghaffar – Dean of the Faculty – expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation to the vice deans, department heads, faculty members, the faculty director, and administrative staff for their dedicated efforts, wishing Shoubra Faculty of Engineering continued success, thanks to the collective dedication of all its members and past and present leadership.