Professor Dr. Khaled Salah, Dean of the Faculty, received Engineer Nabil El-Shenawy, Training Director of the Royal Group, which owns several cement factories in Minya and Alexandria. The meeting addressed a preliminary understanding regarding a cooperation agreement between the group in general, and the Royal Cement Factory in Minya in particular, and the Faculty of Engineering at Assiut University, to cooperate in various fields.

The meeting was attended by Professor Dr. Mohamed Safwat Abu Reya, Vice Dean for Community Service and Environmental Development; Professor Dr. Shehata El-Dabaa Abdel Rahim, Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research; Professor Dr. Gamal Yahya Baghdadi, Head of the Department of Mining and Metallurgy Engineering; Professor Dr. Mahmoud El-Sherif, Head of the Department of Mechanical Design and Production Engineering; Professor Dr. Mohamed Abdel Basset, Head of the Department of Civil Engineering; and Professor Dr. Khaled Ali Youssef, Head of the Department of Architectural Engineering.

The meeting addressed various areas of cooperation that the two parties could explore in preparation for the drafting of the agreement and its approval by both parties.