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In preparation for the start of the third phase of coordination for admission to public universities and institutes for the 2025/2026 academic year for high school students (modern and old systems) tomorrow, Tuesday, Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, has directed the provision of all information to assist high school students in properly using the electronic coordination website. Click here

To provide students with all the information needed to assist them during the various coordination stages and accurately select their preferences for admission to public universities and institutes.

Dr. Adel Abdel Ghaffar, Media Advisor and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Higher Education, stated that the General Administration of the Media Office and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry has prepared a media campaign to inform and educate high school students on how to coordinate admission to public universities and institutes.

The current guide includes many of the questions that high school students seek answers to when registering their preferences for admission to public universities and institutes.

The Ministry of Higher Education calls on various media outlets to publish these guides and explanatory materials for students to familiarize them with them during the electronic coordination period for public universities and institutes. The guidelines and all explanatory materials will be published on the Ministry's website and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research's official social media accounts:

● Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research website: Click here

● Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Facebook account: Click here

● Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Instagram account: Click here

● Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Twitter account: Click here

● Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Threads account: Click here

Below, we review the most important questions and answers students need during the coordination period.

Q1: Is there a change in the electronic coordination system for public universities and institutes?

• There is no change in the coordination system for public universities and institutes, as the coordination system is fully electronic as usual.

Q2: How is admission to public universities and institutes conducted?

• Through the Internet, "electronic coordination" is a free service available through the website : Click here

Q3: What are the rules that must be observed in electronic coordination?

• Care must be taken when entering your preferences.

• The password used to register your preferences must be kept confidential and not disclosed to anyone.

• Commitment to entering your preferences in full on the coordination website, which contains 75 preferences.

Q4: Where can I obtain the electronic coordination service?

• A personal computer connected to the internet.

• Computer labs are available at public universities and affiliated faculties across the country.

Q5: How can a student access the electronic coordination website?

• By entering the student's seating number and password on the electronic coordination website : Click here

Q6: What are the stages of coordination for admission to public universities and institutes?

• There are three stages for coordination for admission to public universities and institutes, based on the student's high school score. The Ministry announces these stages in official statements in various media outlets and on its official social media pages.

Q7: How many preferences are available for a student to select from on the electronic coordination website?

• The number of preferences available to a student on the website is 75.

Q8: What rules must be considered when arranging preferences?

• Choices are arranged according to the following:

1. Either by the permitted specialization sectors for the student's division or by university, according to the student's desire to enroll in the faculty or institute they wish to attend, as well as according to the gradual geographical distribution lists, which are followed to reduce the phenomenon of student alienation.

2. The student must select faculties in the first geographic zone before selecting the next. The students may transfer from one major to another, provided they meet the conditions outlined above.

Q9: Can the student print their preferences after registering on the website?

• The student can print the preferences they entered and receive a receipt with a specific number, dated and time of submission, or keep a copy of the student's preferences on their personal computer so they can refer to them whenever needed.

Q10: Can the student modify their preferences during the specified registration period?

• Yes, the student can modify their preferences multiple times, and the student's status is coordinated according to the last modification they made on the website, as the website retains the student's most recent modification.

• The student must keep their seating number and password confidential and not disclose them to anyone else, to prevent the student's preferences from being changed.

Q11: How does a student find out which faculty they are nominated for?

• The student re-enters the coordination website after the results for each stage are announced to find out which faculty they are nominated for.

• The student prints the nomination card after the coordination results are announced.

Q12: Do the minimum admission requirements for faculties differ according to the departments?

• Yes, the minimum admission requirements for faculties or institutes differ according to the science and arts departments. They are officially announced after the completion of each of the three stages for Egyptian high school students. The results for the remaining certificates are also announced via the electronic coordination website.

Q13: What are the rules for geographical distribution in the coordination?

• Students are distributed according to the university grouping into several groups (for educational administrations). Students are obligated to select the available faculties in each sector from Group A before selecting other faculties from Group B. They are also obligated to select the available faculties from Group B before selecting any faculties from Group C, as follows:

☆ Group A (mandatory): This is the university or universities closest to their educational administration. In some cases, there may be more than one university, as their educational administration is located within an equidistant distance between the two universities.

☆ Group B (mandatory): After completing the selections in Zone A: Several universities are located near the student's educational administration, and there is no difference in choosing one before the other.

☆ Group C: The remaining universities with faculties in this sector, from which the student is permitted to choose, are considered equal, as they are all located far from their place of residence and educational administration.

Q14: Is a student entitled to change their place of residence to change their geographic distribution?

• The student is not entitled to this, as the geographic distribution is based on the educational administration from which the student obtained their high school diploma, and a change of new residence is not considered.

Q15: How can a student know the final faculty to which they have been nominated?

• The student logs into the electronic coordination website and prints the nomination card containing the nominated faculty after the transfer phase has concluded, as the nomination card is considered final.

Q16: Is the student entitled to re-nominate themselves after the coordination results are announced?

• They are not entitled to this after the coordination results are announced and they have received the final nomination card.

Q17: When are transfers to reduce alienation open to students?

