Deans of the Faculties of Engineering at Benha University Egypt, Prof. Zeinab Feisal Abdelkader and Prof. Mohamed Said Mohamed Abd-Elghaffar, were received by Dr. habil. Viktória Sugár, Vice Rector for Sustainability and Strategic Development, on behalf of university management.

Negotiations on tightening institutional relations, which began last year in Egypt, have now continued at the Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, with the participation of Dr. Zsuzsanna Fáczányi, Vice Dean for Research, and staff members of the faculty, this time focusing on topics that seem most promising for encouraging student and staff mobilities, as well as launching joint research programmes. Special attention has been paid to heritage protection and joint efforts aimed at the preservation of built heritage, including archaeological exploration and architectural documentation of highly endangered historical sites, and the development and implementation of modern site management plans.

An initiative of the Egyptian party to jointly set up a Sustainable Heritage Lab was presented and discussed; this platform is to integrate heritage conservation, sustainability and smart technologies into research and education through the study of issues such as the adaptive reuse of historic buildings, sustainable retrofitting, climatic resilience, intelligent conservation and smart monitoring, as well as digital access and experience.

Beyond the meeting, our guests received guided tours in the labs of the Institute of Civil Engineering and the studios of the Institute of Architecture, and also delivered academic presentations reflecting their respective major fields of research to an audience of staff members and students of the faculty.