Assiut University's clinical master's degree in neurosurgery, run by the Department of Neurosurgery at Assiut University Hospitals in Upper Egypt, is a structured two-part postgraduate specialist qualification.
Part one covers neuroanatomy, nervous-system histology, neurophysiology, neuropathology, general surgery and neurological diseases; part two covers congenital anomalies, head injury, degenerative spine, cerebrovascular disease, CNS tumours and infection, with operative, ward, clinic and on-call training in the Department of Neurosurgery.