Prof. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, approved the result of the tenth announcement of the Egyptian Japanese Education Initiative (EJEP), where 4 members from Ain Shams University were nominated within this announcement. The Visiting Professors Office at Ain Shams University announced that the list of candidates included the Faculty of Medicine (member to conduct post-doctoral research), the Faculty of Agriculture (member to conduct post-doctoral research), and the Faculty of Al-Alsun (members to study master’s).

The list of candidates also indicated the Japanese universities and institutes for which faculty staff from Ain Shams University were nominated, which are as follows: Kyushu Institute of Technology, Hokkaido University, Hiroshima University, and the National Center for Child Health in Tokyo.

The names of the candidates included:

- Dr. Khaled Abdel Fattah Hamed Ahmed - Faculty of Agriculture

- Dr. Muhammad Ali Abdel Hamid Abdel Baqi - Faculty of Medicine

- Amira Mortada Mahmoud Habib - Faculty of Al-Alsun

- Raafat Gaber Abdel-Sabour Ali - Faculty of Al-Alsun