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Universities in Egypt

Egypt has 111 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 970. 1 was founded before 1600. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.

UNIVERSITIES111

OLDEST970

FOUNDED 1900+95

By founding era

Before 12001 · 1%

1200–15990 · 0%

1600–18992 · 2%

1900 or later95 · 86%

Date unknown13 · 12%

Oldest universities in Egypt

The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.

970Al-Azhar University

1811Egyptian Military College

1827Cairo University Kasr Alainy Faculty of Medicine

1908Cairo University

1919The American University in Cairo

1939Egyptian Air College

1942Alexandria University

1946Egyptian Naval College

1950Ain Shams University

1957Assiut University

1961Faculty of Medicine Al-Azhar University Girls Branch Cairo

1964Faculty of Electronic Engineering

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