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Spring 2020 Student Enrollment Basic and Applied Science Institute

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GRADUATE PROGRAM 2

1. GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR E-JUST POSTGRADUATE SCHOOLS 2

Age 2

Educational Background and Records 2

Language (English) Proficiency 2

E-JUST Entrance Examination/ Interview 2

2. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND FOR EACH DEPARTMENT 4

3. SCHOLARSHIPS TERMS AND CONDITIONS 5

4. SELECTION PROCEDURE 6

4.1. ANNOUNCEMENT: 6

4.2. SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORM: 6

4.3. PRIMARY SCREENING: 6

4.4. WRITTEN EXAMINATION AND INTERVIEW: 6

4.5. FINAL RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT: 6

4.6. REGISTRATION: 6

5. GENERAL GUIDELINES 9

6. E-JUST RESEARCH AREAS AND TOPICS 10

1. NANOSCIENCE 10

2. APPLIED AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS 10

3. ENERGY MATERIALS 10

4. BIOTECHNOLOGY 11

7. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION 12

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GRADUATE PROGRAM Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology offers opportunities of advanced study and academic

research to Graduate students. The programs involve Master's (two years) and Doctoral (three years)

courses leading to the corresponding degrees (M.Sc. and Ph.D.). Accepted applicants to the programs will

be enrolled in the next Spring 2020 semester, which will begin on February 16, 2020. Lectures and

instructions for research are given generally in English.

1. GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR E-JUST POSTGRADUATE SCHOOLS No. Condition Requirements

1 Age Applicants should be under 30 years on February 1, 2020.

2 Educational

Background

and Records

M.Sc. applicants should have a very good academic record in the related undergraduate program’s major

and hold a Bachelor Degree in Science or equivalent, in the field of specialization with a GPA of at least 2.5

(Grade C+) or a percentage record of ≥ 75 % is required.

PhD applicant should have M.Sc. (thesis-based) degrees in Science or equivalent, related to his proposed

research topic, with a distinguish academic record in the related undergraduate program’s major.

3 Language

(English)

Proficiency

Admission Requirement: TOEFL iBT 79 or Academic IELTS: 6.5.

The Language certificate should be valid on the date of the application of the applicant.

4 E-JUST

Entrance

Examination/

Interview

Admission Entrance Examination and Interview consists of two parts:

1- Written Examination (General Exam + Subject Exam)

2- Interview (Personal and Academic Interview)

Applicants must pass successfully E-JUST both written examinations (General and Subject) and interview; the

applicant minimum acceptance percentage of the total evaluation (written Exams + Interview) is 60%.

The percentages of total evaluation (Written Exams+ Interview) would be distributes as follows:

For M.Sc. Applicants:

Written exams with a weight of 70% and interview with a weight of 30% of the total

evaluation.

For Ph.D. Applicants:

Written exams with a weight of 30% and interview with a weight of 70% of the total

evaluation.

1- Written Examination

Measures analytical skills, intellectuals skills and professional skills and it consists of two parts:

The first part is general with a weight of 40% of total written examination marks.

Applicant with GRE score of 148 in quantitative reasoning and GRE score of 4 in analytical writing will not be required to enter the general exam by submitting the original certificate of the GRE before the general examination; otherwise the applicant has to enter the General Examination (The GRE certificate should be valid on the date of the application of the applicant).

The second part (Subject Exam) is related to the student specialization with a weight of 60% of total

written examination marks.

Each exam will be carried out independently for one-hour duration.

Applicants are not allowed to enter the exam class room after half time of the first exam

period.

Applicants are not allowed to leave the exam before half time of the exam period.

2- Interview (Personal and Academic Interview)

Includes research proposal presentation and discussion and must measure professional skills,

specialization knowledge and IT skills, and teamwork skills.

The applicant minimum acceptance percentage in each part (General Exam, Subject Exam and

Interview) is 30%.





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Total Evaluation

(Written Exams+Interview)

100%

Written Exams

70% of Total Evaluation

General Exam

40% of written Exams

Subject Exam

60% of written Exam

Interview


Total Evaluation

(Written Exams+Interview)

100%

Written Exams


General Exam

40% of written Exams

Subject Exam

60% of written Exam

Interview


Minimum

Acceptance

Percent is 60%

Minimum

Acceptance

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Minimum

Acceptance

Percent is 30%

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Minimum

Acceptance

Percent is 30%

For M.Sc. Applicant

For PhD Applicant





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2. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND FOR EACH DEPARTMENT

Program Academic Background

Nanoscience (NAN) The students’ academic background should be:

Science background with specialization in:

Special Chemistry

Chemistry major with any other subject (minor)

Materials Science

Biochemistry and Biophysics

Other related fields

Applied and Computational

Mathematics (ACM)

The students’ academic background should be:

Science with specialization in Mathematics

Engineering with mathematics background

Computer science


Energy Materials (EMA) The students’ academic background should be Science

background with specialization in:

Special Physics

Physics-major and Chemistry-minor

Materials Science

Energy materials for space applications


Biotechnology The students’ academic background should be Science

background with specialization in:

Biotechnology

Microbiology

Biochemistry

Biophysics

Biological sciences including botany, zoology and

entomology





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3. SCHOLARSHIPS TERMS and CONDITIONS

The scholarship’s term is the minimum period necessary to complete the degree requirements in

E-JUST, which should be within two years for the M.Sc. degree and three years for the Ph.D.

degree; the scholarships’ are mainly supported by the Ministry of Higher Education of Egypt

(MoHE) which are available for teaching assistants and research assistants from governmental

universities and governmental research institutions, based on transparent selection procedure.

