About the school:
The School of Economics and Politics welcomed its inaugural intake of students in the academic year (2019/2020). The School aspires to become the leading educational institution for Economics and Politics in the MENA region.
The School aims at preparing its graduates, both economists and political scientists, to face recent ongoing international changes, be active political actors, lead countries and shape their futures. This stems from the belief that solid educational background, good management of soft skills and analytical tools, as well as continuous interaction with experts and professionals, through extracurricular activities, are all of great importance in shaping a successful generation. A responsibility the School is willing to carry and a target it aims to achieve.
Mission:
The School of Economics and Politics seeks excellence in higher education, preparing a flexible, efficient, competitive, diplomatic graduate, engaged in scientific research and adopting a life-long learning approach, tackling both economic and political problems on the domestic and regional level. Graduates would be empowered to actively engage in developmental issues paving the path for future progress and growth of Egypt and the region.
Why the School of Economics and Politics?
The School of Economics and Politics at NGU seeks to develop the educational process in the fields of economics and politics in line with the successive changes in these fields at the local and global levels. Moreover, it seeks to increase the level of practical training of the school’s students to enable them to get the best job opportunities domestically and internationally and to create a generation of students who has the energy, talent, and ability to think critically and to find solutions to economic, political and cultural problems.
Why Choose Economics and Politics Majors:
Dr. Hala Sakr, School Dean, Dr. Ghada Moussa, Lecturer of Politics, Dr. Maie Ashraf, Lecturer of Economics, and Ms. Norhan Elsaraf, Senior Admissions Officer; presented our distinguished Economics and Politics program, future career opportunities, and answered the attendees’ inquiries.
A Message from King’s College London:
Prof. Jeremy Jennings, Head School of Politics & Economics at KCL, talking about areas of collaboration with Newgiza University to provide NGU students with a top-class economics degree.
Meet the Dean
Dr. Hala Sakr, Dean School of Economics and Politics
Dr. Hala Mohamed Sakr is a Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics & Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University, since 2015. She was the Academic Coordinator of the English Section (2015-2018) and a member of the Steering Committee of Applying and Supervising Credit Hours System at (FEPS). She is currently a member of the Technical Committee for Health Economics Professional Masters.
She represents (FEPS) in the Economic Committee in EU Tuning Africa Initiative Project (under supervision of Duesto University, Spain, African Commission, and the European Union).
Hala is a member of the Travel and Tourism Sub– Council in the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council (ENCC), since 2013. She provided economic consultancy in the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) in 2016. She was also a Monitoring and Evaluation expert in the Health Pillar in Egypt’s 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS), Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform (MPMAR), 2017.
Throughout her academic life, she published several papers in foreign direct investment, trade in services, labor migration, local economic development, inclusive growth, tourism sector, health sector liberalization, and knowledge economy.
Hala’s teaching experience includes Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Economic Development, International Economics, Managerial Economics and Knowledge Economy.
Accreditation & Academic Collaboration
Accreditation:
Endorsed by Presidential Decree in April 2010, NGU initially focused on the launching of three main schools: Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry.
The university first opened its doors in 2016, and since then, its schools have been witnessing continuous growth including fields other than healthcare, until it became a truly multidisciplinary university. NGU’s ongoing collaborations with globally-ranked academic institutions further cemented its growing reputation as a professional institute of higher education.
Academic Collaboration:
NGU has a number of collaborative arrangements and partnerships with educational, research and health service institutions both within and outside of Egypt. Such partnerships aim to enhance the quality of educational programmes delivered at NGU.
NGU has entered into an academic collaboration with King’s College London to access expertise to support NGU in the development and delivery of high quality, contemporary undergraduate Economics degree. Senior faculty and staff from King’s School of Politics and Economics will work with their NGU colleagues in: strategic planning, organisation and governance of the new programme; infrastructure and educational resources development; development of curricula and learning resources; faculty and senior staff recruitment; faculty development and education quality assurance.”
As one of the top UK universities, King’s College London will bring its worldwide expertise to NGU. As of September 2020, King’s has over 31,000 students (including more than 12,800 postgraduates) from 150 countries and over 8,500 employees. King’s Strategic Vision is to make the world a better place by focusing on five key strategic priorities: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; an international community that serves the world. Kings 2020 ranking is 31st in the QS World University Rankings and is consistently placed in the top 50 of various global university rankings.”
