Assiut University President, Prof. Tarek El Gammal, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for scientific and cultural cooperation between the Faculty of Engineering at the University and the College of Architecture and Planning at Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University in Saudi Arabia. This memorandum, which is to last for a period of five year (to be renewed), was approved by University Council. He pointed out that this memorandum comes within the framework of the two universities' keenness to establish a joint cooperation between them. This cooperation represents a fundamental pillar for building cooperation ties in various scientific, educational and cultural fields, research fields, training programs, exchange of experience and knowledge, and development of future programs between the two institutions.