We were delighted to welcome an Egyptian delegation to Université Paris-Saclay for the kick-off of our Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (MIC) program with the Faculty of Pharmacy – Cairo University and the Faculty of Pharmacy – Beni-Suef University. It was a pleasure to host Prof. Ahmed Elshafeey and Prof. Shahira Fawzy, Deans of the respective Faculties of Pharmacy, as well as Prof. Amira Abo Youssef, coordinator of the program at Beni-Suef University.

Throughout the week, the delegation had the opportunity to observe research activities at the Institut Galien Paris-Saclay (UMR CNRS 8612), the Faculté de Pharmacie – Université Paris-Saclay, and the Graduate School Health and Drug Sciences through visits to several research laboratories, technological platforms, and teaching facilities. The visit provided an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas, explore potential research collaborations, and strengthen academic ties between our institutions.

We were also pleased to welcome Prof. Binh Nguyen from Vietnam National University, HCMC, Hanoi, as part of our parallel Erasmus+ MIC program with Vietnam, generating further opportunities for scientific and academic exchanges between the three countries.

Special thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of this visit and warmly welcomed our guests:

JANOIR Claire, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy

Delphine Joseph, Director of GS HeaDS;

Nicolas Tsapis and Myriam Taverna, Director and Vice-Director of IGPS

Abdulghani Ismail: scientific coordinator of the MIC Erasmus + program, Paris-Saclay

Ali Tfayli, Director of SIA3M

Hafsa Korri-Youssoufi from ICMMO laboratory

Abdulkarim Tutakhail and Denis DAVID from MOODS

Kévin Hardonnière, Saadia Kerdine-Römer and Ghidaa Badran, PhD from MI2, INSERM UMR 996

Valérie DOMERGUE and Audrey Solgadi from UMS IPSIT

Lazare Buton, Anne-Lise Braesch, and Dorine Bonte from the international relations teams.

And of course, sincere thanks to everyone who helped organize the program and facilitate the delegation’s visit.

We look forward to the next three years of student, teaching staff, and researcher mobility, and to building lasting scientific and educational collaborations between our partner universities!