At STEM High School, we believe that the school was designed to create “centers of excellence” that embody trans-disciplinary collaboration, real world applications, critical thinking, and a pioneering spirit. Ultimately, STEM schools support a new vision of Egypt as a country equipped with both the human capital and the institutional resources to compete and excel in the international marketplace.

The overarching goal of the schools is to create a network of self-sufficient schools with newly established curriculum, trained teachers, industry partnerships and operational system under the MOE's public schooling system to educate high performing students from across Egypt, regardless of socioeconomic status.

Ranked as Egypt’s best High School, STEM High School for Boys – 6 of October was initiated as the product of a partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), World Learning and its sub-recipients the ECASE project to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Education to establish STEM schools in Egypt. Offering a unique system that focuses on scientific, mathematical and technological fields, STEM schools target high-potential students who demonstrate strong academic skills. Taught by professors involved in post-graduate studies, the core skills and values acquired by the students throughout the curriculum emphasize and promote critical inquiry and research, problem solving skills, intellectual curiosity, and social responsibility. As the first of its kind in Egypt, the school serves applicants from different governorates: Cairo, Giza, Qalubia, Fayoum, Bani Souwaif, as well as the cities near 6 of October city.