Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University/Arab Academy for Science and Technology
Country:
Egypt
Award Date:
2004
Award Amount:
$99,986.00
Cost Share:
$52,633.00
Other Funds:
$35,100.00
Other Partners:
UNESCO
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT), in collaboration with the Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), is establishing a resident graduate degree program in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) that will help Egypt and other Middle East and North African countries meet the demand for qualified ICT faculty. In support of the resident degree program, the partnership is developing a faculty sabbatical program that will send six Egyptian ICT faculty to a faculty development program at VT, with a focus on instruction, research and advising.