Under the patronage of His Excellency Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Manshaoui, President of Assiut University, Prof. Dr. Mansour Kabash, President of Sphinx University, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdel Mawla, Vice President of Assiut University for Education and Student Affairs, and Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Sheiha - Vice President of Sphinx University, a discussion was held at the office of Prof. Gihan Nabil Hassan Fetih- Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, on the terms of a joint protocol for training pharmacists who graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Sphinx University, at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, within the framework of the compulsory training year (internship). The meeting was attended by Prof. Mahmoud Mohamed Sheiha, Vice President of Sphinx University, Prof. Alaa Arafat Hayallah, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Sphinx University, and Prof. Hassan Refaat Hassan, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy for Education and Student Affairs, Assiut University.

This cooperation stems from the role entrusted to the Faculty of Pharmacy at Assiut University, the oldest faculty in Upper Egypt, in serving the surrounding community and in light of the approval of the Higher Training Committee of the Supreme Council of Universities for the Faculty of Pharmacy at Assiut University, among four faculties nationwide, to offer elective courses to graduates of other faculties of pharmacy.

This took place on Thursday, October 2, 2025.