The Council of the University of Assiut in its session held on 28/3/2016 under the chairmanship of Dr. Ahmed Abdu Jais, President of the University and in the presence of its members from the deputies and the deans of the faculties of Assiut University and its branch in the new valley. Dr. Issam Zanati, vice president for education and student affairs, said that the university will be granted a period of three months after the announcement of the decision in the official newspapers and on the official website of the university as a deadline for those wishing to receive graduation certificates from graduates of the faculties of science, engineering, Medicine, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, trade, education and rights to apply for receipt, provided that the remaining certificates are executed after the expiry of that period.