Eight Universities In Egypt Offer 600 Places For Medical Studies

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, May 20 (Bernama) -- Eight universities in Egypt are offering 600 additional places for medical studies to Muslim students from Malaysia in this year's intake.
Malaysian Ambassador to Egypt Datuk Zainal Abidin Ab Kadir Friday said it was a substantial increase from the 50 places offered to Malaysian medical students every year.
"We will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Cairo University on May 22 and organise a similar ceremony in Malaysia with the other universities," he added.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed will be in Cairo on May 21 and 22 for the signing ceremony.
There are currently about 6,000 Malaysian students in Egypt, most of them studying at the Al-Azhar University.
Zainal Abidin said the places at the eight universities would only be offered to government-sponsored students.
He said efforts were also being made to get more students from Egypt to study in Malaysia.