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Ain Shams University ( ar, جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in
Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.


History

Ain Shams University was founded in July 1950, the third-oldest non-sectarian native public Egyptian university (ancient
Islamic universities Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main ...
such as
Al-Azhar Al-Azhar Mosque ( ar, الجامع الأزهر, al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit=The Resplendent Congregational Mosque, arz, جامع الأزهر, Gāmiʿ el-ʾazhar), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic ...
and private institutions such as the
American University in Cairo The American University in Cairo (AUC; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, Al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs ...
are older), under the name of Ibrahim Pasha's University. Its site used to be a former royal palace, called the Zafarana Palace. The two earlier universities of this kind are
Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
(
Fuad I university Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
formerly)
and
Alexandria University Alexandria University ( ar, جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an indepen ...
( Farouk I university formerly). When it was first established, Ain Shams University had a number of faculties and academic institutes, which were later developed into a university. The university's academic structure includes 14 faculties, 1 college and 2 high institutes plus 12 centers and special units.


Faculties and institutes

* Faculty of
Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
(4 years) * Faculty of Arts * Faculty of
Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...
(4 years) * Faculty of Computer and Information Science (4 years) * Faculty of Education (4 years) * Faculty of Dentistry (6 years) * Faculty of linguistics (Al Alsun) (4 years) *
Faculty of Law A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In American usage such divisions are generally referred to as colleges ...
* Faculty of Medicine (7 years) * Faculty of Nursing *
Faculty of Pharmacy Faculty may refer to: * Faculty (academic staff), the academic staff of a university (North American usage) * Faculty (division), a division within a university (usage outside of the United States) * Faculty (instrument), an instrument or warrant ...
(6 years) * Faculty of Engineering (5 years) * Faculty of Science (4 years) * Faculty of Specific Education * Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education. * Faculty of Archaeology (4 years) * Institute of Environmental Studies and Research * Institute of Postgraduate Childhood
The Higher Institute of Cooperative & Managerial Studies


Campuses

Ain Shams University has eight
campus A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-like se ...
es. Two of them are next to each other, separated by a main road named El-Khalifa El-Maamoun; all of them are in Greater Cairo. The main campus is in
Abbassia Abbassia ( ar, العباسية  ) is a neighbourhood in Cairo, Egypt. The Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo is located in Abbassia. The medical faculty of Ain Shams University and its affiliate hospital units are located in Abb ...
,
Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
and houses the Administration and Management at the
Saffron Palace The Saffron Palace ( ar, قصر الزعفران) is located in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, near Abbassia at Khalifa Maʽmon Road. Now it is inside the main campus of the Ain Shams University. History The Saffron Palace was an Egyptian royal ...
, Science Education Development Center, Central Library, Child Hood Center and the University City (students hostel), in addition to the faculties of Computer Science, Science, Law and Art. The opposite Campus houses the faculty of Commerce, Alsun, pharmaceutical Science and Dentistry. The Women's College has its own campus. Faculty of Specific Education, Faculty of Education, and Faculty of Agriculture are each on separate campuses in Abassia, Heliopolis, and
Shubra El Kheima Shubra El Kheima, ( ar, شبرا الخيمة, lit=hamlet of the tent, , from ) is the fourth-largest city in Egypt after Cairo, Giza and Alexandria. It is located in the Qalyubia Governorate along the northern edge of the Cairo Governorate. It ...
, respectively.


Filming

In 2012, Misr International films was producing a television series based on the novel '' Zaat'' by
Sonallah Ibrahim Son'allah Ibrahim ( ar, صنع الله إبراهيم ''Ṣunʻ Allāh Ibrāhīm'') (born 1937) is an Egyptian novelist and short story writer and one of the " Sixties Generation" who is known for his leftist and nationalist views which are exp ...
. Filming of scenes set at Ain Shams University was scheduled to occur that year, but
Muslim Brotherhood The Society of the Muslim Brothers ( ar, جماعة الإخوان المسلمين'' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( ', is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan ...
student members and some teachers at the school protested, stating that the 1970s era clothing worn by the actresses was indecent and would not allow filming unless the clothing was changed. Gaby Khoury, the head of the film company, stated that engineering department head Sherif Hammad "insisted that the filming should stop and that we would be reimbursed ... explaining that he was not able to guarantee the protection of the materials or the artists."


