Graduates admission requirements bas

Admission requirements

Basic Applied Science Institute

Spring 2021 Student Enrollment
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 2021 Semester, which will begin on March 14, 2021. Lectures and instructions for research are given generally in English.

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

Age

               Applicants should be under 30 years for MSc applicants and 35 for PhD applicants on March. 1, 2021 (for MoHE Scholarships).
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

 §  For Private and E-JUST teaching assistants scholarships applicants: TOEFL iBT 79 or Academic IELTS: 6.5 (as a full time student)

§  For Governmental Scholarships applicants: TOEFL iBT 79 or Academic IELTS: 6.5 (as a full time student)or TOEFL IBT 65 or Academic IELTS 5.5 (as a provisional student)
**Students enrolled in Governmental Scholarships, who do not achieve the required language proficiency level, must submit an acknowledgment stating that in the event of failing to achieve the language requirement during the preparatory year, they will be obligated to pay all incurred expenses for the period of enrollment in the program.

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.

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

ü  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 50%.
AVAILABLE PROGRAMS AND REQUIRED 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

·         Physics

·         Other related fields
Biotechnology The students’ academic background should be Science background or equivalent in the field of specialization in:

·         Microbiology

·         Biochemistry

·         Biophysics

·         Biological sciences including botany, zoology and entomology

·         Pharmaceutical Chemistry

·         Organic Chemistry

·         Medicinal Chemistry
Applied and Computational Mathematics (ACM) The students’ academic background should be:

·         Science with specialization in Mathematics

·         Engineering with mathematics background

·         Computer science

·         Other related fields
Energy Materials (EMA) The students’ academic background should be Science background with specialization in:

·         Special Physics

·         Physics-major and Chemistry-minor

·         Materials Science

·         Biophysics

·         Energy materials for space applications

·         Other related fields
Space Environmental The students’ academic background should be Science background with specialization in:

·         Special Physics

·         Physics and Computer Science

·         Space Science

·         Astrophysics

·         Astronomy

·         Navigation Science

·         Space Technology

·         Environmental Science

·         Meteorology

·         Geophysics

·         Remote Sensing

Other related fields