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About Zewail City

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About the City

Zewail City of Science and Technology is a nonprofit, independent institution of learning, research and innovation. The cornerstone of Zewail City of Science and Technology was laid on January 1, 2000. After many delays in the City’s establishment, the January 25 revolution in 2011 led to the revival of the initiative, late Dr. Zewail was asked by the Egyptian government to form the Supreme Advisory Board and re-launch the initiative on its original site. On May 11, 2011 the Cabinet of Ministers issued a decree to establish the National Project for Scientific Renaissance, and named it Zewail City of Science and Technology. The City was officially inaugurated on November 1, 2011. The final legal status was established when the City was granted law 161, issued on December 20, 2012. This law outlines the City’s aims and constituents, as well as its financial and administrative structures.

Mission

The main mission of Zewail City is to prepare a new generation capable of thinking critically and creatively, capable of positively impacting the community, and are ready to play a pivotal role in the fourth industrial revolution.

Vision

Zewail City of Science and Technology, a governmental, nonprofit organization, that was founded by Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail in 2011 with the vision of addressing the strategic challenges nationally, regionally and internationally, and to help in enriching the country’s economy.

Zewail City Strategic Objectives

Closing the Cycle of Education, Research, and Community Needs via:

  1. Providing education for citizenship
  2. Nurturing talent
  3. Providing a suitable environment that stimulates innovation
  4. Clear vision supported by transparent strategies, policies, processes, and
    results ensures accountability
  5. Bridging the gap between academia and industry, thus fulfilling all the
    strategic goals of Egypt

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ZC History

The cornerstone of Zewail City of Science and Technology was laid on January 1, 2000 in the Sheikh Zayed District of 6th of October City, Cairo. Present at the ceremony were Dr. Ahmed Zewail, then Prime Minister Dr. Atef Ebeid, and a number of ministers including Ahmed Nazif, who later became involved in his capacity as Prime Minister.

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City Structure

Zewail City of Science and Technology is composed of three main components that are inter-linked, but each with a separate mission:

  • The University of Science and Technology
  • Research Institutes
  • The Valley of Science and Technology
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Contribution to Sustainable Development

The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are based on carefully calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons across three broad areas: research, outreach, stewardship and teaching