Under the supervision of Prof. Ahmed El-Minshawy, president of Assiut University, the innovative projects and student creativity unit at the university announced the opening of the application for innovative graduation projects for the academic year 2025, under the supervision of Dr. Ahmed Abdul-Mawla, vice president for education and Student Affairs, Chairman of the board of Directors of the innovative projects and student creativity Unit, Dr. Gamal Abdel Nasser, general supervisor of the unit, engineer Mohamed Hussein, executive supervisor of the unit, and professor Lola Atta, managing director of the unit.

Prof. El-Minshawy explained that the competition aims to strengthen the Egyptian economy by supporting innovative ideas that contribute to the development of local industries, increase their productivity, and increase Egypt's ability to compete globally, and also aims to discover creative students, linking their innovations to the needs of the market and industry, which helps to transform these ideas into realistic projects that contribute to achieving sustainable development, at the economic, social or environmental level, in line with Egypt's Vision 2030.

Dr. Ahmed Abdul Mawla pointed out that the innovative projects and student creativity unit will provide the necessary financial and technical support to transform accepted ideas into viable prototypes, which helps students to implement their projects successfully, and also helps to promote the culture of innovation, encouraging them to provide creative solutions to the problems facing society, with honoring the best ideas at the end of the year.
 
It is worth mentioning that one of the conditions for participation is that the project should not have been previously supported by the Academy of scientific research, or any official body affiliated with the Ministry of higher education, and that the project should provide a solution to one of the problems of society, and that it should be applicable, as the competition includes several stages; to ensure fair evaluation and achieve maximum benefit for participants, until the announcement of the result of the competition (on March 22, 2025), and the winning projects receive financial and technical support; to turn their projects into feasible prototypes.

The deadline for submission is February 27, 2025, by heading to the unit's headquarters, General Administration Building, Ward (B), where each team will submit its project accompanied by a detailed report: paper copy + electronic copy (on CD, flash card or via WhatsApp).

For more details on how to apply, the stages of the competition, and the evaluation mechanisms, visit the link:
https://www.aun.edu.eg/student/ar/stu_innovation/node/34321