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Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) – P.O.Box 197, New Borg ElArab City, Posta Code 21934, Alexandria, Egypt Tel: 002-03-4599802 Fax: 002-03-4599805 Email:[email protected] Website: www.ejust.edu.eg

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Basic and Applied Science Institute Graduate Programs Admission

Guidelines for Fall 2020 Semester – National Admission

Table of Contents Basic and Applied Science Institute Graduate Programs Admission Guidelines for Fall 2020 Semester –

National Admission ....................................................................................................................................... 1

Awarded Degrees: ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Study Duration: ......................................................................................................................................... 3

Admission Requirements: ......................................................................................................................... 4

1-Age ..................................................................................................................................................... 4

2- Educational Background and Records .............................................................................................. 4

3-Language (English) Proficiency .......................................................................................................... 4

4- Academic Background for Each Program ......................................................................................... 5

5. E-JUST Entrance Examination/ Interview .......................................................................................... 7

Selection Procedures: ............................................................................................................................... 8

Submission of Application Form: .......................................................................................................... 8

Document Screening: ............................................................................................................................ 8

Entrance Exams and Interview: ............................................................................................................ 8

Admission Result Release: .................................................................................................................... 8

Registration: .......................................................................................................................................... 8

Entrance Examination ............................................................................................................................... 9

The first part is general Exam: .............................................................................................................. 9

The second part (Subject Exam): .......................................................................................................... 9

Personal Interview and Research Proposal Presentation ....................................................................... 11

E-JUST Research Areas and Topics .......................................................................................................... 13

Nanoscience ........................................................................................................................................ 13

Biotechnology ..................................................................................................................................... 13

Applied and Computational Mathematics .......................................................................................... 13

Energy Materials ................................................................................................................................. 13

Documents Required for Application ..................................................................................................... 14

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General Guidelines .................................................................................................................................. 15

Scholarships Terms and Conditions ........................................................................................................ 16

MoHE Scholarship (Governmental Scholarship): ................................................................................ 16

Teaching Assistant (TA) E-JUST Scholarship: ....................................................................................... 16

Study System ........................................................................................................................................... 17

Preparatory Courses: .............................................................................................................................. 17





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Awarded Degrees: Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology offers opportunities of advanced study and

academic research to Graduate students. The programs involve Master’s and Doctoral courses

leading to the corresponding degrees (M.Sc. and Ph.D.).

Accepted applicants to the programs will be enrolled in the next fall 2020 semester, which will

begin on October, 17 2020. Lectures and instructions for research are given generally in English.

Study Duration: The maximum period to complete the Master program study and obtain the MSc degree is three

academic years. However, the student can be graduated and obtain the MSc degree after two

years from the enrollment if he/she can finish all the graduation requirements in these two

years.

The maximum period to complete the PhD program study and obtain the PhD degree is five

academic years. However, the student can graduate and obtain the PhD degree after three years

from the enrollment if he/she can finish all the graduation requirements in this period.





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Admission Requirements:

Condition Requirements

1-Age For MoHE Scholarship only: Applicants should be under 30 years for MSc applicants and 35 for PhD applicants on Sep. 1, 2020

2- Educational Background and Records

M.Sc. applicants should have a very good academic record in the

related undergraduate program’s major and hold a Bachelor

Degree in Science or equivalent, in the field of specialization with

a GPA of at least 2.5 (Grade C+) or a percentage record of ≥ 75 %

is required.

PhD applicant should have M.Sc. (thesis-based) degrees in Science

or equivalent, related to his proposed research topic, with a

distinguish academic record in the related undergraduate

program’s major.

3-Language (English) Proficiency

Admission Requirement: TOEFL iBT 79 or Academic IELTS: 6.5.

The Language certificate should be valid on the date of the application of the applicant. Applicants with TOFEL iBT score less than 79 but greater than or equal to 65 or Academic IELTS less than 6.5 but greater than or equal to 5.5 can be provisionally accepted. Those provisionally accepted students must register for English language course offered within the preparatory courses and should satisfy the English language requirements (TOFEL iBT score of at least 79 or Academic IELTS 6.5) within the first year from his/her admission; otherwise the student enrollment will be terminated.





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4- Academic Background for Each Program

Program The students’ academic background should be:

Nanoscience (NAN) The students’ academic background should be:

Science background with specialization in:

Special Chemistry

Chemistry major with any other subject (minor)

Materials Science

Biochemistry and Biophysics

Physics

Other related fields

Biotechnology The students’ academic background should be Science background

or equivalent in the field of specialization in:

Microbiology

Biochemistry

Biophysics

Biological sciences including botany, zoology and entomology

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry

Applied and

Computational

Mathematics (ACM)

The students’ academic background should be:

Science with specialization in Mathematics

Engineering with mathematics background

Computer science


Energy Materials (EMA) The students’ academic background should be Science background

with specialization in:

Special Physics

Physics-major and Chemistry-minor

Materials Science

Biophysics

Energy materials for space applications






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Important Note:

Students holding bachelor degrees in certain specializations and want to do hi/hers MSc

study in another relevant specialization may be asked to pass successfully

complementary courses from the undergraduate courses list up to 12 credit hours, as

recommended by the academic advisor through the Department Council and approved

by the School Council, before registration for the program.

