American University in Cairo

American University in Cairo
الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة
Other name
AUC
TypePrivate
Established1919
FounderCharles Watson
Endowment$535.5 million (2019)[1]
PresidentAhmad S. Dallal
ProvostEhab Abdel-Rahman
Academic staff
467 Full-time and 149 part-time (45% international faculty)
Students6,980 (from 69 countries, 59% female)
Undergraduates5,755
Postgraduates1,225
Other students
31,127 (Continuing Education)
Location
New Cairo
,
Egypt

30°01′10″N 31°29′59″E / 30.0194°N 31.4998°E / 30.0194; 31.4998
CampusMain campus in New Cairo, and the old campus in Tahrir Square
LanguageEnglish
Colors  Federal blue
MascotThe Eagle Horus
Websiteaucegypt.edu

The American University in Cairo (AUC; Arabic: الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, romanized: al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in New Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, along with a continuing education program.

The AUC student body represents over 50 countries.[2] AUC's faculty members, adjunct teaching staff and visiting lecturers are internationally diverse and include academics, business professionals, diplomats, journalists, writers and others from the United States, Egypt and other countries.

AUC holds institutional accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the United States and from Egypt's National Authority for Quality Assurance and Assessment of Education.[3]

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2019. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2018 to FY 2019". National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Egypt's AUC welcomes students from over 50 countries". Bikya Masr. 2010-09-06. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  3. ^ "Accreditation". aucegypt.edu. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.