The
government has allocated an area of 827 acres and 14
carats in the desert area, which lies 10 kilometers
in the southwestern part of Sohag City, to be the
new campus of Sohag University.
The new
site is near Alexandria – Aswan highway and Sohag
airport as well as embracing a new city of Sohag,
which is tempted to expand in this region, an outlet
and alternative to the narrow valley, as well as to
encourage other activities (industrial,
agricultural, community) to invade this part of the
desert and the formation of the nucleus of a new
community pool interacts with the University and
culturally influenced by
them.
Construction
of
the
new
campus
university
is
well underway.
The
first
phase
(1998
200
I),
included
the
building
of class-halls
complex,
a
new administrative
building
and
the
establishment
of a
farm
for agricultural
production
and
livestock.
With
the
Presidential
Decree
to
establish
the
new
city
of
Sohag
in
2000,
and
decree
of
establishing
Sohag
University
in
2004,
an
the
growing
interest
of the
political
leadership
in the
development
of
the
Sohag
province,
it
was
urgent
to speed
up
the
construction
the
new
campus
of the
University.
Consequently,
plans
for
gradual
moving
of
university
faculties
to
the
new
campus
have
been
prepared.
This
process
will
begin
with
Faculty
of Commerce,
respectively
beginning
in academic
year
2009
/
20
I
O.
Therefore,
the
construction
work
site
is
well
under
way
in the
following
construction
projects:
I
-
Central
teaching
halls
(amphitheatres)
building
on
12
thousand
square
meters
area,
costing
50 million
pounds.
2
-
Classroom
Building
for
the
Faculty
of Commerce
on
an
area
of 5500 square
meters
at
a cost of
45
million
pounds.
3 -
Student hostels on an area of 1750 square meters at
a cost of 9 million pounds.
4 -
Infrastructure; including roads, water pipelines,
sewage network, electricity, and telephones at a
cost of 115 million pounds.
5 -
Technology complex that includes the buildings of
the Faculty of Engineering, and industrial education
in addition to the technical school on total area of
42000 square meters and costs about 120 million
pounds.
6 -
Classroom Building for the Faculty of Education on
an area of 5500 square meters at a cost of up to 45
million pounds.
The
farm is established
on
an
area
of
160
acres
in
the
northern
part
of the
area
allocated
to
the
university
buildings.
Work
has
begun
in the
farm
since
1995.
It
includes
a building,
livestock
barns,
warehouse
and
a slaughterhouse,
as
well
as plantations
for
the
production
of
fruits
and
vegetables
and
agricultural
crops.
