Egypt - CSPSA

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The Student Exchange Officer in Egypt - CSPSA : Nazmi Nagi
The name and abbreviation of the association : Cairo Scientific Pharmaceutical Students\\\\\\\' Association ( CSPSA )
Total number of places per year? (approximately) : 10-20
Area possibilities?
- Community/ hospital/ industry/ research in a university/ other?
- Can you describe the work in more detail? :
Mainly community pharmacy where the student will get to know generic and trade names of drugs, their pharmacological action. Also,he will get to compare between pharmacies in Egypt, and in his own country. Sometimes we provide Industry & hospital.
Length of training periods? (usually 1-3 months) : 1-3 months
Available months and cities ?
- Specify whether or not full month is required
- Comments? :
July to September full month is not required In Cairo which is the capital of Egypt, but we will take a tour in Egypt for sure =)
The type of accommodation?
- Student residence/ family/ hostel/ other?
- Paid by: the student/ the host association/ employer/ others? If paid by the student how much is it approximately :
in rented appartments shared by students. For the first ten students, accommodation will be paid by the association, but still, we can host upto ten more, but they will have to pay for their accomodation which costs only around 100 euros per month
Board, pocket money or other financial benefits/ remuneration?
- Board paid by: the student/ the host association/ employer/ others?
- Pocket money provided (Yes / No)?
- Other po :
No pocket money is provided.
Social events? Possible presence of other exchange student at the same time in the same city (students of pharmacy or other fields)? : We try to place the maximum number of exchange students as possible in the same month, so it\\\\\\\'s easier to organise a social programme. Professional and cultural visits are included, as well as some other activities during the week and weekend trips.
Language requirements : English
Other requirements for the student?
- Minimum year of study?
- Graduated? :
any year, everybody is welcomed
Information on Work Permits and Visa : No work permits required. Visa is easily obtained from the airport especially for EU, USA,... for very few countries, they may require invitation letter.
Selection Procedures?
- Deadline to apply?
- % Bilateral exchanges usually done?
- Choice of the Exchange Student by: the SEO / the host (employer)? :
The deadline to apply is around two months and a half before the exchange. CSPSA mainly arranges bilateral exchanges, though non-bilateral exchanges are also common. The choice of the exchange student is made by the SEO.
Special remarks : Egypt is a wonderful place to be in, specially in summer. It suits all types of people, those who are intrested in monuments, Egyptology, Pharos,... and those who loves sunny beaches and party life. I PROMISE you that you won\\\\\\\'t forget your summer,
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This information has been updated the last time on 2008-04-16

answers from the evaluation of student that that went to Egypt - CSPSA .

Question Score from 1 to 5 of the answers
How was the application procedure?Too complicated0 %0 %18 %24 %59 %Easy and clear
Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?No12 %6 %6 %18 %59 %yes
What do you think of the IPSF Web Site?Very unclear0 %12 %24 %18 %47 %Very clear
How was the assistance provided by your SEO? Was it easy to get in contact with the SEO?Bad0 %0 %0 %0 %0 %very good!
Did those activities fulfil your expectations?No18 %6 %6 %6 %65 %Very much
Was it easy to reach the place where you stayed?No , very difficult0 %6 %18 %6 %71 %Yes , no transport problems
Did you feel at home at the place where you stayed?Not at all12 %6 %18 %12 %53 %Very much
Was your employer interested in teaching you?Not at all0 %12 %18 %12 %59 %Very interested
Do you think the work you did was interesting?Not at all12 %6 %24 %18 %41 %Very interesting
Do you think you learned enough during your traineeship?Not at all12 %12 %18 %18 %41 %Yes I do
Did the work correspond to the information that you received before the traineeship?Not at all24 %6 %12 %6 %53 %Yes
Did you experience any communication problems during your traineeship?Not at all59 %12 %6 %12 %12 %Yes , many
Was this too much?Not at all59 %6 %35 %0 %0 %Yes far too much
Did you get the opportunity to visit the country?Not at all0 %0 %6 %41 %53 %Yes more than enough
Were the traineeship and visit as you expected?Not at all12 %12 %6 %12 %59 %Yes I am very
Would you advise other students to apply for this association's SEP?Not at all18 %12 %0 %0 %71 %Yes definitely

Evaluations of students that went to Egypt - CSPSA

  • 01/07/2005 - 31/07/2005 : negative evaluation
  • 01/07/2005 - 31/07/2005 : very positive evaluation
  • 03/07/2006 - 26/07/2006 : FI/06/00056: very positive evaluation
  • 01/07/2006 - 30/07/2006 : very positive evaluation
  • 03/07/2006 - 17/08/2006 : SI/05/00049: very positive evaluation
  • 02/08/2006 - 30/08/2006 : very negative evaluation
  • 02/08/2006 - 31/08/2006 : negative evaluation
  • 01/07/2007 - 01/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
  • 01/07/2007 - 01/08/2007 : very negative evaluation
  • 01/07/2007 - 01/08/2007 : very negative evaluation
  • 01/09/2007 - 01/10/2007 : very positive evaluation
  • 13/07/2008 - 16/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
  • 21/07/2008 - 21/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
  • 02/08/2008 - 02/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
  • 02/08/2008 - 02/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
  • 02/08/2008 - 02/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
  • 02/08/2008 - 02/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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