Back الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة Arabic الجامعه الامريكانيه ف القاهره ARZ قاهیرهدهکی آمریکا بیلیمیوردو AZB زانکۆی ئەمریکی لە قاھیرە CKB American University in Cairo German Usona universitato en Kairo Esperanto Universidad Americana en El Cairo Spanish دانشگاه آمریکایی قاهره Persian Université américaine au Caire French Jami'ar Amurka a Alkahira Hausa
الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة | |
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Other name | AUC |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1919 |
| Founder | Charles Watson |
| Endowment | $535.5 million (2019)[1] |
| President | Ahmad S. Dallal |
| Provost | Ehab Abdel-Rahman |
Academic staff | 467 Full-time and 149 part-time (45% international faculty) |
| Students | 6,980 (from 69 countries, 59% female) |
| Undergraduates | 5,755 |
| Postgraduates | 1,225 |
Other students | 31,127 (Continuing Education) |
| Location | , Egypt 30°01′10″N 31°29′59″E / 30.0194°N 31.4998°E |
| Campus | Main campus in New Cairo, and the old campus in Tahrir Square |
| Language | English |
| Colors | Federal blue |
| Mascot | The Eagle Horus |
| Website | aucegypt.edu |
The American University in Cairo (AUC; Arabic: الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, romanized: al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in New Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, along with a continuing education program.
The AUC student body represents over 50 countries.[2] AUC's faculty members, adjunct teaching staff and visiting lecturers are internationally diverse and include academics, business professionals, diplomats, journalists, writers and others from the United States, Egypt and other countries.
AUC holds institutional accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the United States and from Egypt's National Authority for Quality Assurance and Assessment of Education.[3]
- ^ As of June 30, 2019. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2018 to FY 2019". National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ "Egypt's AUC welcomes students from over 50 countries". Bikya Masr. 2010-09-06. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
- ^ "Accreditation". aucegypt.edu. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.