This is a list of universities in Egypt. The higher education sector of Egypt includes a number of state-funded, national and private universities.
University | Common abbreviation | Year established | Source |
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Zewail City of Science, Technology and Innovation | ZC | 2011 | [30] |
King Salman International University | KSIU | 2020 | [31] |
Galala University | GU | 2020 | [32] |
Alamein International University | AIU | 2020 | [33] |
New Mansoura University | NMU | 2021 | [34] |
Egypt University Of Informatics | EUI | 2021 | [35] |
Nile University | NU | 2006 | [36] |
University | Common abbreviation | Year established | Source |
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Heliopolis University | HU | 2012 | [37] |
German International University | GIU | 2018 | [38] |
German University in Cairo | GUC | 2003 | [39] |
Ahram Canadian University | ACU | 2005 | [40] |
The American University in Cairo | AUC | 1919 | [41] |
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport | AASTMT | 1972 - as an Arab League Organization | [42] |
Arab Open University | AOU | 2002 | [43] |
British University in Egypt | BUE | 2005 | [44] |
Canadian International College | CIC | 2004 | [45] |
Delta University for Science and Technology | DUST | 2006 | [46] |
Egyptian Chinese University | ECU | 2016 | [47] |
Egyptian e-Learning University | EELU | 2008 | [48] |
Egyptian Russian University | ERU | 2006 | [49] |
European Universities in Egypt (University of London (incl. LSE), University of Central Lancashire, University of East London) | EUE | 2021 (2021, 2021, 2024) | [50] |
Future University in Egypt | FUE | 2006 | [51] |
Misr International University | MIU | 1996 | [52] |
Misr University for Science and Technology | MUST | 1996 | [53] |
Hertfordshire University In Egypt | UH | 2019 | [54] |
Modern Sciences and Arts University | MSA | 1996 | [55] |
MTI University | MTI | 2004 | [56] |
Nahda University in Beni Suef | NUB | 2006 | [57] |
October 6 University | O6U | 1996 | [58] |
Pharos University in Alexandria | PUA | 2007 | [59] |
Sinai University | SU | 2006 | [60] |
French University of Egypt | UFE | 2002 | [61] |
Badr University in Cairo | BUC | 2014 | [62] |
Badr University in Assiut | BUA | 2021 | [63] |
New Giza University | NGU | 2016 | [64] |
El Shorouk Academy | SHA | 1995 | [65] |
Toronto Metropolitan University Cairo | TMU | 2022 | [66] |
University of Prince Edward Island | UPEI | 2018 | [67] |
Ecole Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquées | ESLSCA | 1998 - First MBA class in Egypt | [68] |
Horus University - Egypt | HUE | 2019 | [69] |
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