Assiut University President, Prof. Dr. Tarek El-Gammal, announced that the university council has agreed to conclude a joint understanding agreement for cultural and scientific cooperation between the university and Louisville University in Kentucky, USA. This agreement comes within the framework of the University’s keenness to support and improve the cooperation, and scientific and cultural mutual exchange between the University and all Arab and foreign universities, in order to develop the education system and raise the efficiency of scientific research. Prof.El - Minshawi, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, said that the Memorandum of Understanding is valid for five years. He added that the memorandum includes joint training courses and workshops between the two universities, as well as the establishment of joint degrees for undergraduate and graduate students.