On April 7, 2017, the fair for Universities of Upper Egypt concluded under the slogan Scouts across the community. It was organized by Ministry of Youth & Sport on 1/4/2017 in cooperation with SVU with the participation of Al-azhar Universities (Assiut Branch) Fayoum, Sohag Universities and others. Dr. Abbas Mansour asserted the importance of organizing that fairs to promote moral values, build intellectual capacity and develop self-skills and to strengthen the bonds of friendship between the universities ,referring to the students activities ‘support from Ministry of High Education and Ministry of Youth & Sport. He also asserted the importance of teamwork and sportsmanship in all competitions organized by the university. Moreover, Dr. Gehan Hanafy, General Manager at Ministry of Youth & Sport, declared that the fair divided into phases: the first was for Universities of Lower Egypt and the second was for Universities of Upper Egypt.