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Also known as Fuad I University, King Fuad I University, Egyptian University, University of Cairo, CU, cu.edu.eg

public university with its main campus in Giza, Egypt

AI overview

Cairo University is a public university located in Giza, Egypt, that serves as a major institution of higher education in the country. It matters because it provides educational opportunities to thousands of students and contributes significantly to research and academic development in Egypt and the broader region.

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Type
Education, Funder
Founded
1908
Location
Giza, Egypt
Also known as
King Fuad I University
Status
Active

GRID grid.7776.1 · ISNI 0000 0004 0639 9286

Wikidata facts

Instance of
university
Named after
Fuad I of Egypt
Country
Egypt
Founded by
Fatma Ismail
Headquarters
Giza
Employees
14518
Official website
www.cu.edu.eg
Image
جامعة القاهرة.jpg
Students count
207853
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Commons category
Cairo University
topic's main category
Category:Cairo University
inception
1908-00-00
category for alumni of educational institution
Category:Cairo University alumni
native label
جامعة القاهرة
social media followers
17800
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
ranking
350
category for employees of the organization
Category:Academic staff of Cairo University
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Encyclopedic overview

Cairo University is a public university in Cairo, Egypt. Founded on 21 December 1908, the university is the second oldest institution of higher education in Egypt after Al-Azhar University, notwithstanding the pre-existing higher professional schools that later became constituent colleges of the university.

The university was known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952. The main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. After being housed in various parts of Cairo, its faculties, beginning with the Faculty of Arts, were established on its current main campus in Giza in October 1929.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cairo University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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