Tanta University is an Egyptian
university
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in the city of
Tanta
Tanta ( ar, طنطا ' , ) is a city in Egypt with the country's fifth largest populated area and 658,798 inhabitants as of 2018. Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: north of Cairo and southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia ...
,
Al Gharbiyah governorate
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,
Egypt
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. The university is under the direct scientific supervision of the
Ministry of Higher Education.
It was founded first in 1962 as a branch from the
University of Alexandria with the faculty of
Medicine
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only and then it became an independent university named University of the Middle Delta in 1972. It had at that time Medicine, Science, Agriculture and Education faculties. Then, its name was changed into Tanta University in 1973.
Faculties
* Faculty of
Medicine
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(1962)
* Faculty of
Science
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(1977)
* Faculty of
Education
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in
Tanta
Tanta ( ar, طنطا ' , ) is a city in Egypt with the country's fifth largest populated area and 658,798 inhabitants as of 2018. Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: north of Cairo and southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia ...
(1977)
* Faculty of
Agriculture
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in
Kafr ash Shaykh (1977)
* Faculty of
Engineering
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(1977)
* Faculty of
Law (1981)
* High Institute of
Nursing
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(1982)
* Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine
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(1982)
* Faculty of
Agriculture
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in
Tanta
Tanta ( ar, طنطا ' , ) is a city in Egypt with the country's fifth largest populated area and 658,798 inhabitants as of 2018. Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: north of Cairo and southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia ...
(1992)
* Faculty of
Physical Education
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(1994)
* Faculty of
Dentistry
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(1977)
* Faculty of
Pharmacy
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* Faculty of
Arts
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(1975)
* Faculty of
Computer
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and
Informatics
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The University's branch in Kafr ash Shaykh
The university's branch in
Kafr ash Shaykh was constituted in 1983. It has
Education
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,
Agriculture
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,
Specific Education,
Veterinary Medicine
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,
Commerce
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,
Engineering
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and
Arts
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faculties.
In 2006,
Kafr ash Shaykh branch separated from the
Tanta university to become an independent university under the name of
Kafr ash Shaykh University in
Kafr ash Shaykh city and it now has
Education
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,
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 ...
,
Specific Education,
Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...
,
Commerce
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,
Engineering
Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...
,
Physical Education
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and
Arts
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faculties.
Number of students
Notable alumni
Abd El-Fatah Abomohra*
Eman Ghoneim
*
Nabil Farouk
*
Ahmad Khaled Tawfeq
See also
*
Education in Egypt
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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
Tanta University website
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Educational institutions established in 1962
1962 establishments in Egypt
Universities in Egypt