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IHE expands global reach with MoU signing in Egypt
- Monday November 10, 2025
The IHE made a significant step in international collaboration during a visit to Cairo last week, as we signed an MoU for an Academic Professional Partnership with Coventry University at The Knowledge Hub Universities.
In what was IHE’s first visit to North Africa, and we believe the first Highways or Civil Engineering PEI to visit Egypt, President, Katharine Kelly, Chief Executive, Lyle Andrew and Council Member, Dr Shervin Motamedi, visited the University campus to sign the MOU but also importantly, meet with their Civil Engineering students.
The ceremony was attended by Dr. Shahira Samir, Acting President of TKH; Prof. Sayed Ismail, Deputy Minister of Housing; Dr. Mohamed Elfaham, from the Engineers Syndicate; Dr. Mohamed Elshafey, Head of the School of Engineering; and Dr. Ramy Shaltout, Regional TNE Manager at Coventry University.
The students were enthusiastic about their subject as well as highly engaged in their future opportunities for personal development.
During the visit, the IHE team also had the opportunity to attend a ceremony where TKH signed a further MOU with the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate. The Syndicate operates in a similar capacity as Engineering Council by professionally registering Engineers across many professional disciplines.
The energy and optimism for our industry shown by everyone we met was infectious and, set against the magnificent backdrop of the pyramids, with live projects on the go wherever we looked, Egypt’s engineering future continues to grow with so much infrastructure development taking place and offers much we can learn and be inspired from.
The IHE delegation was also given guided tours of the Grand Pyramids, the Sphinx and Grand Egyptian Museum in what was a busy but fruitful week. We extend sincere thanks to Ramy Shaltout, Mohamed Elshafey, Ph.D., P.Eng., FHEA and Omar Elhosseiny Elnady for their incredibly generous hospitality and ensuring our trip was full.