NGU’s commitment to excellence is the key driver in its recruitment and management policies. Students are taught by specialists and leaders in their fields today. This commitment begins from the very top of the university’s teaching staff, with the Deans of the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry, and extends to the rest of the university as a whole.
Dr. Lamiaa Mohsen,
Dean of the School of Medicine
National and international expert who worked with various governmental and international agencies in the field of health care, education, maternal and child welfare and human resource development.
In September 2016, Lamiaa was appointed as the Founding Dean for Faculty of Medicine Newgiza University which was the first School of Medicine in Egypt to implement the modular integrated curriculum and assessment.
Lamiaa is a member of the RUMP (Reform of Undergraduate Medical Program) committee shared among experts in the preparatory steps for the implementation of the new undergraduate medical curriculum that started in September 2019 in all Egyptian Medical schools.
Lamiaa is a member of the Pediatric Medical Council in the Arab Board since 2014. In this position she is responsible for the preparation, participating and evaluating OF postgraduate training and Assessment in all Arab Countries as well as accreditation of hospitals as training sites.
As a Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology in Cairo University, Lamiaa was involved in undergraduate teaching and research with twelve international publications in the last five years. Lamiaa was appointed as Director for the Center for Social and Preventive Medicine, Cairo University, a body that links medical higher education to the health needs of the community.
Lamiaa worked with USAID and European Union projects in Indonesia, Jordan, Yemen, and Syria in the fields of Health and child protection. Her leadership skills were solidified through attending The International Health Leadership Program in Cambridge and team-leading The National Egyptian Perinatal Program.
She was appointed 2010-2012 as Secretary-General for the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, the highest authority in Egypt responsible for protection, promotion and monitoring implementation of Child and adolescent rights in Egypt.
Dr. Randa Elsalawy,
Dean of the School of Dentistry
Dr. Randa Elsalawy (BDS, MSD, Ph.D.) is the Dean of the School of Dentistry at Newgiza University. She received her Dental degree (BDS) from Cairo University in 1988 and embarked on her dental career as she began her residency at the same university in 1990. In 1994, she received her Master’s degree (MSD) in Restorative Dentistry from Indiana University, USA. In 1998, she moved back to Cairo University where she received her Ph.D. in Biomaterials in 2001. From 1995 to 2006, Dr. Elsalawy held multiple appointments as Assistant Lecturer and subsequently Lecturer of Biomaterials at Cairo University. From 2006 to 2013, she served as Assistant Professor until she reached full professorship in 2013. During her tenure as Professor, Dr. Elsalawy was a visiting professor, Program Director and Chair of the Biomaterials Department at the University of Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA) in Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Elsalawy has given over 1000 lectures during her career and is the author and co-author of numerous national and international publications, focusing on adhesive dentistry. In addition, she supervised the research of multiple Masters and Ph.D. candidates where she provided both tutelage and mentorship. Dr. Elsalawy also owns and runs her private practices (Osman Dental Clinic) as a Restorative and Cosmetic Dentist and is a member of the Egyptian Dental Association as well as the American Academy of Operative Dentistry.
Dr. Manal Maher,
Dean of the School of Pharmacy
Prof. Manal Mohamed Maher Hussein, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Newgiza University and professor of microbiology and immunology. She held several positions at Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University including, Acting Dean (7/2014-12/2014); Vice-Dean for Education and Students Affairs (2011-2016); Coordinator of the Clinical Pharmacy Program (2009-2011). She participated in the implementation of the Clinical Pharmacy Program, until the first graduated class in 2011. She is a member of the Promotion Committee of Professors and Associate Professors for Microbiology and Immunology.
Her research areas of interest are microbial resistance, fermentation technology and development of new vaccines and biotechnological products.
Dr. Manal was the PI investigator in two research projects covering the process development for the industrial production of Rifamycin B and the feasibility study for a cost-effective process for the production of Rifamycin B. Awarded a Patent No. (200312062) titled “Process for production of Rifamycin B using improved bacterial strain”.