School Newsletter
This section is highlighting the outstanding news and events related to the School of Economics and Politics gathered from different recourses:
A Meeting with H.E. The Director of The Institute for Diplomatic Studies. Read the full story here.
King’s College London Brings its Global Competence to NGU School of Economics and Politics. Read the full story here.
The School of Economics and Politics Students Visit the Egyptian Parliament. Read the full story here.
Statement by Professor Jeremy Jennings: Head of the School of Politics & Economics, King’s College London. View statement here.
Statement by Dr Colin Jennings: Program Director for King’s BSc in Economics. View statement here.
Ms. Manal Maher, Member of the Egyptian Parliament, visits the School of Economics and Politics and meets with year-one students. Read full story here.
NGU Signs an Academic Collaboration Agreement with King’s College London for The School of Economics and Politics. Read the full story here.
Entrance Requirements
Acknowledgment letter: to add a recommendation letter from a Math or Physics teacher for all school degrees.
American diploma: 8 main subjects are required from the school transcript including English and Math, SAT I /ACT I/EST I is required.
IGCSE: 8 O Levels including English and Math.
IB: English and Math High Level or standard level.
Canadian: 8 subjects including English and Math.
Program Summary
The four-year bachelor program is designed to provide the society with high calibers both in Economics and Politics. The program will enable students to fully understand economic and political problems and challenges on the national; regional and international levels, acquire and manage different analytical and quantitative tools as well as negotiation skills. All of the aforementioned skills will allow students at the end to compete on the international level. This would be based on both a solid academic background as well as acquiring the 21st-century soft skills.
Program Structure
The School of Economics and Politics is currently delivering Bachelor of Economics. This bachelor requires the completion of 144 credit hours (equivalent to 48 courses) distributed among four academic years as follows:
Year 1:36 credit hours equivalent to 12 compulsory courses (Principles of Macroeconomics- Principles of Microeconomics- Principles of Mathematics- Principles of Political Science (1)- Principles of Political Science (2)- Principles of Statistics (1)- Principles of Statistics (2)- Commercial and Corporate Law- Egyptian Economic System- Egyptian Political System- Principles of Management-Social Computing).
Year 2:36 credit hours equivalent to 9 compulsory courses (Macroeconomics Theory (1)- Microeconomics Theory (1)- Money and Banking- International Economics- Financial Accounting- Statistics for Economists (1)- Statistics for Economists (2)- Mathematics for Economists(1) – Mathematics for Economists (2) ) and 3 elective courses to be chosen from (Economics of Egypt- Industrial Organization- Political Economy- Managerial Economics -Principles of Marketing).
Year 3: 36 credit hours equivalent to 8 compulsory courses (Macroeconomics Theory (2)- Microeconomics Theory (2)- Public Finance-Financial Economics-Mathematical Economics (1)-Econometrics (1)- Research Methodology- Economic Development) and 4 elective coursesto be chosen from (Experimental Economics- Environmental Economics- Economic Policy-Knowledge Economy-Water Resources and Agricultural Economics- Economics of Energy- The World Economy- Theory of Economic Growth).
Year 4: 36 credit hours equivalent to 8 compulsory courses(Institutional Economics-Research Seminar, Graduation Project on the Egyptian Economy-History of Economic Thought- Project Evaluation- Econometrics (2)- Mathematical Economics (2)- International Finance- Behavioral Economics) and 4 elective coursesto be chosen from (National Income Accounting- Economics of Public Goods- Economics of Education- Health Economics- Economics of Human Resources- Selected Topics in Economics- Game Theory- Digital Economy).
The school of Economics and Politics is currently delivering a Bachelor of Politics as well. This bachelor requires the completion of 144 credit hours distributed as follows:
Year 1: 36 credit hours equivalent to 12 compulsory courses (Principles of Macroeconomics- Principles of Microeconomics- Principles of Mathematics- Principles of Political Science (1)- Principles of Political Science (2)- Principles of Statistics (1)- Principles of Statistics (2)- Commercial and Corporate Law- Egyptian Economic System- Egyptian Political System- Principles of Management-Social Computing).
Year 2: 36 credit hours equivalent to 12 compulsory courses(Theory of Comparative Political Systems- Political Thought (1)- Political Thought (2)- Theory of International Relations- Methodology of Political Science- International Law- Research Seminar- Political Sociology- EU: Power, Politics and Economics- Understanding Extremism and Populism- Money and Banking – International Economics).
