Nile University had been scheduled to move to the campus at the beginning of 2011, but when Mubarak was toppled from power, it was announced that the land and buildings would instead be allocatd to the Zewail City of Science and Technology.
이 과학 기술시 계획은 저명한 과학자이자, 1999년 노벨 화학상 수상자인 이집트계 미국인 아메드 즈왈리 (Ahmed Zewali)가 주도한 것이다.