Limited number of private scholarships is available for outstanding M.Sc. applicants.

The scholarship’s support is dependent upon the student good standing with the E-JUST graduate

program in which he/she is registered. An evaluation progress report will be sent semi-annually

to the sponsor reporting about the student’s study level, including the student transcript,

academic advisor report, and the updated student research situation.

Scholarships are full-time scholarships; this means that E-JUST students are fully devoting to their

study and research in E-JUST and are not allowed to work elsewhere during their scholarships’

period.





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4. SELECTION PROCEDURE

4.1. Announcement: for E-JUST graduates programs are carried out directly in different

universities to students and Faculties (Sending letters and emails to faculties of science), in

official newspapers and E-JUST web site http://www.ejust.edu.eg. Starting from October 3,

2019.

4.2. Submission of Application Form: Required documents' submission including selection of

three research topics in one department prioritized by the applicant. The applicant is

recommended to select one-to-three topics from only one research track of his/her interest

and/or related to his/her experience. This recommendation is by no means an obligation to the

applicant. Applicants from governmental universities should submit official agreements of the

related academic departments.

4.3. Primary Screening: E-JUST internal work including documents classification and analyses for

inviting applicants for entrance exam and interviews.

4.4. Written Examination and Interview: including presentation of research proposals.

4.5. Final Result Announcement: after analyzing entrance exam and interviews results.

4.6. Registration: after submission of all required original documents, applicant is academically

accepted as E-JUST student.

# Process Due date

1 Application Submission Thu, Oct 3 – Sat, Nov 2 2019

2 Primary Screening Announcement Tues, Nov 19 2019

3 Written Examination and Interview Sunday, Nov 24– Thursday, Nov 28

4 Final Result Announcement Tuesday, Dec 17, 2019

5 Deadline to Submit the Admission Requirements Thursday, Dec 26, 2019

6 Orientation Monday, Feb 10, 2020

7 Start of Spring 2020 Lectures Sunday, Feb 16, 2020


http://www.ejust.edu.eg/




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Entrance Examination

Students are required to pass successfully an entrance examination that focuses on the students’

academic background in the related program and on their analytical abilities.

Entrance exam will include two parts, one hour each. The first part is a general graduate examination

and the second is a technical examination.

THE FIRST PART IS GENERAL EXAM:

The general examination part (one hour exam) will mainly focus on assessing the student's creativity

required for him/her to make a transition to being a distinguished independent researcher; the exam

would include both multiple-choice and essay writing questions to access the student's ability to think

outside of the box (lateral thinking), how well he/she can analyse ideas (mainly analytical and

mathematical ability), and finally how practical he/she is to transform ideas into research/artefacts

(logical reasoning and scientific arguing abilities).

THE SECOND PART (SUBJECT EXAM):

The technical examination part (one-hour exam) assess the student's basic scientific background in

the following specialization for each department as follows:

1. Nanoscience Entrance Exam: General Chemistry Materials physics and chemistry Materials Analysis Macromolecules and Their Composites Spectroscopy

2. Applied and Computational Mathematics Entrance Exam: Differential Equations. Numerical Analysis. Partial Differential Equations. Fractional Calculus. Linear Algebra.

3. Energy Materials Entrance Exam: General Physics Semiconductors Physical Electronics Quantum Mechanics Electronics and Electrical Circuits

4. Biotechnology Entrance Exam: Biochemistry Cell biology Molecular biology





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Genetics Personal Interview and Research Proposal Presentation Assessment Criteria

For M.Sc. candidates:

1. Research ability and potential

Knowledge of basics principles in the field

Potential for conducting independent experiments/surveys

2. Presentation skills

Originality of the presentation (Percentage taken from web sites, borrowed material)

Logic and clearness to expose ideas (looking to audience)

Answering questions logic, and consistently

Clear and concise spoken English

3. Personal Character

Motivation and neatness

4. Awards and publication

Awards

For PhD candidates:

1. Research ability and potential

Experience in conducting independent experiments/surveys

Knowledge of the basics and advances in the major field

Capability to develop research tools (programming, software)

Clear plan & strategy

2. Presentation skills

Originality of the presentation (Percentage taken from web sites, borrowed material)

Clear and concise spoken English

3. Publications

Peer review journal (International)

Conference Proc.

4. Personal Character

Team work capability (tracked cooperation)

Studying abroad (exchange program)

Motivation and neatness

The candidate conducts a 15-minute presentation by PPT (Power Point Presentation) for his/her

research proposal in front of an evaluation committee. The presentation is followed by 15-minute

discussion with the candidate to evaluate the main points given in the research proposal and to

evaluate the candidate’s research potential.