Year 3: 36 credit hours equivalent to 8 compulsory courses (Political Theory(1)- Political Theory (2)- International Organizing- Evolution of International Relations- Western Political Systems- Political Development- Political Systems in Latin America- Theory of Foreign Policy) and 4 elective courses to be chosen from (Democracy, Development and Human Rights- Electoral and Partisan Systems- Civil Society- Theory of National Security- International Disputes- Economic Policy- Institutional Economics-Political Economy).
Year 4: 36 credit hours equivalent to 7 compulsory courses (Arabic Political Systems- Political Systems in Africa- Public Opinion- Diplomatic and Consular Systems- Contemporary International Issues- Constitutional Law- Graduation Project) and 5 elective courses to be chosen from (Arab Israeli Conflict- Applications of Experimental Economics in Political Science- International Politics of Energy- Global Political Changes- Game Theory- International Institutions/Regions and Global Governance- Asia and the Expected Global Economic and Political Changes- Public Finance-Introduction to Quantitative Methods).
The list of electives is diversified, interdisciplinary and updated in a response to any international development.
Portfolio
Each student’s portfolio is an integral part of the assessment strategy of the School of Economics and Politics. A portfolio includes graded and un-graded work like research projects, quizzes, assignments, and relevant activities in addition to a self-reflection report that reflects on the learning experience of the student throughout the course. The submission of a satisfactory portfolio at the specified due date is compulsory.
Student Support System
Students will enjoy a high standard of student support system, both on the university level, through student affairs, as well as on the school level, through a friendly academic advising system, where each staff member will be responsible for a small group of students throughout their whole stay within the school to guide, advise and mentor them whether academically, professionally or socially.
Tuition Fees & Deadlines
Tuition Fees:
School of Economics and Politics tuition fees for the academic year (2021-2022): EGP 125,000 for Egyptian students. For more information please click here.
Deadlines:
The deadline for the academic year 2021/2022 is 15 September.
Dr. Hala Mohamed Sakr is a Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics & Political Science (FEPS), Cairo University, since 2015. She was the Academic Coordinator of the English Section (2015-2018) and a member of the Steering Committee of Applying and Supervising Credit Hours System at (FEPS). She is currently a member of the Technical Committee for Health Economics Professional Masters.
She represents (FEPS) in the Economic Committee in EU Tuning Africa Initiative Project (under supervision of Duesto University, Spain, African Commission, and the European Union).
Hala is a member of the Travel and Tourism Sub– Council in the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council (ENCC), since 2013. She provided economic consultancy in the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) in 2016. She was also a Monitoring and Evaluation expert in the Health Pillar in Egypt’s 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS), Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform (MPMAR), 2017.
Throughout her academic life, she published several papers in foreign direct investment, trade in services, labor migration, local economic development, inclusive growth, tourism sector, health sector liberalization, and knowledge economy.
Hala’s teaching experience includes Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Economic Development, International Economics, Managerial Economics and Knowledge Economy.
Hala is currently the Dean of the School of Economics and Politics at NGU.
School of Economics and Politics
Dr. Doaa Wafik Nada
Associate Professor of Economics
Dr. Doaa Wafik earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics and her Masters and Ph.d. degrees in Economics from Ain Shams University. She accumulated more than 25 years of academic experience in different universities in both the public and private sectors in Egypt and UAE. She taught both basic and advanced courses in many fields in Economics and Management Sciences. Dr. Doaa supervised Ph.D. and M.Sc. thesis and she published more than 15 articles in International/National Journals and conferences.
In addition, she accumulated more than ten years’ experience in the accreditation field in Egypt. Dr. Doaa has experience in the academic positions for more than 10 years, she has been the head of the Economics department between 2007 and 2012 at MTI University, Egypt and a Vicece-dean at the School of Business and Economics between 2016 and 2018 at BUC, Egypt. She is currently an Associate Professor at NGU, Egypt.
