Governing Values

• The universities seek to achieve their mission by emphasizing a set of core values that express their internal identity and give them their distinctive personality:

1. Excellence: To strive to be the best in all that the universities offer in terms of education, research, creative expression and community service, and the use of international professional standards in the design, implementation, management, and evaluation of programs.
2. Innovation: Develop the spirit of innovation, initiative and excellence, and the application of the best global practices in all university activities, while emphasizing fostering creativity and innovation to achieve academic excellence.
3. Integration: Collaboration with other local and regional institutions and international universities through teamwork and the establishment of integrated
4. partnerships, cooperation with the government, and public and private sectors, to meet their needs, hence enforcing the linkage between work, education and learning and building human resource capacities serving the local and regional environment.
5. Quality: Provide high quality programs in accordance with international best practices and international standards for education and learning in the fields of education, research and service.
6. Transparency: A clear strategic plan with practical dimensions that will raise the level of education and learning and produce prestigious research.
7. Self-development: Providing students with an opportunity to engage in a lifestyle that contributes to their personal development and paves the way for them to succeed in dealing with the knowledge society.
8. Respect for values and diversity: Respect for the values and rich heritage of the nation and strive to participate effectively in maintaining it, and treat all individuals on the basis of dignity and justice, and promote the values of respect and understanding of the other, respect traditions and learning from past experience.
9. Social responsibility: Commitment to study the challenges facing Egypt, the region and the world at large, by adapting the scientific potential and creative capabilities to meet these challenges, and harnessing those capabilities towards the welfare of society.
10. Moral and civil responsibility, integrity and transparency: Commitment to the highest moral, and civil responsibility, and commitment to work fairly and transparently to achieve justice and enhance trust, credibility and institutional accountability in the light of global humanitarian ideals.
11. Effectiveness of decision making: Commitment to decisions and plans that are based on evidence and analysis, while adopting effective and efficient systems and procedures.
12. Lifelong Learning: The belief that the search for knowledge, understanding and personal and professional development should last a lifetime and does not stop at a certain age.