The Complementary courses credits are not counted in the credit hours’ requirements of

the MSc and PhD courses.

The complementary courses are selected from the level 300/400 of the E-JUST

undergraduate courses. In this case the admission of the student is accepted under

provision.

The provision is released after passing the complementary courses. The credit hours of

the complementary courses are not counted in the M.Sc. course-work requirements.





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Admission Entrance Examination and Interview consists of two parts:

1- Written Examination (General Exam + Subject Exam)

2- Interview (Personal and Academic Interview)

Applicants must pass successfully E-JUST both written examinations (General and Subject)

and interview; the applicant minimum acceptance percentage of the total evaluation

(written Exams + Interview) is 60%.

The percentages of total evaluation (Written Exams+ Interview) would be distributes as

follows:

For M.Sc. Applicants: Written exams with a weight of 70% and interview with a weight of 30% of the total evaluation.

For Ph.D. Applicants: Written exams with a weight of 30% and interview with a weight of 70% of the total evaluation.

1- Written Examination

Measures analytical skills, intellectuals skills and professional skills and it consists

of two parts:

The first part is general with a weight of 40% of total written examination marks.

Applicant with GRE score of 148 in quantitative reasoning and GRE score of 4 in analytical writing will not be required to enter the general exam by submitting the original certificate of the GRE before the general examination; otherwise the applicant has to enter the General Examination (The GRE certificate should be valid on the date of the application of the applicant).

The second part (Subject Exam) is related to the student specialization with

a weight of 60% of total written examination marks.

Each exam will be carried out independently for one-hour duration.

Applicants are not allowed to enter the exam class room after half time of

the first exam period.

Applicants are not allowed to leave the exam before half time of the exam

period.

2- Interview (Personal and Academic Interview)

Includes research proposal presentation and discussion and must measure

professional skills, specialization knowledge and IT skills, and teamwork skills.

The applicant minimum acceptance percentage in each part (General Exam, Subject Exam

and Interview) is 50%.





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Selection Procedures: Submission of Application Form: Required documents' submission including selection of three

research topics in one department prioritized by the applicant. The applicant is recommended to

select one-to-three topics from only one research track of his/her interest and/or related to

his/her experience. The council asserts that this recommendation is by no means an obligation to

the applicant Applicants from governmental universities should submit official agreements of the

related academic departments.

Document Screening: E-JUST internal work including documents classification and analyses for

inviting applicants for entrance exam and interviews.

Entrance Exams and Interview: including presentation of research proposals.

Admission Result Release: after analyzing entrance exam and interviews results.

Registration: after submission of all required original documents, applicant is academically

accepted as E-JUST student.

# Process Due date

1 Application Submission Sun, March 8 - Sat, April 11, 2020

2 Primary screening Announcement Thu, May 7, 2020

3 Written Examination Sun, Aug. 16– Wednesday, Aug 19, 2020

4 Interviews Will be announced later

5 Final Result Announcement Monday, June 22, 2020

6 Deadline to Submit the Admission

Requirements Thursday, Sep 17, 2020

7 Orientation Will be announced later

8 Start of Fall 2020 Lectures Sunday, Oct. 17, 2020





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Entrance Examination Students are required to pass successfully an entrance examination that focuses on the students’

academic background in the related program and on their analytical abilities.

Entrance exam will include two parts, one hour each. The first part is a general graduate

examination and the second is a technical examination.

The first part is general Exam:

The general examination part (one hour exam) will mainly focus on assessing the student's

creativity required for him/her to make a transition to being a distinguished independent

researcher; the exam would include both multiple-choice and essay writing questions to access

the student's ability to think outside of the box (lateral thinking), how well he/she can analyse

ideas (mainly analytical and mathematical ability), and finally how practical he/she is to

transform ideas into research/artefacts (logical reasoning and scientific arguing abilities).

The second part (Subject Exam):

The technical examination part (one-hour exam) assess the student's basic scientific

background in the following specialization for each department as follows:

1- Nanoscience Entrance Exam:

General Chemistry

Materials physics and chemistry

Materials Analysis

Macromolecules and Their Composites

Spectroscopy

2- Biotechnology Entrance Exam:

Biochemistry

Cell biology

Molecular biology

Genetics

Drug Design

Advanced organic chemistry of drug synthesis.





