1. Egyptian Universities Network

2. Since 1987, the Egyptian Universities Network – EUN - has been working to promote better higher education for Egyptian Government Universities. EUN serves 15 universities and 19 different smaller scientific and educational organizations. EUN is a unit of the Supreme Council of Universities - SCU. EUN is funded primarily by the Universities’ subscriptions and also by various services.

3. EUN services / functions include Internet and inter-connectivity for Universities Managing the.eg domain Technical support Technical consulting e-mail services Web sites hosting

4. EUN is currently involved with the following projects IT training (SCU/ICTP) Scientific db’s & “e-journals” (SCU/ICTP) e-Learning (SCU/ICTP) Data Center (SCU/ICTP) EUMEDGRID (EU) EUMEDCONNECT (EU/MCIT) e-government (MoAD) Infrastructure upgrade (MCIT/ICTP/SCU)

5. IT Training The “Central Unit of ICT Training” prepares and supervises ICT courses and testing for faculty, assistants, and staff at all Universities. Scientific db’s & “e-journals” The “Egyptian Universities Library” – (EUL) is a consortium for subscribtion to international scientific data bases and on line journals.

6. E-Learning The “National e-Learning Center” promotes e-Learning awareness and skills for the academic staff and prepares electronic on line courses. Data Center At EUN, it will provide the servers for the various projects alongside the EUN servers and a SAN to provide security, connectivity, and back-ups.

7. Infrastructure upgrade Raising each university’s connectivity to 34 Mbps. Increasing Internet speeds with at least one 155 Mbps line. Cooperating with ENSTINET to create a unified network and “pool resources”.

8. Unified National R & E Network 14

9. Coverage of Egyptian Universities Network

10. AspectCurrentFall 2006 Connectivity Internet Internet 2 EUMEDCONNECT 56 M -- 34 M 56M + 155M(+155M?) 34 M 34 M (+?) University - EUN1 - 10 M34 M (with MCIT/ICTP) ServicesConnectivity -.eg – mail – hosting – tech. support & consulting + data center (with ICTP) Projects cooperation IT train. (SCU/ICTP) Scientific db’s & “e- journals” (SCU/ICTP) e-learn. (SCU/ICTP) EUMEDGRID (EU/ERI) EUMEDCONNECT (EU- MCIT) E-government (MoAD) + MIS server for SCU