Program Description

Recent studies place Egypt among the countries with the highest potential growth in the communication and information technology industry and foresee that the CIT industry could become one of the main contributors in Egypt’s economy in the decades to come. One of the challenges however, is the number of qualified technical professionals that would lead this effort and build the base for this promising industry. The program aims at producing technically astute graduates with solid managerial, leadership, and communications skills, prepared for future roles as leaders in the CIT industry.

Local/ International Partners

International partners include a group of world renowned institutions from well recognized universities in USA, Canada and Europe.

Who Should Attend

Fresh graduates with demonstrated potential to conduct cutting edge research in the area or the desire to broaden their knowledge in CIT, and technical staff of CIT companies. Sectors benefiting from the program include companies, and organization developing or using communication and information technologies.

Program Outcomes

Graduates will have the vision and the knowledge to provide innovation and technical leadership in CIT. They will also be capable of leading the region in this area of competing at the international level. In addition, graduates will have the skills to become world-class researchers who can make fundamental contributions in the field of CIT.

Faculty

The program faculty consists of some of the best recognized educators in the world from NU and partner universities.

Curriculum

Students are expected to finish the degree in 4 semesters, 9 credit hours each. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded education. Curriculum details are shown below.

Master’s in CIT – Informatics Track Core Courses*

Important Links

• To apply to this program go to Admissions