At the 30th annual meeting of the 56-member country’s Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Board of Governors held in the period from 23-24 June 2005 in Putrajaya international convention center in Malaysia, Osman Mohamed Osman, Egypt’s minister of planning and Egypt’s IDB governor, called for the establishment of union for Islamic science and technology centers (UISTC).

The UISTC should perform the following :

• Facilitating the scientific and technological collaboration among IDB-member states for the development of knowledge-based economy.
• Identifying priority areas of research for promotion of high tech fields and providing guidance to the associated research institutions, centers of excellence in the Islamic countries.
• Collectinging and maintaining high level technological data bank, in order to disseminate suitable technologies to the Islamic countries.
• conducting high-level training courses, organizing workshops, conferences and high-level specialized meetings and engaging in any other activity for the promotion of scientific research.
• Publishing scientific research journals, research work, state of the art studies and other reports related to scientific research.
• Award prizes, medals in recognition of excellency in scientific research work.

• Islamic associations, foundations and organisations

• Association of Arab universities

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Benin
• Brunei-Darussalam
  
  • Ministry of education
  • Universities and research centers
    1. University of Brunei-Darussalam
    2. Institute technology of Brunei
  • Brunei Agricultural Research Centre
    
• Burkina-Faso (Upper Volta)
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Union of Comoros
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
  
  • Ministry of higher education and scientific research
  • Universities and research centers
    1. Baghdad University
    2. Mousl University
    3. Diyala University
    4. Babylon University
    5. Dohuk University
    6. Sulaimani Universit
    7. Kufa University
  • Foundation of Technical Education
  • Kurdistan Technology and Research Centers
  • International Society of Iraqi Scientists
• Jordan
  • Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
  • Yarmouk University
  • Petra University
  • Jordan University
  • Queen Noor Civil Aviation technical college
  • Princess Sumaya University for Technology
  • New York institute of technology
  • Jordan University of science and technology
  • Philadelphia University
  • Mutah University
  • Al Al-Bayt University
  • The Hashemite University
  • Al-Balqa##$$ Applied University
  • Amman Arab University for higher studies
  • Al-zaytoonah university of Jordan
  • Al-Isra private university
  • Applied science private university
  • Al-ahilliyya Amman University
  • Zarka private university
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrghyz
• Lebanon
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  • Al-Fateh University
  • 7th October Misurata University
  • Academy of Graduate Studies
  • Garyounis University
  • Sebha University
  • Omar Al-Mukhtar University
  • National Center for Research and Scientific Studies
  • inistry of higher education
  • Open university
• Maldives
• Mali
• Mauritania
  • University of Nauokchott
• Morocco
  • Institut Pasteur du Maroc
  • Al Akhawayn University
  • Faculty of science, University Hassan II Ain Chock
  • University Hassan II Ain Chock
  • University of Hassan II – Mohammedia
  • Mohammed first university
  • University of Cadi Ayyad
  • University of  Chouaib Doukkali
  • University of Mohammed V - Souissi
  • High technology school
  • Institute of information technology
  • International institute for higher education
• Mozambique
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
  • Palestinian ministry of education & higher education.
  • Palestinian universities
    • Open Quad University
    • Islamic University of Gaza
    • Birzeit Univeristy
    • Al-Quads University
    • Bethlehem University
    • Hebron University
    • Najah University
    • Palestine polytechnic university
    • The Arab American University
    • Al-Azhar Universit
    • Al-aqsa University
  • Research centers
    • Palestine academy of science and technology
    • Applied research Institute
    • Palestinian energy & environment research center

• Qatar
  • Qatar foundation for science, education and community development
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
  • Mogadishu University
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Syria
  
  • Ministry of higher education
  • Syrian higher education and research network
  • Syrian universities
    1. Damascus University
    2. Aleppo University
    3. Tishreen University
    4. Al-Baath University
    5. Higher Institute of Applied Scienc
    6. Syrian virtual university

• Tajikistan
• Togo
• Tunisia
  • Ministry of higher education, scientific research and innovation
  • Directory for higher education institutions
  • University of Sfax
  • Virtual university of Tunis
  • University of Tunis
  • University of Manouba
  • University Tunis El manar
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Uganda
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Yemen
  • Sana’a University
  • University of science and technology
  • University of Aden
  • hadhrumout university of science and technology
  • Queen Arwa University
  • Saba University
• Cote d##$$Ivoire