Undergraduate Admission

The Nile Higher Institute for Engineering & Technology accepts students who have obtained the certificate of General Secondary Education (GSE) submitted through the Coordination Office, and applicants transferring from other educational institutions, after getting the approval of the Ministry of Higher Education, students holding equivalent certificates from Arab and foreign countries, holders of the American High School diploma, IGCSE certificate, and students obtained the certificate of Al-Azhar Secondary Education.

The Institute accepts also non Egyptian students according to the general rules and system of the state determined by the Ministery of Higher Education.

The Institute awards a Bachelo's degree in Engineering and Technology in the following disciplines:

  • Civil Engineering Program.
  • Architectural Engineering Program.
  • Communication & Electronics Program.

    • Admission Process for New Students

    The Institute accepts students with the following qualifications

  • Egyptian General Secondary Certificate (scientific section/ math) or its equivalent Egyptian and foreign certificates.
  • Students obtained Azhar Secondary Certificates.
  • Diploma of Technical Industrial Institutions.
  • Diploma of Industrial secondary school certificate (3 - 5 years).
  • The Institute accepts transfers from other institutes.
  • The students are accepted through the Coordination Office or from the department (for Foreign Students' Admission and Grants) or through transfers.

    • Documents required for national student registration

    A. For nominated students

  • The original qualification obtained.
  • Original birth certificate (national number).
  • The position of recruitment for those who have reached the age of 18 years.
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  • A copy of the student's ID card.
  • Student photos.

    • B. For transferred students - in addition to the previous clauses

  • Statement of the status of those registered with other parties.
  • Nomination card for new students nominated for other parties.
  • Statement of grades for previously studied subjects.

    • Steps to register a student at the institute

    After bringing the previous documents, the student or his guardian must go to the Student Affairs Department at the institute and hand over to the preparatory team employee the required documents.

    The employee in charge edits a payment portfolio for the tuition fees, and the student pays it in the treasury of the institute and obtains a receipt for payment of the tuition fees approved by the institute.

    The student or his guardian fills out the enrollment application form, which contains the student's data.

    At that time, the student gets the university card for the academic year in the year of enrollment.

    Admission Rules and Method of Application

    For international [foreign/ non-Egyptian] students, admission application is submitted through electronic coordination through the website of The General Administration for Admission and Scholarships of Foreign Students https://www.wafeden.gov.eg An illustrative video showing the coordination system of the admission of foreign students in Egyptian faculties and institutes :

  • The student should obtain a high school certificate or an equivalent of the Egyptian secondary stage certificate with general grade (60%) at least.
  • The institute accepts all nationalities from all Arab, Islamic and African, Arabic-speaking countries.
  • Student with the technical secondary certificate or technical diplomas should choose the specializations that accept technical diplomas.
  • A Student with an Egyptian general secondary education (scientific section/ math) should choose faculties that mention math (if any).
  • After the appearance of the initial results, the nomination is not considered final and it is not implemented until the student submits the originals of his documents to the embassy of his country in Cairo to complete the admission procedures with the Central Department of Foreign Students Affairs in the Ministry of Higher Education or to apply to the Central Department of Foreign Students Affairs in the Ministry of Higher Education (this will be determined by the student's review of his country's embassy in Cairo). The required papers and documents include:
  • The original official secondary certificate (*).
  • An original valid passport.
  • The original birth certificate .
  • 6 recent personal photos.
  • Students who are born to an Egyptian mother should provide a proof of that/ the embassy letter of whoever applies through the embassy.
  • A receipt indicating the payment of the application fees.
  • Fees for submitting the certificates for those with old certificates (embassies will be informed of this in detail), and then the Ministry will then issue the final approval for admission.


    • Nile Higher Institute for Engineering & Technology is keen to take care of the foreign students in order to promote its local and regional image through providing different services to the foreign students and facilitating the administrative procedures of their registration and enrollment in the Institute. The Institute's strategic vision of taking care of foreign students emphasized increasing the institutional capacity of competitiveness locally and internationally as it is the best way to improve the quality of the educational process and to ensure the progress of its Faculty members, students, and the administrative board. Accordingly, the Institute put a particular strategic plan to attract foreign students through:

  • Establishing a follow-up unit for foreign graduates for promoting the Institute to attract foreign students.
  • Announcing the Institute's position and its various capabilities on the website in both Arabic and English.
  • Contacting all cultural representative offices of Arab and African countries in Egypt to increase the awareness of the Institute's program, especially to attract new students.
  • Inviting officials who are concerned with student exchange programs and cultural representation in Arab and African embassies and organizing propaganda lectures for them.
  • Announcing the entire Institute's specializations and how they are suitable for the labor market needs and all information about the Institute on the website, in addition to preparing bulletins about this information and sending them to the concerned authorities.
  • Organizing meetings to new foreign students to introduce them to the Institute and to encourage cultural dialogue between different nationalities.
  • Holding a cultural forum among students periodically to identify the problems they face and try to solve them.
  • Publishing a periodic newsletter about the Institute's activities to be published on the Institute's website.
  • Preparing cultural, sports and social programs to take care of foreign students.
  • Paying attention to measure and evaluate student satisfaction.
  • Signing cooperation protocols with foreign local and international universities abroad.
  • Addressing the cultural attachés of the different countries in Egypt to identify the foreign student problems that need to be solved and take them into account when developing study programs at the Institute.
  • Facilitating the residence of foreign students.
  • Assigning the Faculty members and delegated professors to scientific missions to promote the Institute's study programs in the different countries in which they are present.

    • The General Administration for Admission and Scholarships of Foreign Students

    The General Administration for Admission and Scholarships of Foreign Students is a general department for the Office of Cultural Affairs and Missions Sector at the Ministry of Higher Education in Egypt. It was established in 1965. It is concerned with providing services to foreign students.