ABSTRACT
Insertion
of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into higher education is an important
concern. This article aims to address the influences of SDGs in higher and
engineering educational system in Egypt. The present study focuses on SDGs 3,
4, 6, 7, 9, and 11. SDG 3 is related to occupational health and SDG 4 is
related to higher education development. However, SDGs 6, 7, 9, and 11 are
related to both mechanical and environmental engineering, and occupational safety.
The study approach involves case risk analysis, investigations, and review for
design concepts of occupational health and safety before and after the
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A number of cross-sectional studies that constitute
125 multidisciplinary research plans (MDRPs) are grouped to monitor and
evaluate two main factors which are an influence of involving SDGs into
engineering education and selected curriculum of occupational health and
safety. Then the results of these research-based studies, which performed over
four academic years started from 2017 up to date 2021, are depicted and
discussed. These results reveal the importance of interlink between engineering
education and the intended SDGs. The latest 25 MDRPs demonstrate that Egypt response
to alleviate the COVID-19 is rapidly pronounced specially on SDGs 3 and 4
simultaneously. However, those MDRPs show that neither record impacts nor
delays on SDGs 6, 7, 9 and 11. The conclusions prioritize both the advanced
educational mechanisms and verify the engineering curriculums to raise
awareness of SDGs among both staff members and students in Egyptian
universities. Finally, future work is recommended at the end of this article to
focus on each specific goal to gain deep insight to state of the art for each
SDG around globe using education development.