The Qalaa Holdings Scholarship Foundation was created in 2007, out of a strong will to contribute to national development through creating high caliber professionals to help enhance Egypt’s growth in all sectors. The Foundation is funded by an endowment from Qalaa Holdings to grant academic scholarships for talented and promising young Egyptian men and women to pursue master degrees abroad in all fields of study.

About Qalaa Holdings

Qalaa Holdings is an African leader in energy and infrastructure. The firm builds businesses in core industries that will define the region’s future. The 32,000 employees of the company’s core subsidiaries and other investments work each day to deliver energy to consumers and businesses alike; to provide reliable, fuel-efficient transportation solutions; to grow or manufacture safe, healthy food; to add value to natural resources; and to help build critical national infrastructure Qalaa Holdings is a company that prizes innovation, value creation and sustainability in all of its investments and activities. Qalaa Holdings was founded in 2004 and is based in Cairo, Egypt with additional offices in Algiers, Algeria; and Nairobi, Kenya.

Qalaa Holdings believes that the private sector should take an active role in affecting positive change in all branches of Egyptian society. The Qalaa Holdings Scholarship Foundation (QHSF) was founded in 2007 with this belief in mind and as a part of the company’s commitment to education and human capital development in Egypt and across the region.

To ensure the program’s sustainability, we established an endowment to fund the activities of the Foundation. Today QHSF has grown to become the largest private sector funded scholarship program in Egypt. Despite economic and political challenges, every year since 2007 QHSF has been giving 15-20 of Egypt’s brightest students the chance to pursue graduate studies abroad at leading global universities in the U.S. and Europe on the condition that they return to work in Egypt after the completion of their studies. By providing youth from cities in 13 governorates throughout Egypt with opportunities we are enabling them to make a positive impact on the economic and social well-being of the country. During their time abroad, scholarship recipients gain critical thinking skills, professional qualifications, and international connections that equip them to make a pivotal impact when they return to Egypt.

In 2016 we proudly celebrated 10 years of successful, uninterrupted operations of the Qalaa Holding Scholarship Foundation. During this time, we have provided 163 students with the opportunity to pursue masters and doctoral degrees at top universities across the world including Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, Columbia and Wharton to name a few. Recognizing the crucial link between diversity and innovation, we have sought out talented young men and women from across the country. Past scholarship recipients have come from Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Menoufia, Ismalia, Assiut, Minya, Qalyubiya, Dakahlia, and Aswan governorates. Our students also have a diverse array of passions and have pursued degrees in fields ranging from film-making, anthropology, and art to law and business to engineering, architecture, development, and medicine.