During its meeting number 621, held on 23/8/2015, the Faculty of Pharmacy Council approved extending the study leave of Pharmacist Islam Ahmed Mohamed El-Awaad (Assistant Lecturer, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University). Islam, a PhD candidate funded by the long term Egyptian-German grant program, was permitted a three-months extension after the fifth year starting from 1/10/2015 till end of December 2015 (his expenses in Germany to be covered by himself).