Introduction to the U.S.-Egypt Higher Education Initiative (HEI)

Internships

U.S.-Egypt Higher Education Initiative (HEI) MBA Scholars:

With the exception of scholars required to attend summer courses, HEI MBA scholars participate in an internship in the US during their first year of studies and an internship in Egypt after their graduation. The following is a list of US internships host organizations to date:

  • Slurp Ramen
  • Global Women’s Leadership Network
  • Felidae Conservation Fund
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • American Cancer Society
  • Ellis Medicine, Department of Business Development and Strategic Planning
  • Venture Project, component of Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA
  • Linea Systems
  • Mark Pharmacy
  • Human Resources and Administration Department for Zip Inc.
  • Techwady
  • Small Business Development Center at Lehigh University
  • K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, Marketing Department
  • World Affairs Council of New Hampshire
  • International Institute of New England, Refugee Settlement
  • S. Senator Jean Shaheen’s Office
  • Catholic Medical Center, Nursing Systems and Support
  • Small Business Development Center at Stony Brook University
  • The American University in Cairo Press
  • SUNY Buffalo, Sustainability and Supply Chain Management
  • Akron Global Business Accelerator
  • Paradigm
  • International Institute of Akron
  • Aspetuck Valley Country Club
  • Educational and Cultural Travel LLC
  • Entrepreneurship Foundation Inc.
  • VASE Management LLC
  • Paradigm Financial Partners
  • University of Toledo, College of Business and Innovation
  • DHR International
  • Arab Women Activists and Leaders (AWAL) at Arab American Association
  • Econocaribe
  • Bi-Lingual Assistance Services
  • Webster University, Global Leadership Academy
  • Webster University, Housing and Residential Life
  • Human Resources Department, City of Salem
  • Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
  • Garten Servies

US-Egypt Higher Education Initiative (HEI) STEM scholars:  

Participate in an internship every year alternating between Egypt and the US. The following is a list of Egyptian host organizations to date:

  • CHT SAE
  • Safwa Hospital
  • DKimia
  • EGEC
  • Silver Key Tech
  • 57357 hospital
  • Chemonics
  • ProService
  • Nebras Technology
  • Nano-Tech,
  • CentriVision
  • Inovasys

U.S. State Department’s Participant Training and Exchange Visitor Alumni website:

The U.S. State Department’s Participant Training and Exchange Visitor Alumni website can be found at https://alumni.state.gov Participants can join anytime and don’t need to wait until graduation. This website is a resource for past and present U.S. government-sponsored participant trainees and exchange visitors with tools to advance their communities and our world. USAID’s involvement with the State Alumni website started in November of 2011. To date, several thousand USAID-funded participants have joined.

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