Deraya University

Deraya was established in 2010 through Presidential decree number 91. It is supervised and regulated by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education. Governmental oversight is provided through the Council of Private Universities which is chaired by the minister. Deraya has also obtained affiliate status with the American Association of Liberal Education. Deraya also plans to seek further accreditation from relevant international bodies. This will ensure that Deraya meets internationally recognized benchmarks related to academic content, on-going monitoring and assessments, faculty credentials, as well as financial health. Deraya’s team of expert consultants in Egypt and established international universities are spearheading this effort. The aim of such an accreditation is to facilitate cooperation between Deraya and established international universities in areas including: student exchange, faculty training, curriculum development, research and faculty twinning. The University has a remarkable research profile, and according to SCOPUS, the university reserachers have published about 1000 reserach and review articles in high-impact facotor, peer-reviewed jounrlas in the past years, which ranks Deraya University among the most productive Egyptian universities in terms of reserach. And for this aim, Deraya University has signed several cooperation agreements with notable American Universities, including University of Iowa, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and University of Texas Medical branch at Galveston. These agreements aim to exchange students and faculty members, collaborate in research, and improve teaching and learning methodologies. Mutaual collaboration activities have already been carreid out with other universities like the University of Rhode Island, Faculty members from American institutes visit Dreaya to give lectures and provide traning to students and instructors.