• After the announcement of the results of the second phase of coordination, the door for transfers to reduce alienation has been opened for both the first and second phases. The results are announced within the specified percentage of 10%, based on the capacity of the faculty to which the transfer is requested. The transfer is within the framework of geographic area (A). The transfer is permitted only once; there are no triple transfers. This is also announced after the results of the third phase are announced.

Q18: Can a student choose a faculty that requires advanced aptitude tests but has not yet taken them? Are these tests retaken?

• A student is not entitled to choose a faculty that requires advanced aptitude tests for admission, and the aptitude tests will not be retaken, in accordance with the principle of equal opportunity.

Q19: Is a student entitled to enter the electronic coordination this year if they did not enter last year's coordination?

• A student is not entitled to enter the electronic coordination this year if they were unable to enter last year's coordination, as electronic coordination is limited to students in the current academic year.

Q20: Are Al-Azhar secondary school students entitled to apply for admission to public universities and institutes?

• Students who obtained the Al-Azhar secondary school certificate in 2025 are permitted to be admitted through the University and Institute Admissions Coordination Office to some faculties of Egyptian public universities, subject to the conditions, enrollment numbers, and faculties determined by the Supreme Council of Universities, based on the approval of the university and faculty concerned.

Q21: How are students who hold the Egyptian General Secondary School Certificate (French- German) admitted to public universities and institutes?

• Students who hold the Egyptian General Secondary School Certificate (French-German) are admitted through the University and Institute Admissions Coordination Office to the French Language Department and the German Language Department at some faculties in Egyptian universities (according to the minimum scores for these faculties and provided that the total language score is no less than 65%), and according to the numbers and faculties determined by the Supreme Council of Universities based on the approval of the university and faculty concerned.

Q22: Is there an exception for high school toppers from the geographic distribution rules for admission to public universities and institutes?

The distribution of the top 1,500 students nationwide in the 2025 Egyptian General Secondary Certificate (500 Science + 500 Mathematics + 500 Literature) will be in accordance with the order specified by the Ministry of Education, as an exception to the applicable geographic admission rules when assigning them to faculties and university institutes through electronic coordination. They will be exempt from tuition fees in general programs after the first year at public universities and will continue to enjoy this privilege if they achieve an excellent grade at the end of each year during the first university stage.

Q23: How are Egyptian students with special needs of various categories admitted to public universities and institutes?

• Through the Coordination Office for Admission to Universities and Institutes, in accordance with the announced nomination rules for all student categories:

Students with special needs of all categories are entitled to apply via electronic coordination to faculties and institutes that accept their practical and theoretical certificates (Egyptian General Secondary School Certificate or equivalent - Egyptian Technical Certificates) that align with their preferences and the total grades in their obtained secondary school certificate. They are also entitled to pass the aptitude test or personal interview test for some faculties and institutes that require this as part of their admission requirements, to achieve the principle of equality and equal opportunity.

• Directly through universities.

Q24: How are Egyptian students with special needs admitted directly through universities?

Egyptian students, students of Egyptian secondary school certificates and equivalent Arab and foreign certificates, who are physically disabled, blind, deaf, or mute of all categories, and (integrated students) are exempt from the overall score requirement of obtaining at least 50% on the Egyptian secondary school certificate and equivalent Arab and foreign secondary school certificates when enrolling in certain theoretical and practical faculties, as follows:

** Faculties of Arts, Commerce, and Law: For students with physical disabilities, provided that the disability prevents the student from moving or taking notes without the assistance of others.

** Faculties of Arts, Dar Al-Ulum, Languages, Law, and Social Work: For blind students.

** Faculties of Special Education and Home Economics: For deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

** Faculties of Arts, Law, Commerce, Dar Al-Ulum, Languages, and Social Work: For integrated students (according to the Egyptian secondary school certificate). The faculty to which the student may enroll from the above-mentioned faculties is determined directly by the university, based on the decisions of the medical committee.

Q25: Do the rules for peer transfer and geographic distribution apply to students with special needs?

Students with disabilities are exempt from the rules for peer transfer and geographic distribution set by the Supreme Council of Universities. They are permitted to enroll in universities near their place of residence directly through the university after applying through the Coordination Office, subject to the following conditions and regulations:

1. The student must have obtained the minimum qualifying grades for admission to the sector in which they wish to study.

2. Submit an official document proving their place of residence in the educational district from which they obtained their secondary school certificate.

3. Submit a proof disability card, indicating the type and degree of disability, issued by the Ministry of Social Solidarity in accordance with Article (5) of Law No. (10) of 2018. The data contained therein is valid before the entities with which the person with a disability deals, whether governmental or non-governmental.

4. Review the data contained in the disability proof card at the university to which the student wishes to transfer, in accordance with the regulations and standards set by the relevant committee.

5- The student may appeal the university's decision before a central committee formed for this purpose by the Supreme Council of University Hospitals.

6- After the student's initial acceptance for transfer, the university submits a regular, consolidated official letter to the Coordination Office to verify the accuracy of the secondary school certificate data. The transfer is not final until a written statement is received from the Coordination Office regarding the accuracy of this data.