Prof. Assem Tharwat earned his master’s degree in mathematical Statistics and his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cairo University, Egypt, and his Ph.D. in Operations Research from Charles University, Czech Republic. He accumulated almost 40 years of academic experience in different universities in both the public and private sectors in Egypt and in UAE. He taught both basic and advanced courses in many fields in Operations Research and Management Sciences. Prof Assem supervised about forty Ph.D. and M.Sc. thesis during the past 20 years and he published more than 100 articles in International/National Journals and conferences. In addition, he accumulated almost 15 years’ experience in the accreditation field in Egypt and UAE, moreover he is working as a member in the AACSB team for almost four years in AUE. Prof Assem has a good experience in the academic positions for more than 15 years and he served as a dean between 2011 and 2013 in CIC, Egypt & between 2017 and 2019 and from April 2020 till present in COBA, AUE, UAE. He is the current dean of the college of Business Administration - AUE since April 2020.

Moreover, he worked as a member of the AACSB team for almost four years in AUE and led the team to attain the AACSB accreditation in February 2022.

Prof. Assem has a good experience in academic positions for more than 15 years and served as Dean between 2011 and 2013 in CIC, Egypt and between 2017 and 2019 and from April 2020 to December 2021 in the College of Business Administration at AUE, UAE. He is currently the Dean of the College of Computer Information Technology in AUE since March 2022.