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3- Applied and Computational Mathematics Entrance Exam:

Differential Equations (ODEs and PEDs)

Numerical Analysis.

Probability and statistics

Fractional Calculus.

Linear Algebra.

4- Energy Materials Entrance Exam:

General Physics

Semiconductors

Physical Electronics

Quantum Mechanics

Electronics and Electrical Circuits





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Personal Interview and Research Proposal Presentation Personal Interview and Research Proposal Presentation Assessment Criteria

For M.Sc. candidates:

1. Research ability and potential

Knowledge of basics principles in the field

Potential for conducting independent experiments/surveys

2. Presentation skills

Originality of the presentation (Percentage taken from web sites, borrowed material)

Logic and clearness to expose ideas (looking to audience)

Answering questions logic, and consistently

Clear and concise spoken English

3. Personal Character

Motivation and neatness

4. Awards and publication

Awards

For PhD candidates:

1. Research ability and potential

Experience in conducting independent experiments/surveys

Knowledge of the basics and advances in the major field

Capability to develop research tools (programming, software)

Clear plan & strategy

2. Presentation skills

Originality of the presentation (Percentage taken from web sites, borrowed material)

Clear and concise spoken English

3. Publications

Peer review journal (International)

Conference Proc.

4. Personal Character

Team work capability (tracked cooperation)

Studying abroad (exchange program)

Motivation and neatness

The candidate conducts a 15-minute presentation by PPT (Power Point Presentation) for

his/her research proposal in front of an evaluation committee. The presentation is followed by





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15-minute discussion with the candidate to evaluate the main points given in the research

proposal and to evaluate the candidate’s research potential.

Applicants are required to provide a copy of the research proposal report and a “six slides per

page” handout on a white background for the Power Point presentation





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E-JUST Research Areas and Topics

Nanoscience

Graphene/-based materials for flexible and wearable electronics (Flexible energy harvesting devices: piezoelectric Nano generator-Nano biosensors- Mechanical sensors- Gas sensors- capacitive touch sensors, Temperature sensors-IR detection sensors).

Mesoporous materials and their application in sensors, catalysis, adsorbents and drug delivery, etc.

Bulk and thin film materials for energy storage (supercapacitors, Batteries), Energy generation (H2 generation) and conversion (thermoelectric devices)

Nanostructured conducting polymers and their application in sensors, Catalysis, photocatalysis, nanocoating, drug delivery, super adsorbents, etc.

Carbon-based nanostructures for optical, industrial, and medical application.

Solar energy conversion into chemical energy (solar cells, solar fuels, etc).

Nanostructured coating for corrosion protection and thermal management.

Biotechnology

Medical / Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: diagnostics; therapeutics.

Microbiological Biotechnology: Host – pathogen interface, bio-active products

Agricultural Biotechnology: Microbiology, pest / disease control; GMO`s.

Medicinal Chemistry: Drug Design, development and delivery.

Active pharmaceutical ingredients: synthesis, formulation and scale up.

Applied and Computational Mathematics

Computational methods for ordinary, fractional and partial differential equations.

Stochastic modelling.

Dynamical systems.

Quantum computing.

Fractional Calculus and applications.

Optimization.

Applications of numerical methods to science and engineering.

Energy Materials

Quantum nanostructures for optoelectronics, Thermoelectricity and Energy application.

Quantum Dots for solar cells, photoenergy & Medical Therapy.

Characterization for novel semiconductors materials in space missions.

Impact of radiation in space environment.





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Documents Required for Application Applicants must submit the following documents (SCANNED Copies) that should be attached to

the Online Application Form:

No. Documents

1 Affiliated Faculty

Nomination Letter

Attach the affiliated faculty/research center approval to apply for

E-JUST scholarship( for MoHE applicants only)

2 Application Form Attach a scanned copy of the signed application form

3 Statement of Purpose Attach a Statement of your reasons for applying for E-JUST

4 Updated Job Status

Updated Job status including First Hiring date as a

demonstrator( for MoHE applicants only)

5 BSc and MSc

Certificate(s) – In English

For MSc applicants: Attach the BSc certificate

For PhD applicants: Attach BSc and MSc certificates.

6 BSc and MSc

Transcript(s) – In English

For MSc applicants: Attach the BSc Transcripts.

For PhD applicants: Attach BSc and MSc Transcripts.

7 MSc Summary – In

English For PhD applicants: Attach the MSc summary in English.

8 Three Letters of

Recommendation

Attach three letters of recommendation from professors or ex-

advisors in the applicant’s affiliating university/academic

institution

9 International TOFEL

score or Academic IELTS

Provisional Students: Attach the International TOEFL score 65, or

Academic ILETS 5.5

Full Time Students: Attach the International TOEFL score 79, or

Academic ILETS 6.5

10 Personal photograph

Attach one personal photograph (size 4×6 cm, upper half of body,

full-faced, hatless) taken within the past 6 months.

