American University in Cairo – AUC
الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرةFounded in 1919 by Americans devoted to education and service in the Middle East.
Founded in 1919, AUC is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of intellectual, social and cultural life of the Arab world. Its community of students, parents, faculty and staff, trustees, alumni and other generous sponsors represent more than 60 countries. The University stands as a crossroads for the world’s cultures and a vibrant forum for reasoned argument, spirited debate and understanding across the diversity of languages, facilities and human experiences.
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AUC builds a culture of leadership, lifelong learning, continuing education and service, and is dedicated to making significant contributions to Egypt and the international community in diverse fields.
The American University in Cairo is the region’s premier English-language liberal arts University
Your portal to Egypt, the Arab region and the world at large.
Our 260-acre, state-of-the-art campus in New Cairo is home to more than 7,000 undergraduate students from across Egypt, the Middle East and beyond, who are hungry for new perspectives and global experience. Through its high-quality, liberal arts education in its six schools, AUC provides the opportunity for students to think critically, engage with the world’s religious, political and cultural disciplines, and find creative solutions to conflicts and challenges facing both the region and the world. They are guided by faculty, trained at the world’s top universities and conducting research that has a significant impact in communities near and far. When they graduate, our students join a network of alumni, who take leading roles in every field, on every continent.
AUC offers 36 undergraduate majors in diverse fields.
AUC continually strives to sustain its highly selective academic standards for admission.
For Sarah Seif, a senior majoring in integrated marketing communication and minoring in theatre and development, AUC has provided a space to combine diverse academic and extracurricular passions into one transformative education.
Reflecting on how her three academic focuses in marketing, theatre and development meld together, Seif explained, “These are the three things I’m most passionate about. For me, it’s like connecting dots; one can’t go without the other. They’re interdisciplinary in so many ways. Theatre teaches you how to speak and how to walk; marketing teaches you how to market everything and position yourself well; and development teaches you how to do all of this with purpose.”
Ten of AUC’s master’s programs have topped the 2017 Eduniversal Rankings, with four being ranked the first in Africa.
In its master’s rankings, Eduniversal ranked 4,000 of the best master’s programs in 32 fields of study worldwide. Specifically, AUC’s master’s programs in journalism and mass communication, economics in international development, public administration, and economics were all ranked first regionally in their respective categories.
[read]Moreover, AUC’s Master of Science programs in finance and electronics and communications engineering as well as the Executive MBA programs all ranked second regionally. The MBA and the master’s in electronics and communications engineering with a concentration in management of technology ranked third in Africa, while the LLM in international and comparative law ranked fourth.
“I am very excited about this year’s results of rankings for a number of graduate programs at AUC,” said Adham Ramadan, dean of graduate studies at AUC. “These rankings demonstrate not only the quality of graduate studies at AUC, but also the consistency of our graduate programs in maintaining quality. I am confident that these programs will continue in their excellence and that other graduate programs will also come to be recognized for their quality.”
Founded in 1994, Eduniversal uses three main criteria in its master’s rankings methodology: reputation of the program, salary of first employment post-graduation and a student satisfaction survey, demonstrating the wide-ranging strength of AUC’s graduate programs.[/read]
Four AUC alumni and one student represented Egypt as part of its national team in the third annual Arab Rugby 7s Championship, where they came in second out of eight competing countries.
The winning AUC team members are:
- Ahmed El Nakah ’13, petroleum engineering
- Ahmed Saafan ’11, construction engineering
- Varoujan Vartan ’13, history
- Mohamed El Etreby ’16, history
- Mahmoud Nagy, business, finance concentration
[read]Having only recently officially established the Rugby Federation in May, Egypt has left an immediate mark, achieving success in its first tournament. The AUC team members, in particular, were proud to represent Egypt in the tournament. “I personally think it’s a great achievement being in the final cup tournament and coming in second,” said Ahmed El Nakah, who is also coach of the AUC rugby team.
El Nakah pointed out that rugby is still in its formative stages in Egypt, and despite challenges, the team is determined to succeed. “I hope rugby gets more support and more people know about it so it can become widespread and be a part of clubs, schools and universities. We started off without a federation or uniform, and paying our own travel expenses, but this has all changed now. The best is yet to come.”[/read]
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