The social activity management of Student Welfare, Minia University, in cooperation with the social solidarity unit, conducted an awareness symposium on "overpopulation and its impacts on development " lectured by the chairman of the population studies department of faculty of Arts Prof. Dr. Abd EL-Magid Ahmed Abd EL-Magid, under the auspices of Minister of Social Solidarity Prof. Dr. Nevien El-Kabbag, Acting Minia University President Prof. Dr. Essaam Farahat, a and Ministry Advisor for Social Policies Dr. Salah Hashim.