American University in Cairo

American University in Cairo is an English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education based in Egypt, with its main campus in New Cairo and a historic downtown campus on Tahrir Square. Founded in 1919, it serves undergraduate, graduate, and professional students and positions the liberal arts at the center of its academic model while also offering strong professional programs in fields such as business, engineering, global affairs, public policy, and continuing education.

The university’s scale and structure are concrete: it enrolls about 7,000 students and includes schools dedicated to business, global affairs and public policy, humanities and social sciences, sciences and engineering, and continuing education. Its academic calendar and student body are international, drawing students from Egypt, the Middle East, Africa, the United States, and other regions. AUC also operates major research and cultural resources, including the AUC Press, a significant English-language publisher focused on the Middle East and North Africa, and library and archival collections that support scholarship on Egypt and the wider region.