Founded in 1919, AUC is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of intellectual, social and cultural life of the Arab world.

The Department of Petroleum and Energy Engineering (PENG) offers the graduates the opportunity to join a challenging and exciting career to explore, develop and produce oil and gas resources. The mission of the PENG department is to provide students with a world-class, accredited petroleum engineering education within the context of a liberal arts environment, and prepare them for a successful career in the Petroleum industry, both locally and internationally. H2-Markets project will allow

PENG to strengthen its profile on renewable energy.

The Center for Applied Research on the Environment and Sustainability (CARES) was established in 2012 to help Egypt face the challenges of sustainability and sustainability education. It links and integrates different parties as part of an ambitious and comprehensive movement for sustainable development. CARES is unique in its integration of all the AUC schools and research bodies to develop innovative, creative and achievable green solutions for the challenges facing the sustainable development of Egypt and the region.

AUC works already closely together with the other project partners. AUC, BUE and UoC did already build up a DAAD cooperation in the field of renewable energy (BaSEF project). The aim had been to build up intercultural academic networks between the project partners. Furthermore, AUC coordinated the application for the “African Agriculture Climate Adaption” program of the Science for Africa foundation together with the Université Mohammed V in Rabat. The project “Application of innovative ioT for Agricultural irrigation system as a response to climate change (POTAGE) promotes innovative solutions for agriculture.