Public university faculty members in Egypt are set to receive salary increases, with the government scheduled to release further details on November 16, 2026. The decision follows a meeting involving Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk, and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Abdelaziz Konsowa.
According to a cabinet statement released on November 11, the ministers reviewed proposals aimed at enhancing the incomes of academic staff. While the government has agreed to implement these increases, the specific financial amounts and the total cost of the initiative remain undisclosed.
The upcoming announcement follows recent directives from President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during Egypt Forum 2026, which called for improvements to the compensation of university teaching staff and their assistants.
These forthcoming increases are in addition to financial incentives approved earlier in November. Those measures raised monthly quality allowances for various academic roles, including EGP 1,500 for professors, EGP 1,250 for associate professors, EGP 1,000 for lecturers, EGP 750 for assistant lecturers, and EGP 500 for teaching assistants.
