Assiut University witnessed the opening of a workshop on the projects of scientific research funded by the European Union, under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Mohammed Abdel Samie, Univeristy President, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdou Gaeas, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Prof. Dr. Hassan Salah, Vice President for Community and Environmental Development and Dr. Ahmed Hassan, general coordinator of the university scientific research projects. In his speech, Prof. Dr. Hassan Salah emphasized the role of EU programs during the last period in support of higher education in Egypt by supporting a number of research projects of excellence in a large number of Egyptian universities, referring to the adoption of the university's policy for such projects that aim at the development of society and the pursuit of excellence and scientific leadership in the fields of education and scientific research. Dr. Ahmed Hassan gave a PowerPoint presentation in which he explained the definition of the program "Erasmus Plus" which is provided by the European Union, which began this year and includes under its umbrella all the relevant EU programs, scholarships, international cooperation and support policies, so as to achieve the primary goal to increase the Egyptian participation in these programs for optimizing the greatest efficiency in the fields of education and scientific research in collaboration with the European Union.