A Cultural, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement between Nepal and Egypt was signed on 12 February 1976 with a view to expanding the scope of cooperation in the fields of culture, science and technology. Pursuant to the Agreement, an Executive Program on Cultural, Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the two countries was signed on 14 January 1994. This Executive program has been renewed in 2008.
Under the program, Egypt is to provide technical assistance and scholarships in the areas of science and education, culture, youth, sports, tourism and agriculture. The Ministry of Agriculture of Egypt is providing five scholarships (on average) annually to the Nepalese Officials working in the field of agriculture. Egypt has also been providing scholarships to Nepalese students to study Islamic education in Al Azhar University, Cairo Egypt. Apart from the Islamic education, Egypt has also facilitating scholarship to the Nepalese students for general and scientific education in other universities including Cairo University.
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and Egypt was also signed on March 2, 1996. Under the MOU, the institute for Diplomatic Studies of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to provide two annual training scholarships for the Nepalese diplomats.