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Sustainability: 1) Institutional & Policy Levels
The involvement of the Egyptian supreme council of universities,
Ministry of Higher Education as well as well-known universities will
ensure the institutional sustainability of the developed master program.
The supreme council of universities will accredit GIEP. Adapting the
program to the bylaws of the involved universities will ensure its
sustainability. These actions will make the program an integral part of
the offered university programs. 2) Financial Sustainability and source of funding are A:
University Budget
Once the program is approved and accredited by the supreme council of
universities as a "special post-graduate program", the university will
allocated the necessary budget for running it. Considering that the
university professors and all the administration teams are paid from the
university budget, the need for additional funding is necessary to cover
the over-time, maintenance of equipment and other running costs related
to GIEP. B:
Students’ Fees
The GIEP has the potential to self-sustain because
"special post-
graduate programs" are allowed to take fees (about 1500
Euro/Year/Student). These types of programs are encouraged by the
Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education. The model has been proved to be
successful in Egypt over the last 10 years. Assuming the program will
receive 30 students to cover about 45,000 Euro/year/university. The
consortium will try to get from the private sector scholarships for all
qualified students applying for GIEP. |