Vision
The mental health department at the Faculty of Education - Suez Canal University is a pedagogical department that takes part in preparing and advancing educational cadres for both the Undergraduate and postgraduate stages through presenting scientific knowledge and research in different fields such as mental health and psychological guidance to promote the society along eras’ needs and changes.
Mission
The department participates in educational and professional preparation for cadres by supporting them with methods of knowledge, scientific research, and professional performance and contributes to the community’s development and enhancement and solving psychological problems that face students at both stages undergraduate and postgraduate.
Goals
In order to achieve quality guidelines, the department seeks to:
- Enrich students with needed skills, so as to raise the level of the scientific-educational system.
- Enrich students with scientific learning skills, analysis, and information application and provide psychological services to the students to help them in solving their problems.
- Equip learners with the required skills, as to prepare guiding, treatment, and educational programs, in order to help disabled people.
- Support learners with scientific research skills to prepare for applied research in the field of mental health, psychological guidance, and special education and to enrich the field of scientific research and its applications.
Divisions
- General stages (first-second-third-fourth).
- Kindergarten division (specialization courses).
- Psychology division (specialization courses).
Contact us
Department’s head: prof. Salah Fouad Mekkawy
Phone number: 0111965175
Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University, grants the student a Bachelor's degree in Mental Health specialization. The education period is 4 years in order to earn Bachelor's degree.
Terms of Acceptance:
- In order to be registered in the Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University, Students must be:
- Meet all acceptance conditions, defined by the Supreme Council of Universities.
- To be totally free for education.
- To pass all aptitude tests assigned by the faculty, for example:
- Interview the student
- Abilities test
- Medical test
Education Period
- The education period inside the faculty to earn Bachelor's degree is 4 years and divided into two stages. The first stage is divided into 1st and 2nd academic years and the Second stage is divided into 3rd and 4th academic years.
- The academic year is divided into two semesters. The period for each of them is 17 weeks; (15) educational weeks and (2) weeks for exams.
- The student is not shifted to 2nd year if he did not pass all courses. In case of failure in one course or more, the student takes the exam in the 2nd round.
- The student is shifted from 1st year to 2nd then to 3rd then to 4th, in case he succeeds in all courses, but if the student failed in one course or more, the student takes the exam in the 2nd round.
- The education language in all divisions is Arabic except in foreign divisions (English- French).
- The education language of English specializations is English.
- Educational courses’ education language is Arabic in all divisions, except in foreign divisions, which will be with its language. As for scientific specializations, the education language is English.
- The student is obliged to attend 75% of scientific and theoretical courses.
- The written exam period is two hours and three hours for long periods of courses.
- A student who failed in field training will fail in the academic year.
- The final grade is calculated according to the grade total average during the 4 years.
Grading system:
- Excellent: 100% to 90%
- Very Good: 90% to 80%
- Good: 80% to 70%
- Accepted: 70 to 60%
- Weak: 60% to 40%
- Very week: less than 40%
Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University, offers different degrees, such as:
- Diploma degree
- Master’s degree
- Ph.D. degree
Education system:
The student is allowed to register in spring or fall time semesters, with a maximum of 20 credit hours per semester. It is allowed for the student to register in the summer semester, with a maximum of 9 hours. Registration hours are not considered with research paper registration.
Terms of Acceptance:
- Students must be a holder of Bachelor's degrees from known universities.
- Students much are matching scientific department conditions and get approval from the department’s council and faculty’s council.
- Students must submit all documents required to postgraduate and research administration.
- Student registration is not taken into consideration, only after paying all fees.
- The student who doesn’t finish all registration procedures, before the end of 2nd week of the fall semester or summer semester, or 1st week of the summer semester, is not allowed to attend lectures.
Here is the list of research topics:
- Guiding and psychological therapy
- Programs and theories of character
- Clinical studies and case studies
- Studies in the psychology of child and teenage
- Studies about psychological disorders.