Institution in Cairo, Egypy This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (April 2020) | The Higher Institute Of Computer Science & Information Technology المعهد العالي للحاسبات و تكنولوجيه المعلومات بلشروق Type| Private Established| June, 2004 Chairman| Farouk Shabaan President| Ahmed Gaber Location| El Shorouk City, Cairo Egypt Campus| Shorouk Academy Website| www.sha.edu.eg The Higher Institute Of Computer Science & Information Technology (Arabic: المعهد العالي للحاسبات و تكنولوجيه المعلومات بلشروق) in El Shorouk City is officially licensed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Higher Institute of Computer & Information Technology in El Shorouk was granted its original accreditation according to the decree of the Supreme Council of Universities No. 79 on June 5, 2004. ## Contents * 1 Academic study * 1.1 Academic fields * 1.2 Academic degrees * 2 Testing centers * 2.1 Prometic testing center * 2.2 ICDL testing center * 3 Student activities * 3.1 Microsoft student partners * 3.1.1 2011 MSPs * 4 GDG Shorouk * 5 References * 6 External links ## Academic study[edit] ### Academic fields[edit] * Data analytics * Data warehousing * Data mining * Software engineering * Cloud computing * System analysis * System design * Management information systems * Programming and SE development[1] ### Academic degrees[edit] The Higher Institute of Computer Science provide the Egyptian Bachelors in computer science that is equal to the Egyptian Bachelors in computer science provided by Egyptian universities.[2] ## Testing centers[edit] ### Prometic testing center[edit] In March 2008 an agreement between the Institute and Prometric company was signed, these agreement give the institute the right to start his own testing center that provides all Microsoft exams as well as sun and Apple.[3] ### ICDL testing center[edit] In January 2010 another agreement between the Institute and UNESCO, was signed, these agreement give the institute the right to start his own testing center that provide the International ICDL and the Egyptian version of ICDL.[4] ## Student activities[edit] ### Microsoft student partners[edit] #### 2011 MSPs[edit] President Ahmed Fouad ## GDG Shorouk[edit] Formerly known as Shorouk GTUG (Google Technology User Group) is the Google Developers Group in shorouk academy, founded in 2011 by the following students of HICIT: 1. Ahmed Mahmoud 2. Ahmed Farid 3. Ashraf Hesham 4. Nasser Ali [5] ## References[edit] 1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-11-20.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-20.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-11-20.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-11-20.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 5. ^ https://www.facebook.com/GDGShorouk[user-generated source] ## External links[edit] * Official website * Shorouk GTUG Official Facebook Page * Meahope Official Facebook Page