Cairo University

Infobox University
name = Cairo University
native_name = 'جامعة القاهرة"
Jāmaʿat al-Qāhirah

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established = 1908
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president = Prof. ʿAlī ʿAbd ar-Rahman Yūsuf
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faculty = 12,158
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students = 200,000
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city = Giza
province = Giza
country = Egypt
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campus = Urban
former_names = Egyptian University
Fuʾād I University
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website = [http://www.cu.edu.eg// www.cu.edu.eg/]

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

Faculties and branches

* [http://arts.cu.edu.eg/ The Faculty of law]
* [http://www.agr.cu.edu.eg/ The Faculty of Agriculture]
* [http://commerce.cu.edu.eg/ The Faculty of Commerce]
* [http://www.fci-cu.edu.eg/ The Faculty of Computers and Information]
* [http://www.ies.edu.eg The Institute of Educational Studies and Research]
* [http://www.eng.cu.edu.eg/ The Faculty of Engineering]
* [http://masscomm.cu.edu.eg/ The Faculty of Mass Communication]
* [http://www.kasralainy.edu.eg/english/ The Faculty of Medicine and art ]
* [http://nursingfacultycairo.org The Faculty of Nursing]
* [http://www.fopcu.edu.eg The Faculty of Pharmacy]
* [http://www.physicaltherapy.edu.eg/home.htm The Faculty of Physical Therapy]
* [http://science.cu.edu.eg/english_interface/english_interface.htm The Faculty of Sciences]
* [http://www.issr.edu.eg Statistical Studies and Research Institute]
* [http://www.vet.cu.edu.eg The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine]
* [http://www.nci.edu.eg/ The National Cancer Institute]
* [http://www.niles.edu.eg The National Laser Institute]

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.cu.edu.eg/ Cairo University official website]
* [http://www.nkath.org New KasrAlainy Teaching Hospital]
* [http://hrw.org/reports/2005/egypt0605/ Human Rights Watch: The Repression of Academic Freedom in Egyptian Universities.]
* [http://www.nndb.com/edu/547/000079310/ Cairo University at NNDB]
* [http://www.alltalaba.com Cairo Muslim Brotherhood Students at Cairo University]
* [http://www.allteb.com General Arabic Medicine Forum (In Arabic)]