Helwan University is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...

based in Helwan, Egypt, which is part of

Greater Cairo The Greater Cairo Region (GCR; ar, القاهرة الكبرى, Al-Qāhira al-Kubrā) is th an economic region with no administrative body comprising the three governorates of Cairo, Giza and Qalyubia. Within it lies the largest metopolitan are ...

on over . It comprises 23 faculties and two higher institutes in addition to 50 research centers.

Overview

Helwan University is a member of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Universities. It was established on July 26, 1980 by Act No. 70 of 1975 over 350 acres of land. It is the youngest of 3 major governmental universities in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...

. However, it goes back to the 19th century during the reign of

Muhammad Ali of Egypt Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan ( sq, Mehmet Ali Pasha, ar, محمد علي باشا, ; ota, محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849), was ...

who established “The Operations School”. The fields of that school were the basis of many institutes that formed Helwan University later. Although Helwan University is the most recent of 3 major governmental universities in Cairo, it encompasses some of the oldest faculties not only in Egypt but also in the Middle East. The Faculty of Applied Arts, for example, was established in 1839, while the Faculty of Fine Arts and Art Education were established in 1908 and 1936 respectively.

Location

The main campus of the university is in Helwan,

.A number of faculties have been moved there, while others are still located in Zamalek, Boulaq, Giza, El Manyal and Ain Shams.

Presidents of Helwan University

* Abdel Razek Abdel Fattah Ibrahim (1975-1979) * Mohamed Ismail Alam al-Din (1979-1986) * Kamal Mohamed Ahmad al-Sarraj (1986-1989) * Mohamed Kamal Ahmad Al-Attar (1989-1993) * Mohamed Mahmoud El-Gohary (1993-1997) * Hassan Mohamed Hussein Hosni (1997-2002) * Amr Ezzat Salama (2002-2004) * Abdelhay Obeid (2004-2007) * Abdullah Barakat (2007-2009) * Mahmoud Nasser Al-Tayeb (2009-2011) * Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Nashar (2011-2012) * Yasser Hosni Mohamed Saqr (2012-2013) * Majed Fahmy Najm (2017 - 2021) * Mamdouh Mahmoud Mahdy (2021 - 2022) * Elsayed Ibrahim Mohamed Kandil (2022–present)

Faculties of Helwan University

* Faculty of Applied Arts (1839) * Faculty of Fine Arts (1980) * Faculty of Art Education (1932) * Faculty of Music Education (1935) * Faculty of Home Economics (1937) * Faculty of Art Education (1932) * Faculty of Physical Education - Girls (1937) * Faculty of Physical Education - Boys (1937) * Faculty of Social Work (1947) * Faculty of Engineering Mataria (1955) * Faculty of Engineering Helwan (1959) * Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration (1961) * Faculty of Tourism and Hotels (1962) * Faculty of Science (1980) * Faculty of Education (1982) * Faculty of Technology Education (1989) * Faculty of Arts (1995) * Faculty of Computer and Intelligence (1995) * Faculty of Law (1995) * Faculty of Pharmacy (1995) * Faculty of Nursing (2206) * Faculty of Medicine (2013) * Faculty of Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Studies (2014) * Technical Institute of Nursing (2014) * National Intellectual Property Institute (2016)

Central Library

In addition to the Central Library, there are libraries for specialties in each faculty.

Ranking

According to

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, Helwan University is ranked 1987th in the world and tenth in Egypt. In QS ranking 2020 Helwan University was rated 41st in The Arab Region and eighth in Egypt.

References

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