The challenges of architectural education in the era of the global epidemic COVID-19 An analytical view of the potential and problems in distance architectural education - a case study of the blended education system, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

Architectural education represents the cornerstone that provides cities with better opportunities related to quality of life, progress and prosperity through the development of the built environment, which clearly and quickly affects societies, both as a built environment and also as a direct impact extending to the behavior and patterns of use in different societies. And that is through the contributions that the student of architecture makes today and the future architect in different cities and countries. Therefore, building a student of architecture intellectually, ideologically and technically is not less important in any way than the interest in studying international architectural projects. From this point of view, it is necessary to think and analyze the consequences of the current global situation from the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, for the second year in a row, and the consequences of this global situation on architectural education in Arab universities. Does distance education affect the capabilities of an architecture graduate student in the long run, negatively or positively?