Rankings

According to the 2014 Webometrics World Universities rankings (aimed to promote Web publication, not to rank institutions), Ain Shams University is ranked 3rd in Egypt, 25th in Arab World and 15th in Africa.


People


Notable faculty

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Mervat Seif el-Din Mervat Seif el-Din, Arabic: ميرفت سيف الدين (born 1954) is a classical archaeologist from Egypt, who was Director of the Graeco-Roman Museum of Alexandria from 2004 to 2010. A specialist in the archaeology of Alexandria, el-Din is a ...
(born 1954), classical archaeologist and former director of the
Graeco-Roman Museum The Graeco-Roman Museum is an archaeological museum located in Alexandria, Egypt. History Erected in 1892, it was first built in a five-room apartment, inside one small building on Rosetta Street (later Avenue Canope and now Horriya). In 1895, ...
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Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi Abd El Aziz Mohamed Hegazy (also known as Abdulaziz Hijazi) ( ar, عبد العزيز محمد حجازي, ; 3 January 1923 – 22 December 2014) was the 38th Prime Minister of Egypt during the presidency of Anwar Sadat. Career Hegazy received h ...
(1923–2014), Prime Minister of Egypt during the presidency of Anwar Sadat *
Abdel Rahman Badawi Abdel Rahman Badawi (Arabic: ) (February 17, 1917 – July 25, 2002) was an Egyptian existentialist philosopher, professor of philosophy and poet. He has been called the "foremost master of Arab existentialism." He published more than 150 wor ...
(1917–2002), professor of philosophy and poet *
Aisha Abd al-Rahman Aisha Abd al-Rahman (Arabic: عائشة عبد الرحمن; 18 November 1913 – 1 December 1998) was an Egyptian author and professor of literature who published under the pen name Bint al-Shaṭiʾ ( بِنْت ٱلشّاطِئ"Daughter of the ...
(1913–1998), Egyptian author and professor of literature (pen name: ''Bint al-Shati'')