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Dr. Ola El Sayed
Associate Professor of Economics
Dr. Ola Al Sayed is an Associate Professor of Financial Economics. She received her Ph.D. from Cairo University in 2010. She has long experience in teaching Money and Banking, Financial Economics, Islamic Finance, Portfolio Management, Corporate Finance, in addition to Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. She published 15 research articles in reputable local and international journals, in the area of Economics, Banking Sector, Islamic Finance, and Public Finance. She served as a Vice Dean for Education and Students Affairs at the School of Business, Ahram Canadian University. She has also been a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Islamic World Studies, Zayed University, UAE and a full-time Associate Professor at Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman. She supervised several Master and Ph.D. theses and participated in several national and international conferences.
She is currently a full-time Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Politics at Newgiza University.
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Dr. Mazen Hassan
Associate Professor of Political Science
Dr. Mazen Hassan is an Associate Professor of Comparative Politics. He has a Ph.D. degree in Politics from Oxford University in 2011 and a Master’s degree in Politics from Warwick University (UK). His Masters and Ph.D. research have been on party systems in new democracies.
He has been previously a visiting professor at Hamburg University (intermittently between 2015 and 2019), Carnegie Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School (2016) and a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University (2019). Since May 2018, he has been the Director of the Centre for Political Research & Studies and Intercultural Dialogue at Cairo University.
His specialization includes explaining social behaviour, electoral and party systems, institutional design in new democracies, public opinion and experimental political science. He has been involved in several survey-based research projects as well as lab experiments that seek to gauge the attitudes and behaviour of Egyptians after 2011.
He is currently a part-time Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Politics at Newgiza University.
His publications appeared in Political Research Quarterly, Democratization, Mediterranean Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Studies, Journal of Legislative Studies and Electoral Studies. He also co-authored three books on the Egyptian political system in the transitional period following the 2011 revolution.
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Dr. Mostafa Yousri
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Risk Management
Dr. Mostafa Yousri is a part-time Associate Professor of Mathematics and Risk Management. He holds a diploma in Business from Redbridge College, London, as well as a Ph.D. in Enterprise Risk Management from Cairo University. Dr. Mostafa teaches Business Mathematics, Statistics, and Risk Management at the School of Business and Finance, School of Economics and Politics at NGU, Faculty of Commerce-English Section (FCES) and Georgia State University-Cairo University Joint Program (GSUCU), Cairo University
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Dr. Iman Elshair
Lecturer of Economics
Dr. Iman Elshair is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. She obtained her Ph.D. in International Economics in 2014, from The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. She obtained her MSc. in 2006 in Institutional Economics from Cairo University. Her research interests include international macroeconomic topics, including the effects of commodity price shocks, monetary policies, and international transmission mechanisms. She also has some research papers in Labor economics.
She is currently a part-time lecturer at the School of Economics and Politics at Newgiza University.
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Dr. Maie Ashraf
Lecturer of Economics
Dr. Maie Ashraf is a Lecturer at the School of Economics and Politics at Newgiza University. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Economics department of the Faculty of African Studies – Cairo University. Aside from lecturing, she has supervised and conducted economic research for the ICT industry in Egypt. She taught at Faculty of Economics and Political Science – Cairo University different courses for both undergraduates and students enrolled in the Master’s program of Law and Economics for the Arab Region (MLEA) in her area of specialization. She has published many research papers in the economics of telecommunications and economic development.
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Dr. Marwa Mamdouh
Lecturer of Economics
Dr. Marwa is a Lecturer of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics in 2016, from the faculty of Economics and Political science, Cairo University, and from the institute of law and economics in Hamburg, Germany. She obtained her MSc. in 2011 in Participatory planning from Cairo University. Her research interests include international economics, institutional economics, as well as topics in the field of law and economics. She is currently a part-time lecturer at the School of Economics and Politics at Newgiza University.
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Dr. Ghada Ali Abdel Moneim Moussa
Lecturer of Political Science
Dr. Ghada Moussa holds a Ph.D. in Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. She worked as a Visiting Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Political Sc., Cairo University, American University, GAP, Future University, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transportation. She is currently a lecturer at Newgiza University.
Dr. Ghada Moussa published research papers in the fields of Political Economy, Governance Reforms, Transition to Democratic Governance, Culture of Resistance, Dynamics of Corruption, Gender Policy Reforms, Public Sector Reform (interface between political governance and public governance), Political Parties Reform.
On the professional level, she worked as the Director of the Governance Center, Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform 2008-2018. She also held a position of Secretary-General of the “Transparency and Integrity Committee” 2008-2011. She was also the National Focal Point to the Public Governance Committee- OECD 2012-2018, and the former Member of Technical Committee of the National Coordinative Anti-Corruption Committee (NCCC) and contributed to the Egyptian National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2014-2018. She is also an assigned Member of the National Council for Governance established for the African Governance Peer Review Mechanism from 2017 until now.
