The American University in Cairo (AUC) is proud to be the implementing partner of the USAID-funded University Centers for Career Development (UCCD) project. As part of the University’s role to advocate youth empowerment, share expertise and strengthen relations within Egyptian universities and the private sector; AUC has been implementing the UCCD project since 2017 in cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The project aims to improve the employability of public university graduates and enhance the integration of job market requirements in career services and higher education.



UCCD News

Shaken But Unbowed: UCCD's Fight to Win Survival Battle Against COVID-19 Pandemic
It all started with a shaken voice of the University Centers for Career Development (UCCD) Chief of Party Maha Fakhry in a meeting with the Cairo team informing them that operations must resume remotely from home due to the fast spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Fair Like No Other: 10 Egyptian Public Universities, 45 Employers, 3800 Students Come Together in the First Virtual Career Fair UCCD
The University Centers for Career Development UCCDs in ten public universities Ain Shams, Alexandria, Aswan, Beni-Suef, Mansoura, Menia, Menoufia, Sadat City, Sohag, and Zagazig were supposed to hold their first employment fairs this year, but then COVID-19 hit.

Expanding Boundaries
In Upper Egypt, Junior student at Beni Suef University Saleh Abdel Aziz spoke to UCCD staff members in a short video about his experience with Titan group in the cement industry in which his center brought as a two days experience of job shadowing for him and 31 other students.
UCCD Openings
April 2023
Assiut University
February 2023
Suez University
2022
Tanta University
2020
Aswan University — Alexandria University — Mansoura University
2019
Zagazig University — Menoufia University — Ain Shams University — Sohag University
2018
Beni Suef University — Mansoura University — Minia University
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