By DR. Mohamed Labib Salem, PhD
Prof. of Immunology
Zoology Department, Faculty of Science
Director, Competitive Project Unit
Tanta University, Egypt
Presented to:
The Student Union of the Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
February 23, 2012
Egypt: The Beating Heart of The World (By Prof. Mohamed Labib Salem, China, 2012)
1. Egypt
The beating heart of the Middle
East
Mohamed Labib Salem, PhD
Prof. of Immunology
Zoology Department, Faculty of Science
Director, Competitive Project Unit
Tanta University, Egypt
Presented to
The Student Union of Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
February 23, 2012
7. Tanta University Faculties
Tanta University
founded in 1972
Medical Campus
Medicine, Dentistry,
Pharmacy, Nursing,
Science
Law, Agriculture,
Engineering, Physical
Education, Arts
Education,
Specific
Education
8. Clinical and Academic Centers
• University Hospital
• Central Research Lab
• Project Management Unit (PMU)
• Central Library
• Video Conference Center
• Center for Languages and Continuous
Learning
• Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL)
9. Tanta University Project Management
Unit (TUPMU)
• Quality Assurance Unit (QUA)
• Information and Communication
Technology Project (ICTP)
• Faculty and Leadership
Development Unit (FLDP)
• Competitive Project Unit (CPU)
19. Egypt: Basic Information
• Name: Arab Republic of Egypt
• Capital: Cairo
• Area: total: 1,001,450 sq km
land: 995,450 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km
• Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea,
between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of
Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula
• Climate: desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
20. Egypt: Basic Information
• Geographic coordinates: 27 00 N, 30 00 E
• Comparative Area: slightly more than three times the size of
New Mexico
• Land boundaries: total: 2,665 km
border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya
1,115 km, Sudan 1,273 km
• Coastline: 2,450 km
• Terrain: vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and
delta
• Elevation extremes: lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m