Dr. Khaled A. Hegazy,
Dean of the School of Business & Finance
Dr. Khaled Abdelaziz Hegazy is a Professor of Accounting, and the Dean of the School of Business & Finance at Newgiza University. Dr. K. Hegazy graduated from the faculty of Commerce, Cairo University with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, he holds a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics & Political Sciences, University of London.
Dr. Hegazy has been awarded the Fulbright’s Commission Senior Scholar Scholarship and is a visiting Professor at Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois USA), and the School of Business & Economics at the UAE University (Al Ain – UAE).
He is a member of distinguished academic and professional associations including, the Institute of Management Accountants – USA, The Canadian Academic Accounting Association, the Egyptian Society for Accountants & Auditors – Egypt, Arab Management Institute – Egypt, the Cost & Managerial Accounting Association – Egypt, and Egypt Economic Forum, Egypt.
Dr. Hegazy served as a member of the following professional organizations; The Implementation Group of the International Financial Reporting Standards on SMEs Committee, International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation, IFRS, London; The Central bank of Egypt, The Committee responsible for developing a set of accounting standards related to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements for banks and recognition and valuation basis; The Syndicate of Commerce Profession, the Curriculum Committee for the development of the Accounting Profession in Egypt; The Information and Disclosure Committee; The Egyptian Capital Market Association – Egypt; The International Accounting Standards Committee, IASC, London, U.K. the Preparatory Committee for the Accounting Standards on Emerging Markets, and The Egyptian Society for Accountants & Auditors, Cairo, Egypt.
Professor Hegazy’s academic research works include publications and conference presentations and postgraduate thesis supervision on risks in financial institutions; Islamic Finance; Activity Based Costing; the balanced scorecard; The design of cost accounting systems; Accounting information systems; Strategic finance; Audit committees and corporate governance; Accounting reforms in less developed countries; the measurement and reporting of intellectual capital, and the knowledge economy.
Professor Hegazy has extensive experience in financial and management advisory, finance & banking, and auditing & corporate governance, and is a registered Consultant with the World Bank in Egypt since July 2009, and a registered Certified Public Accountant in Egypt.
Dr. Hegazy currently serves as a non-executive board member and chair of the audit committees of Misr Life Insurance, and the Administrative Capital for Urban Development “ACUD”, and previously in Barclays Bank Egypt, Incolease, and the Egyptian Resort Company “ERC”.
Professor Hegazy is also a founding partner of Crowe Hegazy, a member firm of Crowe International, registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board – PCAOB – USA.
Dr. Hala Sakr,
Dean of the School of Economics & Politics
Hala Mohamed Sakr is a Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics & Political Science, Cairo University, since November 2015. She was the Academic Coordinator of the English Section (2015-2018) and is currently a member in the Technical Committee for Health Economics Professional Masters and has been a member in Steering Committee of Applying and Supervising Credit Hours System at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science.
She is also a representative in the Economic Committee in EU Tuning Africa Initiative Project (under supervision of University of Deusto, Spain, the African Commission, and the European Union), Faculty of Economics & Political Sciences, Cairo University.
Dr Sakr has been a member of the Travel and Tourism Sub– Council in The Egyptian National Competitiveness Council (ENCC), since 2013. She participated as an economic consultant in Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) / Egypt in 2016. She was also a Monitoring and Evaluation expert in the Health Pillar in Egypt’s 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) in the Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform (MPMAR), Egypt (June – July 2017).
Throughout her academic life, she has published and co-published many papers and has several publications in different areas such as; foreign direct investment, international economics, trade in services, labor migration, local economic development, inclusive growth, tourism economic impact, trade liberalization in the health sector and knowledge-based economy.
Hala’s teaching experience includes Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Economic Development, International Economics, and Managerial Economics and Knowledge Economy.
Prof. Neamat El Gayar
Dean of the School of Information Technology
Dr. Neamat El Gayar is a Professor of Computer Science at Cairo University and the Dean of the School of Information Technology at Newgiza University. She brings over two decades of academic and research experience across institutions in Egypt, Germany, Canada, and the UAE.
