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Orascom Construction Celebrates 25 Years of Sponsorship and Over 100 Scholars Through the Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program

22 October, 2025

Orascom Construction is proud to announce that it has awarded full scholarships to three outstanding Egyptian students under the Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program. The students will pursue undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Pennsylvania.

This year marks the 25th consecutive cycle of the Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program. Since its launch in 2000, and in partnership with the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development, the program has awarded 102 scholarships to Egyptian students. Previous recipients have studied at leading U.S. institutions including Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania.

The Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program supports both undergraduate and graduate students in fields that contribute to Egypt’s economic development. The scholarship covers full tuition, living expenses, travel allowance, and health insurance. Students are selected based on merit, need, and character, demonstrated through academic excellence, extracurricular engagement, and entrepreneurial initiative.

Orascom Construction believes that education plays a critical role in the positive development of Egypt. As such, the Onsi Sawiris Scholarship Program requires students to return to Egypt upon completion of their degrees.

For more information, please visit: http://www.onsisawirisscholarship.org/.

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