On Monday, February 16, Assiut University held a session to distribute vacant administrative housing units, in accordance with the announcement issued during the period from 16 to 30 November 2025, under the patronage of Professor Ahmed El-Menshawy, President of Assiut University, and under the supervision of professor Mohamed Ahmed Adawi, Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Administrative Housing at the University.

A number of members of the Board of Directors of Administrative Housing participated in the session, namely: Dr. Shehata Al-Dabaa, Engineering Advisor to the President of the University, Dr. Sameh Abdel Salam, Financial Advisor to the President of the University, Dr. Essam Al-Sharif, Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Medicine and Member of the Council for Western Housing, Dr. Abdel Wahab Mohamed Ali, Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Agriculture and Member of the Council for Eastern Housing, Mr. Ahmed Shawky, Head of the Central Departments for Legal Affairs, Mr. Mustafa Gaber, Director General of the Department of Restrooms and Faculty Members' Residences, and Mr. Hisham Safwat, Director of the Housing Department, in the presence of a number of deans, vice deans, and faculty members applying for housing.

Professor Ahmed El-Menshawy stressed that the university administration is keen to apply the standards of transparency and fairness in all procedures for allocating administrative housing units, in order to ensure equal opportunities among faculty applicants, and full compliance with the rules and approved regulations.

The President of Assiut University added that the university continues to work to maximize the benefit of its available assets and capabilities, in a way that contributes to creating stable accommodation conditions for faculty members, in support of their academic and research role, and in a way that reflects the university's commitment to providing organized institutional services according to the highest levels of administrative discipline.

Professor Mohamed Adawy explained that the data of applicants to benefit from administrative housing units has been checked electronically and on paper, after they meet the specific conditions stipulated in the announcement, in accordance with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's Decree No. (351) of 2021, and the Unified Regulations for Administrative Housing approved by the Council of Assiut University.

He added that the number of applicants from faculty members reached 142 applicants, while the number of available units reached 15 units distributed in the Eastern and Western Residences, Al-Walidiya Residences, Nazlat Abdullah Residences, and Qalta Company Residences. During the session, 9 units were selected, while the remaining 6 units will be re-offered to the members applying in the same announcement without opening the door for a new announcement.