Dr. El Gayar graduated with honors in Computer Science from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University in 1989, and went on to earn her Ph.D. at the Institute for Neural Information Processing, Ulm University, Germany, with the support of a prestigious DAAD scholarship.
She previously led the Data Mining and Machine Learning Group at the Centre of Informatics Sciences, Nile University, Egypt, and has held positions at Concordia University and the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (CENPARMI) in Canada. Her leadership extends to the international AI community, where she served as Chair of the IAPR Technical Committee on Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence, organized major workshops, and acted as a reviewer for leading journals, conferences, and funding agencies, including Canada’s NSERC Discovery Grant program.
Before joining Newgiza University, Dr. El Gayar was based at Heriot-Watt University in Dubai, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, where she served as Global Director of the MSc in Artificial Intelligence, Associate Director of Research, Senior Course Leader, and Academic Board member of the Global Research Institute in Health and Care Technologies.
Dr El Gayar’s research expertise lies in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence, with a strong focus on applying AI to real-world challenges. She is also an active advocate for responsible AI, ethics, and sustainability, and plays a key role in advancing diversity in tech—most notably through ongoing mentorship of women in AI and data science.
She has co-authored numerous influential publications and edited books in AI and pattern recognition, contributing significantly to the advancement of the field.
Prof. Aly Gabr,
Dean of the School of Engineering
Prof. Dr. Aly Gabr is the Dean of the School of Engineering at New Giza University (NGU). Dr. Aly Gabr is also a Professor of Architecture at Cairo University and was recently appointed Vice Dean for Education and Student Affairs at the Faculty of Engineering for a six-year term. With over 35 years of teaching experience, he received his MA in Architectural Engineering in 1989 with a thesis on Color and Form in Egyptian Vernacular Architecture. He obtained his Doctorate Degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1992 with a thesis on meaning in traditional Bahri Mamluk Architecture.
Since returning to Egypt, he has co-authored four books documenting the architectural styles of two 19th-century palaces, Abdin and el-Tahra, the famous Club Mohamed Ali, and the Bicentennial Anniversary of the Engineering School. In 2002, Dr. Gabr was appointed Commissar of the Egyptian Pavilion in the Architecture Biennale in Venice, and his work has been mentioned in several contemporary art books since then. He has also served on the jury for several national and international events and has audited several architecture programs in both private and governmental universities. Additionally, he was a member of the promotion committee for associate professors and professors in the fields of architecture and urban design and planning for six years. For ten years, he was involved in the scientific committee of NMEC, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat.
Prof. Abeer Hassan Abdo Moustafa,
Dean of the School of Arts and Design
Professor of Advertising, Graphic design. Graduated from Faculty of Applied Arts, H.U. Recommendation to publish the Ph.D. thesis at the expense of the university, exchange with academic bodies. Nomination for the award for the best scientific thesis 2003.
Secretary of the Scientific Promotion Committee of Applied Arts- SCU. Expert, Certified Reviewer and Trainer at NAQAAE and IBCT. Manager of Information and Statistics Unit, H.U. QAC. Member of Education and Learning Committee of HU Strategic Plan. Member and Secretary of Graduate Studies and Research Committee FAA. Project Member of Capacity Building for Administrative Staff in Egyptian H.E. Institutions, UNILEAD EGYPT,2016. Participated in the DIES ” Evolvement of Entrepreneurial Universities in MEMA Region”- DAAD in cooperation with Hochschulrektorenkonferenz. Assigned to submit a study on the status of advertising in Egypt. Approval of His Excellency the Egyptian President, including the establishment of the National Authority for Regulating Road Ads, the amendment of Road Ads Law to Law No. (208) 2020. Consultant of strategies and advertising planning at many governmental institutions. Develop an advertising strategy and policy on Number of Egyptian roads. Referee-Member for more than 150 scientific research in various scientific periodicals. Head of number of National and International scientific sessions. Published 36 researches and supervised 60 Ph.D. and Master thesis.