President Mohamed Mursi will meet with the heads of university students' unions and their deputies next Saturday at the Ettihadeya presidential palace.

The president will hold an open discussion with the group and will exhibit the efforts of the state to support university students, presidential spokesman Amr Amer said on Wednesday.

Elections to choose a new president for the Egyptian Student Union were held last week.

Mohamed Badran, an independent candidate and head of Banha University Student Union, won the presidency of the union.