Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport

ARAB ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MARITIME TRANSPORT
Established	1972
Type	Regional Organization
President	Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghafar
Location	Alexandria, Egypt
Campus	Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said, Aswan, Latakia (Syria)
Affiliations	IMO
Website	http://www.aast.edu

Establishing the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) as a regional institute for maritime transport started as a notion in the Arab League Transport Committee's meetings on 11 March 1970. This notion came after the Arab League's Council issued, in its fifty third session, decree no. 2631/1970 stipulating the endorsement of founding a regional center for maritime transport training. The decree commissioned the Arab Republic of Egypt, on behalf of all the Arab countries, to ask for a technical aid from the United Nations' organizations specialized in the field of maritime transport.

By the end of 1971, the United Nations delegated a joint committee of its concerned organizations to study the region's need for this project. It highlighted the necessity of founding a regional institute for maritime training and also of providing adequate aid for it. Then, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) approved of funding 3.2 million dollars on the condition that the participant Arab countries contribute a sum of 8.25 million Egyptian pounds during a period of five years. Moreover, after visiting many of the region's countries, the committee chose the city of Alexandria, known for its great cultural legacy, as a location because of its important geographical location, which is in the middle of the whole Arab region, as well as the abundance of the qualified personnel available.

Eventually, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) prepared document number (REM/71L286/01/19) for the project of establishing the Arab Academy for Maritime Transport in Alexandria in cooperation with the International Maritime Consultancy Organization of Governments as an executive agency of the project and the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development as a participant (UNCTAD).

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Colleges

The academy comprises :

• Maritime Transport & Technology : Departments: Alexandria & PortSaid

   - Nautical Department                                     (Alexandria,Portsaid).
   - Marine Engineering Technology Department                (Alexandria,Portsaid).
   - Postgraduate Maritime Studies Department                (Alexandria,Portsaid).

• Engineering & Technology : Established to comprise Ten Departments: Alexandria & Cairo

   - Architectural Engineering                               (Alexandria,Cairo).
   - Basic & Applied Science                                 (Alexandria,Cairo).
   - Computer Engineering                                    (Alexandria,Cairo).
   - Construction & Building Engineering                     (Alexandria,Cairo).
   - Electrical Engineering                                  (Alexandria,Cairo).
   - Electronics & Communication Engineering                 (Alexandria,Cairo).
   - Industrial & Management Engineering                     (Alexandria).
   - Marine Engineering                                      (Alexandria).
   - Mechanical Engineering                                  (Alexandria,Cairo).
   - Engineering higher Studies                              (Alexandria,Cairo).

• Management & Technology: Departments: Alexandria & [Cairo(Dokki), (Heliopolis)

   - Management information system                           (Alexandria). 
   - Marketing & International Business                      (Alexandria).
   - E-commerce                                              (Alexandria).
   - Finance & Accounting and Hotel & Tourism                (Alexandria).

• Computing & Information Technology: Alexandria & Cairo

• Graduate School of Business: Alexandria & Cairo

   - DBA
   - MBA
   - Executive Master of Business Administration
   - Diploma
   - Professional Certificates
   - International Programs
   - Executive Education

• International Transport & Logistics: Alexandria & Cairo

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College of Computing and Information Technology

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Institutes

• Maritime Safety Institute [Alexandria].
• Productivity & Quality Institut [Alexandria].
• Technical & Vocational Institute [Alexandria].
• Institute of International Transport & Logistics [Alexandria & Cairo].
• Port training Institute [Alexandria & PortSaid].
• Institute for Language Studies [Alexandria & Cairo.
• Investment & Finance Institute] Alexandria.
• Arab Institute for Trade & Commodities Exchange] Alexandria.
• Maritime of Upgrading Studies] Alexandria.

Centers

• Project Incubation Center Alexandria.
• Industry Service Center Alexandria.
• Marine Hotel Center 'Alexandria.
• Information and Documentation Center Alexandria.
• Multimedia Center Alexandria.
• Regional informatics Center Alexandria.
• Computer Services Center Alexandria.
• Computer Networks & Data Center Center Alexandria.
• Research & Consultation Center Alexandria & Portsaid].
• Business Development Center Center Alexandria.
• Regional Center for Disaster Risk reduction [Alexandria].
• Arab Center for Transport Study [Alexandria].
• Arab Center for Media [Alexandria].

Deaneries

• International Education Programs Deanery Alexandria.
• Community Service and Continuing Education Alexandria.
• Deanery of Postgraduate Studies Alexandria.
• Deanery of Student Affairs [Alexandria].
• Deanery of Sports [Alexandria].

Complexes

• Integrated Simulators Complex Alexandria & Portsaid.
• International Maritime Organization Compound Alexandria.

Campuses

• Inside the State Country:

   - Alexandria(Main HeadQuarter).
   - Cairo.
   - PortaSaid.
   - SouthValley.

• Outside the State Country:

   - Lattakia.

• Branches Under Construction:

   - Republic of Yemen,
   - Republic of Sudan.

Library

Ever since it was founded in 1972, the Arab Academy for Science & Technology, and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) saved no effort in supporting the educational process. And because academic libraries play a major role in supporting educational activities and enriching the academic life of students and faculty members, AASTMT established a specialized library in order to make use of the information published in different media. Library.

Gallery

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  Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, Abu Qir, Alexandria.

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See also

• Education in Egypt
• Egyptian universities
• List of Egyptian universities
• Colleges and Universities in Alexandria

External links

• AASTMT Official Website
• Ports Training Institute
• League of Arab States
• Computing and Information Technology
• Human Rights Watch: The Repression of Academic Freedom in Egyptian Universities.
• Multimedia Center.
• Madrastyonline Site.
• http://www.mena.eng.vt.edu/
• Egypt: Arab Science and Technology and Maritime College Profile