The British University in Egypt is a private university in El Sherouk, Greater Cairo, Egypt. Founded in September 2005, the university campus covers approximately 40 acres (fedans) of land. The available space within the buildings is 27000 m². The BUE currently has four main faculties – Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, and Nursing. The University is rapidly developing an institutional research profile and a significant number of research-active staff have been engaged in academic positions. There are many centers dedicated to research including The BUE Center for Theoretical Physics (CTP) and The Center for Advanced Materials (CAM). BUE says that its vision is to be regarded as a leading University in Egypt and it aspires to be established as a world-class institution within the next 10 years. In early 2006 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Loughborough and the BUE to set the context and establish the platform for the development of a broad collaborative partnership between the two institutions, with collaboration envisaged in research, teaching and enterprise, underpinned by Loughborough University’s validation of BUE programmes.