Assiut University organized a seminar on the projects of the development of higher education, funded by the European Commission. This seminar was held in October 2015, under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdo Geies, Acting President of the University, and the Office of the European Union Program in Cairo, and in the presence of Dr. Ahmed Hassan Sayed, University coordinator for the projects of the European Union at the University, Dr. Karim Hamdi, the National Coordinator of the European Union for Higher Education in Egypt. In this context, Dr Ahmed Hassan explained that the seminar aims to introduce the projects funded by the European Union and how to use them at the university and various college levels for the development of higher education in terms of scientific research and education of university research, and community service and how to apply for projects and grants offered from the program for students, faculty members and assistants