Applicants are required to provide a copy of the research proposal report and a “six slides per page”

handout on a white background for the Power Point presentation





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5. GENERAL GUIDELINES

1- The maximum period that applicant might be put on the waiting list is one year only (two

semesters); and two years (four semesters) for private applicants who fulfilled all the admission

requirements but have no financial fund

(Note: the waiting list period does not include the semester the applicant applied for).

2- If the accepted applicant for M.Sc. degree requested to transfer his application from M.Sc. to

Ph.D. after passing M.Sc. entrance examination, technical and personal interview, he/she should

reapply on the website by filling new application then pass all the admission procedures for the

Ph.D. degree.

3- If any applicant would like to transfer from a department to another during the interview; the

applicant should fill and sign a “Transfer Form” to the admission office approved by the dean of

the school and the chairperson of the department he/she wishes to transfer from and the dean

of the school and the chairperson of the department he/she wishes to transfer to, in addition the

applicant should obtain the subject exam of the new department.

4- If any applicant would like to transfer from department to another after being accepted and

admitted in that department, the applicant should reapply from the beginning by filling a new

application and go through all the admission procedures.

5- If any student would like to postpone his/her enrolment, the deadline is the second week from

the beginning of the semester, otherwise he/she is considered as withdraw and/she he should

re-apply from the beginning.





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6. E-JUST RESEARCH AREAS AND TOPICS

1. Nanoscience

Carbon-based nanostructures (Carbon nanofibers, CNTs, graphene ,etc) materials

for energy generation, conversion and storage (photo-hydrogen generation,

supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells, QDDSCs).

Inorganic and organic thermoelectric materials.

Sensing and remediation of water for the toxic and radioactive elements.

Conducting polymer nanofilms and their application in sensors and catalysis.

Nanocatalyts for micro-reaction systems and high and low temperature synthesis

applications (pharmaceutical and petrochemical).

Electro-optical characterization of carbon nanostructures by using advanced laser

photolysis techniques.

Inorganic material/organic polymer nanocomposites and their application in

sensors, catalysis, photocatalysis, drug delivery and super adsorbents.

Electrical conductive nanofibers elastomers and graphene for flexible printed

electronics and, mechanical and gas sensing applications.

Mesoporous materials and their application in sensors, catalysis and drug delivery.

Carbon nanostructures for medical applications (light therapy and drug delivery).

Nanostructured conducting polymers and their application for adsorbing and

sensing pollutants.

Nanostructured coatings for corrosion protection and thermal management.

2. Applied and Computational Mathematics

Computational methods for ordinary, fractional and partial differential equations

Stochastic modelling

Dynamical systems

Quantum computing

Fractional Calculus and applications

Optimization

Applications of numerical methods to science and engineering

3. Energy Materials

Physics of solar cells devices

Physics of semiconductors for energy applications.

Quantum structures for optoelectronics.

Physics of nanoelectronics and spintronics materials.

Solar fuels: Conversion of light energy into chemical energy.

Nanocrystalline Thin film Solar Cells.

Nanocrystalline Carbon Quantum Dots for Photoenergy & Medical Therapy.





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Thin film and bulk thermoelectric materials.

Characterization of novel semiconductors materials in space missions

Impact of radiation in space environment

4. Biotechnology

Medical / Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: diagnostics; therapeutics.

Microbiological Biotechnology: Host – pathogen interface, bio-active products

Environmental Biotechnology: bioremediation / pollutants, ecosystems.

Agricultural Biotechnology: Pest / disease control; GMO’s.





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7. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION

Applicants must submit the following documents (SCANNED Copies) that should be attached to the

Online Application Form:

No. Documents

1 Affiliated Faculty

Nomination Letter

Attach the affiliated faculty/research center approval to apply

for E-JUST scholarship( for MoHE applicants only)

2 Application Form Attach the signed application form

3 Statement of Purpose Attach a Statement of your reasons for applying for E-JUST

4 Updated Job Status Updated Job status including First Hiring date as a

demonstrator( for MoHE applicants only)

5 BSc and MSc Certificate(s)

– English

For MSc applicants: Attach the BSc certificate

For PhD applicants: Attach BSc and MSc certificates.

6 BSc and MSc Transcript(s)

– English

For MSc applicants: Attach the BSc Transcripts.

For PhD applicants: Attach BSc and MSc Transcripts.

7 MSc Summary – English For PhD applicants: Attach the MSc summary in English.

8 Three Letters of

Recommendation

Attach three letters of recommendation from professors or ex-

advisors in the applicant’s affiliating university/academic

institution

9 International TOFEL score

79 or Academic IELTS 6.5 Attach the International TOEFL score 79, or Academic ILETS 6.5

10 Personal photograph Attach one personal photograph (size 4×6 cm, upper half of

body, full-faced, hatless) taken within the past 6 months.

11 Military Certificate. Attach the Military certificate

12 National ID card Attach the national ID card and passport if available.

13 Marriage Certificate For married applicants: Attach the marriage certificate

14 Children Birth Certificates For Married applicants: Attach the children birth certificates.