11 Military Certificate. Attach the Military certificate (needed during registration)

12 National ID card Attach the national ID card and passport if available.

13 Marriage Certificate For married applicants: Attach the marriage certificate

14 Children Birth

Certificates For Married applicants: Attach the children birth certificates.





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General Guidelines 1- The maximum period that applicant might be put on the waiting list is one year only (two

semesters); and two years (four semesters) for private applicants who fulfilled all the

admission requirements but have no financial fund

(Note: the waiting list period does not include the semester the applicant applied for).

2- If the accepted applicant for M.Sc. degree requested to transfer his application from

M.Sc. to Ph.D. after passing M.Sc. entrance examination, technical and personal

interview, he/she should reapply on the website by filling new application then pass all

the admission procedures for the Ph.D. degree.

3- If any applicant would like to transfer from a department to another during the interview;

the applicant should fill and sign a “Transfer Form” to the admission office approved by

the dean of the school and the chairperson of the department he/she wishes to transfer

from and the dean of the school and the chairperson of the department he/she wishes to

transfer to, in addition the applicant should obtain the subject exam of the new

department.

4- If any applicant would like to transfer from department to another after being accepted

and admitted in that department, the applicant should reapply from the beginning by

filling a new application and go through all the admission procedures.

5- If any student would like to postpone his/her enrolment, the deadline is the second week

from the beginning of the semester, otherwise he/she is considered as withdraw and/she

he should re-apply from the beginning.





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Scholarships Terms and Conditions

Scholarships are full-time scholarships; this means that E-JUST students are fully devoting to their study and research in E-JUST and are not allowed to work elsewhere during their scholarships’ period.

The scholarship’s support is dependent upon the student good standing with the E-JUST graduate program in which he/she is registered.

An evaluation progress report will be sent semi-annually to the sponsor reporting about the student’s study level, including the student transcript, academic advisor report, and the updated student research situation.

MoHE Scholarship (Governmental Scholarship):

The scholarships are mainly supported by the Ministry of Higher Education of Egypt

(MoHE) which are available for teaching assistants and research assistants from

governmental universities and governmental research institutions, based on transparent

selection procedure.

The scholarship’s term is the period necessary to complete the degree requirements in E-JUST, which should be within five years for the M.Sc. & PhD degrees preceded by a one-time research period between 6 months (one academic semester) to one year. for the PhD degree the scholarship term is three years preceded by a one-time research period between 3 months to one year. The research period is determined based on the applicant’s performance at the entrance exams & specialization.

Teaching Assistant (TA) E-JUST Scholarship:

This scholarship has two facets, one is to be tutor/instructor for the undergraduate students in engineering education, and the second is to study Master of Science or PhD in engineering / basic and applied sciences.

Applicant should have at least Bachelor degree or Master of Science in related disciplines.

Applicants with bachelor degree, their grades should not be less than very good or cumulative GPA above ≥ 3.

Applicants must fulfil the admission language requirement which is TOEFL iBT score 79 or Academic IELTS score 6.5.

Applicants should have teaching & research skills preferred evident by certification of attendance relevant workshops.

Applicants must fulfil all the admission requirements and successfully pass all the admission procedures (Documents screening, written exams and interview).

Academically accepted applicants at the above mentioned admission procedures will be invited to second interview by Human Resources department.

Accepted applicants will receive Attractive salary package, Medical care and accommodation (single or family) with special arrangements.





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Study System

The total number of credit hours is 36 credit hours for the MSc program, and 48 credit hours for the PhD program distributed among the Preparatory courses, Program compulsory core courses, Research specific elective courses and thesis courses

The students cannot register the research elective courses before successfully finishing the preparatory and the program compulsory core courses.

The research point, research plan and the supervision committee of the student are suggested by the school council to be approved by the education and the university councils after the student successfully completes the preparatory courses, Program compulsory core and fulfills the English language requirements.

Preparatory Courses: The objectives of the preparatory courses are:

To cover the deficiencies of E-JUST PG applicants in the basic research skills, English languages, computer programming, statistics and liberal arts.

To prepare E-JUST PG students to the required nature of PG study in E-JUST including Japanese culture, Japanese language, Arabic language for international students, Research and Publications ethic and method.

To make the PG students familiar with E-JUST labs, center of excellences and professors before registering the point of research and before the formation of the supervision committee. This will help the student in the proper selection of the research point and supervision committee.

The student has to successfully finish the preparatory courses and program core courses before

the registration of the point of research and the formation of the supervision committee.

In case the student registers PhD after getting MSc from E-Just, he/she will be exempted from the

preparatory courses.

