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	[1]
Al-Azhar University	AZU	975	[2]
Alexandria University	ALEXU	1938	[3]
Assiut University	AUN	1957	[4]
Aswan University	ASWU	2012	[5]
Banha University	BU	2005	[6]
Beni-Suef University	BSU	2005	[7]
Cairo University	CU	1908	[8]
Damanhour University	DAU	2010	[9]
Damietta University	DU	2012	[10]
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology	E-JUST	2010	[11]
Fayoum University	FU	2005	[12]
Helwan University	HU	1975	[13]
Kafrelsheikh University	KFS	2006	[14]
Luxor University	LU	2019	[15]
Mansoura University	MANS	1972	[16]
Military Technical College	MTC	1957	[17]
Minia University	-	1976	[18]
Minufiya University	-	1976	[19]
New Valley University	NVU	2018	[20]
Port Said University	PSU	2010	[21]
Sadat Academy for Management Sciences	SAMS	1981	[22]
Sohag University	SO	2006	[23]
South Valley University	SVU	1958	[24]
Suez Canal University	SCU	1964	[25]
Suez University	SU	2012	[26]
Tanta University	TU	1972	[27]
University of Sadat City	USC	2013	[28]
Zagazig University	ZU	1974	[29]

National universities

University	Common abbreviation	Year established	Source
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]

Private universities

University	Common abbreviation	Year established	Source
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]

See also

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