Cairo University

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Cairo University
جامعة القاهرة Gāmaʿat al-Qāhirah
Established:	1908
Type:	Public
President:	Prof. Dr. Hossam Mohamed Kamel
Faculty:	12,158
Students:	200,000
Location:	Giza, Giza, Egypt
Campus:	Urban
Former names:	Egyptian University Fuʾād I University
Website:	www.cu.edu.eg/

Cairo University (Arabic: جامعة القاهرة‎, previously Egyptian University and later Fuad University) is an institute of higher education located in Giza, Egypt. Cairo University includes a School of Law and a School of Medicine. The Medical School, also known as Kasr Alaini (قصر العيني, Qasr-el-'Ayni), was one of the first medical schools in Africa and the Middle East. Its first building was donated by Alaini Pasha. It has since undergone extensive expansion.

Contents 1 History 2 Faculties and branches 3 Rankings 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

The university was founded on December 21, 1908, as the result of an effort to establish a national center for educational thought. Several constituent colleges preceded the establishment of the university including the College of Engineering (كلية الهندسة) in 1816, which was shut down by Muhammad Said Pasha in 1854. Cairo University was founded as a European-inspired civil university, in contrast to the religious university of Al-Azhar, and became the prime indigenous model for other state universities in the region.

The first president of Cairo University, then known as the Egyptian University, was Professor Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed.

[edit] Faculties and branches

• The Faculty of Sciences
• The Faculty of Agriculture
• The Faculty of Archaeology
• The Faculty of Arts
• The Faculty of Commerce
• The Faculty of Computer and Information Science
• The Faculty of Dar El-Ulum
• The Faculty of Oral Dental Medicine
• The Faculty of Economics and Political Science
• The Faculty of Engineering
• The Faculty of Law
• The Faculty of Mass Communications
• The Faculty of Medicine
• The Faculty of Pharmacology
• The Faculty of Physiotherapy
• The Faculty of Regional and Urban Planning
• The Faculty of Science
• The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

[edit] Rankings

According to the 2008 Webometrics World Universities rankings, Cairo University is ranked 2nd in Egypt and 10th in Africa. [1]

According to the 2007 Academic ranking for World Universities (ARWU), published by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Cairo University is ranked as one of the Top 500 World Universities. [2]

[edit] See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cairo University

• Education in Egypt
• Egyptian universities
• List of Egyptian universities
• Mediterra
• Cairo University alumni

[edit] External links

• UniMasr.com | Faculty Of Engineering Cairo University | Students community
• Cairo University official website
• Eg123 (منتدي كلية هندسة القاهرة)
• New KasrAlainy Teaching Hospital
• Human Rights Watch: The Repression of Academic Freedom in Egyptian Universities.
• Cairo University at NNDB
• Cairo Muslim Brotherhood Students at Cairo University
• General Arabic Medicine Forum (In Arabic)

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