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Dr. Hoda Shaltout
Lecturer of Political Science
Dr. Hoda Shaltout is currently a Political Science Lecturer at Newgiza University and has been a Lecturer and an Assistant Lecturer at MUST University since 2014.
She acquired both her Ph.D. and MA in Political Science from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University in 2018 and 2012 respectively, with a specialization in International Relations. She has more than 10 years of professional experience in the field of development with the EU and UN where she has assumed a number of roles including the EU Children at Risk Programme Director Technical Assistant and Visibility Coordinator, as well as the EU Family and Child Rights Senior Awareness Raising Officer.
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Dr. Huda Abdel Raouf
Lecturer of Political Science
Dr. Huda Abdel Raouf is currently a Political Science Lecturer at Newgiza University. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University (grade excellent), with a specialization in International Relations.
Her M.A. in political science (2012) is in the Israeli Egyptian relations after 2011.
She is a Member of the Political Science Committee at the Supreme Culture Council, since 2017.
She has more than 10 years of professional experience in the field of public policy and decision making in governmental and bureaucratic institutions, as she worked for the Information and Decision Support Center – The Egyptian Cabinet Think Tank. She also worked for the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers, in the technical office of the Prime minister and the General Secretary as well.
Her research interests include international & regional affairs, regional powers and regional systems, Egyptian foreign policy, and Iranian affairs.
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Dr. Rasha El Baz
Lecturer of Political Science
Dr. Rasha Mahmoud El-Baz obtained her BA, MA, and Ph.D. in Political Science from Cairo University, her areas of specialization are the Middle East; Turkish-Israeli Relations; Conflict Resolution and International Arbitration; and Security Problems in Central Asia.
Dr. El-Baz has lectured on Political Science; Comparative Political Systems; International Relations and Law; Arab Regional Systems in International Politics; Islamic Political Thought; Arab Political Thought and Political Movements; Political Theory; and Contemporary Arab Issues and Systems.
Dr. Rasha is currently a Political Science Lecturer at Newgiza University and has been a Lecturer at 6 October University and at MUST University.
She has more than 10 years of professional experience in the field of development with the UNDP where she has assumed a number of roles including project manager of the women empowerment initiative of the UNDP Poverty Eradication Programme.
In the research field, she has been a Chief Editor for Nile Center for Strategic Research Egypt Branch; she also worked as Head of Research Unit at the Malaysian Program between Cairo University and the University of Malaya.
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Dr. Shadwa Esmat
Lecturer of Public Administration
Dr. Shadwa Esmat A. Hassan is an Assistant Professor at Cairo University (CU), Faculty of Economics & Political Science (FEPS). She got her Ph.D. from FEPS, CU and has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for her Ph.D. research and was a Visiting-Scholar at George Washington University, the United States in 2013.
She got her Master’s Degree in Public Policy from South Korea, Korea Development Institute (KDI), School of Public Policy and Management. She also won two fellowships from Japan Foundation to attend the Middle East Group Study Program in 2009 and 2017.
She was an Academic Advisor for credit hour Students at FEPS (2015-2017). She is also a member of the Quality Assurance Unit at FEPS, CU, and she was one of the team members who participated and successfully managed to renew the Accreditation of FEPS from NAQAA in 2017. She also worked as a part-time Assistant Professor at different private universities.
Shadwa’s teaching experience includes Management, Public Administration, and Strategic Management. Her research interest includes Social Accountability, Anti-corruption, Governance, Organizational Culture, Strategic Management, HRM, and Public Policy.
She is currently a part-time lecturer at the School of Economics and Politics at Newgiza University.
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Dr. Fatma Rezkallah Farag
Lecturer of Socio-Computing
Dr. Fatma R. Farag is an Assistant Professor of Socio-Computing at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. She graduated from the same faculty in 1999 with a Bachelor of Statistics – Minor: Socio-Computing. She received her master’s degree in Socio-Computing in 2008 and her Ph.D. in 2019. She joined the 9-Month Professional Diploma at the Information Technology Institute (ITI), Egyptian Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center in 2000.
