Kumamoto University (KU) signed an academic collaboration agreement with Future University in Egypt on January 2019.

According to this agreement, KU and FUE are looking for enhancing the relationship between them through the promotion and development of collaborative research programs, academic and cultural exchange programs and other cooperative activities and assistance in areas of mutual interest and benefit.

The activities involved in the collaboration may include the following:
1. Exchange of academic staff and researchers
2. Exchange of students
3. Collaborative research and joint academic meetings
4. Exchange of documentation, research materials, publications and information in fields of mutual interest
5. Development, organization and hosting of joint academic and cultural symposia, conferences, workshops and meetings
6. Exchange of information, advice and assistance relating to areas of mutual interest including, but not limited to, research activities, obtaining grants and funding, technology transfer and research commercialization, development of educational and training programs, staff retention, and long range planning and institutional development
7. Other activities of mutual benefit for the Parties