The twelfth anniversary of the glorious June 30 revolution is coming, bringing with it the features of the comprehensive transformation witnessed by the Egyptian state in various sectors, especially higher education, which has become the cornerstone of building the Egyptian human being and a main pillar of the New Republic. This transformation has come thanks to the wise vision of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, president of the Republic, who has given education a major priority within his national project to build a modern state based on knowledge and innovation.

  In this context, Assiut University, under the supervision of Dr. Mohammed Ayman Ashour, Minister of higher education and scientific research, and headed by Dr. Ahmed El-Minshawy, has achieved a series of unprecedented achievements, which included the modernization of colleges, infrastructure development, and the integration of educational and service facilities, to provide a real model of a modern university that serves the community and keeps pace with the requirements of development.

   The Faculty of nursing witnessed a real breakthrough through the establishment of the clinical examination laboratory (OSCE) and the skills and Virtual Education Laboratory at a cost of 15 million pounds, which enhances the quality of practical training and prepares graduates for the labor market with high efficiency. The College also witnessed the construction of a pentagonal stadium worth 1.2 million pounds, and the installation of two elevators in the administration and laboratory buildings at a total cost of 2.5 million pounds, which reflects the University's interest in aspects of service infrastructure and the creation of an educational environment for students and faculty members.

As for the Faculty of engineering, the architecture department witnessed a comprehensive development within the first stage, including equipping drawing halls, a permanent exhibition and rooms for faculty members, in addition to modernizing the laboratories of the Civil Engineering Department, and switching from manual operation to advanced digital systems, in cooperation with cement Egypt, which reflects the trend towards linking engineering education with modern industrial applications.

In the field of technological and research infrastructure, the Faculty of Education witnessed serious steps, represented by the opening of the "Ahmed El-Minshawy Center for scientific publishing", the digital transformation laboratory equipped with 25 computers, the development of the student library and the digital library, as well as the postgraduate library, which includes thousands of letters, in addition to the opening of a modern conference hall for 120 people, at a total cost of 1.5 million pounds.

Sports were not far from the development plan, as the Faculty of Sports Sciences witnessed a wide modernization that included five various sports fields, the construction of a new industrial Stadium with an area of 800 square meters at a cost of 600 thousand pounds, in addition to the development of the fitness gym and providing it with 17 modern sports equipment, the establishment of a modern discussion hall, as well as the development of the covered Hall No. 1 in the Olympic Village.

At the Faculty of Science, the development of (5) and(7) runways has been completed at a cost of EGP 2 million, which included the work of floors, platforms and benches, and providing the runways with the latest display systems, which enhances the quality of the educational process at the faculty. The Faculty of law also witnessed a comprehensive development work worth 2.127 million pounds, which included classrooms, administrative offices, interactive screens and modern sound systems.

The university was also keen to support student services at the Faculty of arts through the opening of the Student Affairs headquarters, an equipped medical clinic, special corridors for people with disabilities, in addition to the rehabilitation of classrooms and coordination of the public site, at a cost of 2 million pounds. The Faculty of specific education also witnessed the implementation of a wooden pergola as a waiting umbrella designed by the University's engineers, in addition to the opening of the headquarters of the magazine "South-South dialogue", which was officially included in the Egyptian Knowledge Bank platform.

In the context of openness to international cooperation, the University inaugurated the Japanese Center for education and research activities, as the first of its kind in Upper Egypt, which is concerned with teaching the Japanese language and strengthening the partnership with the Japan Foundation and"JICA", which contributes to the development of students ' linguistic and cultural abilities.

  The university has also launched a number of pioneering projects, including the establishment of an ostrich farm at the Faculty of Agriculture to provide new food and marketing products, a gluten-free cassava flour production unit as the first of its kind in Egyptian universities, in addition to the aquaculture unit at the Department of Zoology to raise fish and marine organisms in a controlled scientific environment.

Thus, Assiut University continues to fulfill its national mission in human building and community development, through an integrated infrastructure, advanced educational programs, and innovative projects that support the Sustainable Development Goals. These are achievements that embody the principles of the June 30 Revolution on the ground, and express the vision of the political leadership that higher education should be a locomotive for real renaissance, and that universities should be beacons of production, science and leadership.