Cairo University
جامعة القاهرة Jāmaʿat al-Qāhirah
Established:	1908
Type:	Public
President:	Prof. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as ʿAlī ʿAbd ar-Rahman Yūsuf
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 Fuʾād I University) is an institute of higher education located in Giza, Egypt. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" You may have been looking for the Great Pyramid of Giza. For the three pyramids of Giza visit the Giza pyramid complex. Giza Governorate (الجيزة is one of the governorates of Egypt. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Higher education is Education that is provided by universities, vocational universities, Community colleges Liberal arts colleges You may have been looking for the Great Pyramid of Giza. For the three pyramids of Giza visit the Giza pyramid complex. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The university was founded on December 21, 1908, as the result of an effort to establish a national center for educational thought. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 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. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sa'id of Egypt (1822 - 1863 ( Arabic: محمد سعيد باشا was the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863 officially owing fealty 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. Al-Azhar University (pronounced "az-HAR" الأزهر الشريف, "the Noble Azhar" in Egypt, founded in 975 is the chief centre of Cairo University includes a School of Law and a School of Medicine. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the The Medical School, also known as Kasr Alaini (القصر العيني, al-Qasr al-'Ayni), was one of the first medical schools in Africa and the Middle East. The school of medicine at Cairo University is one of the earliest medical school in Egypt and Africa started long befor the establishment of Cairo University and became part Its first building was donated by Alaini Pasha. Since then it has undergone extensive expansion.

Faculties and branches

• The Faculty of Arts
• The Faculty of Agriculture
• The Faculty of Commerce
• The Faculty of Computers and Information
• The Institute of Educational Studies and Research
• The Faculty of Engineering
• The Faculty of Mass Communication
• The Faculty of Medicine
• The Faculty of Nursing
• The Faculty of Pharmacy
• The Faculty of Physiotherapy
• The Faculty of Sciences
• Statistical Studies and Research Institute
• The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
• The National Cancer Institute
• The National Laser Institute

See also

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

External links

• Cairo University official website
• 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)

The Egyptian educational system is highly centralized and is divided into three stages Basic Education (التعليم الأساسى transliteration Universities in Egypt are generally either state-funded or privately funded This is a list of universities in Egypt: Public universities Mansoura University (established in 1972 Ain Shams University Notable alumni and attendees of Cairo University are listed here first by decade of their graduation (or last attendance and then alphabetically The Muslim Brothers ( Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون al-ikhwān al-muslimūn, full title The Society of the Muslim Brothers, often simply الإخوان

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