Her research interests include Social Simulation and Modeling, Agent-based Modeling, Complex Adaptive Systems, Data Science, Opinion Dynamics, and Gender Studies. Fatma works as the Academic Coordinator for the undergraduate credit hours system at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science. She also works as a member of the Executive Board Committee of the Anti-Violence Against Woman Unit at Cairo University. Fatma is currently a part-time Lecturer at Newgiza University.
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Professor. M. Fouad Abustait
Economics and the International Finance
Dr. Fouad received B. A Degree in Economics from Cairo University, He received two master’s degrees in finance, University Texas A&M, in 1982 received another master’s in political economy, University of Texas. in 1986 he was awarded a Ph.D. In Economics and the International Finance University of Texas USA.
Professor Abustait has a mixture of practical and academic experience enabled him to hold several important advisory and academics posts. He holds several advisory posts at various international organizations such as United States Agency for Development USAID, he worked for United Nations Development and Population UNFPA, besides Economic advisor to Ministry of Planning in Saudi Arabia and Economic Advisor to the Chairman of Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu. He worked as Economic Advisor for two central Banks in Two Arab Gulf Countries.
He received his professorship in 2000 and he has more than 45 articles published in well-known journals in English besides several books in different fields in economics.
His area of interesting research is macroeconomic policies, financial stability, and politics.
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Dr. Heba El Deeb
Lecturer of Statistics at Faculty of Economics and Political Science
Dr. Heba El Deeb is a lecturer of Statistics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. She received her MSc. in Operation Research in 2012, and Ph.D. in Reliability and Operation Research from the same faculty in 2019. Her teaching experience includes graduates’ and undergraduates’ statistics courses at Cairo University.
Her research interests are in Operation Research, Reliability, Stochastic Processes, Simulation, and Modeling.
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Abdelmoneim Khaled
Teaching Assistant of Economics
Khaled has been an Economics Teaching Assistant at the School of Business, Ahram Canadian University. Khaled gained his B.Sc. in Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University in 2015. Khaled is currently preparing his Master’s thesis entitled “ The Impact of Institutions Quality and Information Availability on Capital Flow Volatility in the MENA region”. Khaled research interests include International Economics, Institutional Economics, Public Finance, and Economic Growth. Khaled teaching experience areas focus on Intermediate Macroeconomics, Public Finance, Money & Banking and Introduction to Banking. Khaled is currently a full-time Teaching Assistant at NGU.
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Christina Saad Wadid
Teaching Assistant of Statistics
Christina joined NGU as a full-time Teaching Assistant in September 2019. She graduated from the faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University with major Statistics. She is currently studying towards an MSc degree at the Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research. Prior to joining NGU, Christina worked as a teaching assistant at the October University of Modern Sciences and Arts since 2014.
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Amira Yasser Ragab
Assistant Lecturer of Economics
Amira Yasser Ragab is currently an Economics Assistant Lecturer at Newgiza University and has been an Assistant Lecturer and a Teacher Assistant at Ahram Canadian University since 2010.
She Graduated from Ahram Canadian University with a major in Financial Economics. She acquired her MSc. in Finance from the School of Business Administration at the AUC in 2014 and is currently working on her Ph.D., at Cairo University.
Amira’s teaching experience includes Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Money and Banking, Introduction to Finance, and International Finance.
Her research interests include Economic Development, Equity markets, as well as combining various Economics topics with Finance.
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Nouran Mohamed Tawheed ELSayed
Teaching Assistant of Statistics
Nouran has worked as a Teaching Assistant of Statistics at the Faculty of Management Sciences, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA), after obtaining her B.Sc. in Statistics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University in 2019.
Nouran is currently pursuing her Master’s thesis entitled “Imputation of Missing Values using Clusterwise Regression: A Mathematical Programming Approach”.
Her research interests include Regression Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Categorical Data Analysis, Multivariate Data Analysis, Econometrics, Operation Researches, Non-Parametric Statistics, Missing Data Analysis, and Data Science. Nouran has been working with several programming skills, such as STATA, R, and Python. Nouran is currently a full-time Teaching Assistant at NGU.
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Sama Mamdouh Mahmoud
Teaching Assistant Political Science
Sama has gained her B.Sc. in Political Science from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University 2021. Her research interests include international and regional affairs, Middle Eastern politics, gender politics, and the history of modern political thought. She is currently a full-time teaching assistant at NGU.
