List of universities in Egypt

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 University Common abbreviation Year established Source Ain Shams University ASU 1950 Al-Azhar University AZU 975 Alexandria University ALEXU 1938 Assiut University AUN 1957 Aswan University ASWU 2012 Banha University BU 2005 Beni-Suef University BSU 2005 Cairo University CU 1908 Capital University HU 1975 Damanhour University DAU 2010 Damietta University DU 2012 Fayoum University FU 2005 Kafrelsheikh University KFS 2006 Luxor UniversityLU2019 Mansoura University MANS 1972 Military Technical College MTC 1957 Minia University - 1976 Menoufia University - 1976 New Valley University NVU 2018 Port Said University PSU 2010 Sadat Academy for Management Sciences SAMS 1981 Sohag University SO 2006 South Valley University SVU 1958 Suez Canal University SCU 1964 Suez University SU 2012 Tanta University TU 1972 University of Sadat City USC 2013 Zagazig University ZU 1974

National universities

University Common abbreviation Year established SourceAin Shams National University -2025Alexandria National UniversityANU2021Assiut National UniversityASNU2022Benha Naitional UniversityBNU2022Beni Suef National UniversityBSNU2022Cairo National UniversityCNU2025Damanhour National UniversityDNU2025Damietta National UniversityDAMNU2025East Port Said National UniversityEPNU2021Fayoum National UniversityFNU2025Helwan National UniversityHNU2022Kafrelsheikh National UniversityKNU2025Luxor National UniversityLNU2025Mansoura National UniversityMANSNU2022Menoufia National UniversityMNU2022Minya National UniversityMNU2021National University of Sadat CityNUSC2025New Valley National UniversityNVNU2025New Ismailia National UniversityNINU2025Sohag National UniversitySNU2021South Valley National UniversitySVNU2021Suez National University -2025Tanta National UniversityTNU2025Zagazig National UniversityZNU2021 Alamein International University AIU 2020 Egypt-Japan University of Science and TechnologyE-JUST2010Egypt University Of InformaticsEUI2021 Galala University GU 2020 King Salman International University KSIU 2020 New Mansoura University NMU 2021 Nile UniversityNU2006The Egyptian E-learning UniversityEELU2008Zewail City of Science, Technology and InnovationZC2011

Private universities

University Common abbreviation Year established Source Ahram Canadian University ACU 2005 Al Hayah University in CairoAHUC2019Al Ryada University for Science and TechnologyRST2021Al Salam University in EgyptSUE2018 Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport AASTMT 1972 Arab Open University AOU 2002 Badr University in Cairo BUC 2014 Badr University in AssiutBUA2021Badya University -2023 British University in Egypt BUE 2005 Canadian International College CIC 2004 City University of CairoCUC2020 Delta University for Science and Technology DUST 2006 Deraya University in Minya -2010Ecole Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commerciales AppliquéesESLSCA1997 Egyptian Chinese University ECU 2016 Egyptian e-Learning University EELU 2008 Egyptian Russian University ERU 2006 El Saleheya El Gadida UniversitySGU2020El Sewedy University of TechnologySUT2023 El Shorouk Academy SHA 1995 European Universities in Egypt (University of London (incl. LSE), University of Central Lancashire, University of East London)EUE2021 (2021, 2021, 2024) French University of Egypt UFE 2002 Future University in Egypt FUE 2006 German International University GIU 2018 German University in Cairo GUC 2003 Heliopolis University HU 2012 Hertfordshire University In Egypt UH 2019Horus UniversityHUE2019Innovation UniversityIU2021Lotus University in MinyaLUM2019May University in CairoMUC2019Memphis University -2025Merit UniversityMUE2019 Misr International University MIU 1996 Misr University for Science and Technology MUST 1996 Modern Sciences and Arts University MSA 1996 Modern University for Technology and Information MTI 2004 Nahda University NUB 2006 Newgiza University NGU 2016Nile Valley UniversityNVU2021 October 6 University O6U 1996 Pharos University in Alexandria PUA 2007 Rashid UniversityRU2019Saxony Egypt UniversitySEU2024 Sinai University SU 2006 Sphinx University -2019 The American University in Cairo AUC 1919 Toronto Metropolitan University CairoTMU2022University of Prince Edward IslandUPEI2018

See also Education in Egypt List of medical schools in Egypt Higher education in the Arab world

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