Notable alumni

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Hani Azer Hani Azer (, ar, هاني عازر; born 1948) is an Egyptian civil engineer and a naturalized German citizen. He was born in Tanta, Egypt to a Copts, Coptic family and moved to Cairo for high school and university. In 1973, after earning a BSc( ...
(born 1948), civil engineer * Charles Butterworth (born 1938), American philosopher *
Farouk El-Baz Farouk El-Baz ( arz, فاروق الباز, ''Pronunciation'': ) (born January 2, 1938) is an Egyptian American space scientist and geologist, who worked with NASA in the scientific exploration of the Moon and the planning of the Apollo progra ...
(born 1938), Space scientist *
Mauro Hamza Maher "Mauro" Hamza is a fencing coach who was born in Cairo, Egypt. In 1994, Hamza coached at Texas A&M for one year. In August 1999, he established Salle Mauro in Houston, Texas. Hamza also served as Fencing Program Coordinator at Rice Univer ...
, fencing coach *
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Ekmeleddin Mehmet İhsanoğlu (; born 26 December 1943) is a Turkish academic, diplomat and politician who was Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from 2004 to 2014. He is also an author and editor of academic jour ...
(born 1943), Turkish academic, politician and diplomat *
Sherif Ismail Sherif Ismail ( ar, شريف إسماعيل  ; born 6 July 1955) is an Egyptian engineer who served as prime minister between 2015 and 2018. He was minister of petroleum and mineral resources from 2013 to 2015. Career Ismail studied mechan ...
(born 1955), Prime minister of Egypt *
Emire Khidayer Emire Khidayer (born 1971, Piešťany) is a Slovak diplomat, entrepreneur and writer. She authored several radio series and appeared as a guest in various Arabic, Czech and Slovak television and radio shows. She studied at Comenius University in ...
(born 1971), diplomat, entrepreneur and writer *
Ahmed Zulfikar Ahmed Mourad Salah El-Din Zulfikar (15 August 1952 – 1 May 2010) was an Egyptian mechanical engineer and entrepreneur. He worked for three decades in the field of infrastructure. Zulfikar was one of the first founders of the modern irrigation sy ...
(1952-2010), Egyptian entrepreneur *
Ammar El Sherei Ammar Ali Mohamed Ibrahim Ali Al Sherei ( ar, عمار علي محمد إبراهيم علي الشريعي) or more commonly known as Ammar El Sherei (16 April 1948 – 7 December 2012) was an Egyptian music icon, performer and composer. Ea ...
(1948-2012), Egyptian Composer * Abdel Latif Moubarak (born 1964), Egyptian poet *
Fathulla Jameel Fathulla Jameel (September 5, 1942 – March 1, 2012) was the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Maldives), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives from 1978 to 2005. Jameel was the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from ...
(1942–2012), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives *
Ebrahim Nafae Ebrahim Nafae ( ar, ابراهيم نافع) (12 January 1934 – 1 January 2018) was an Egyptian journalist. He was editor of the Egyptian newspaper ''Al-Ahram'' from 1979 to 2005 and chair of the General Union of Arab Journalists from 1996 to 2 ...
(1934–2018), journalist and newspaper editor *
Sameh Shoukry Sameh Hassan Shoukry ( ar, سامح شكري; born 20 October 1952) is an Egyptian diplomat who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt since 2014. Previously, Shoukry served as the Ambassador of Egypt to the United States from 2008 to ...
(born 1952), Ambassador of Egypt to the United States *
Rashad Khalifa Rashad Khalifa ( ar, رشاد خليفة; November 19, 1935 – January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International (USI), an organization which promotes the practice and study of Qu ...
(born 1935), biochemist, Founder of the
United Submitters International Quranism ( ar, القرآنية, translit=al-Qurʾāniyya'';'' also known as Quran-only Islam) Brown, ''Rethinking tradition in modern Islamic thought'', 1996: p.38-42 is a movement within Islam. It holds the belief that traditional religious cl ...
*
Omar Touray Omar Alieu Touray (born 5 November 1965) is a The Gambia, Gambian diplomat. He was the Gambia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2007 to 2008 and has been foreign minister, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs since March 2008. ...
(born 1965), Gambian diplomat *
Farouk al-Fishawy Farouk al-Fishawy ( ar, فاروق الفيشاوي; 5 February 1952 – 25 July 2019) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was known for '' Al-Mashbouh'' (1981). Early life He was born as Mohamed Farouk al-Fishawy in Sirs El-Layan, ...
(1952–2019), Egyptian actor *
Kenan Yaghi Kenan Yaghi ( ar, كنان ياغي) (born 1976) is a Syrian politician. He has been Finance Minister since 2020. Life and education * 1999-2001: Postgraduate Diploma in business administration from Aleppo University * 2005: Master Degree in ...
, current Finance Minister of Syria *
Jamal Badawi Jamal A. Badawi ( ar, جمال بدوي) is an Egyptian-Canadian author, preacher and speaker on Islam. Life Badawi completed his undergraduate studies at Ain Shams University in Cairo. He left for the United States in the 1960s and completed ...
, preacher and speaker on Islam *
Taha El Sherif Ben Amer Taha El Sherif Ben Amer(June 1936 - March 6, 1978) was a Libyan engineer and politician. He was born in the city of Benghazi, Libya in June 1936. He spent his childhood in Benghazi where he finished his primary school and high school. He was awarde ...
, Minister of Transport of Libya


Photo gallery

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See also

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Education in Egypt In the 21st century, the Government of Egypt has given greater priority to improving the education system. According to the Human Development Index (HDI), Egypt is ranked 115 in the HDI, and 9 in the lowest 10 HDI countries in the Middle East ...
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Egyptian universities This is a list of universities in Egypt. The higher education sector of Egypt includes a number of state-funded, national and private universities. State-funded National universities Private universities See also *Education in Egypt *Lis ...
* List of Egyptian universities


References


External links


Ain Shams University official web site
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