Ain Shams University

public university, open-access publisher, university
Year dem found am	1 July 1950
Country	Egypt
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Cairo Governorate
Coordinate location	30°4′37″N 31°17′6″E
Member of	Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, Association of African Universities
Demma headquarters location	Abbassia
Dema official website	https://www.asu.edu.eg/

Ain Shams University be public varsity wey dey locate insyd Cairo, Egypt. Dem found am insyd 1950,^[1] de varsity dey provide education for de undergraduate, graduate den post-graduate levels.

History

Na dem found Ain Shams University insyd July 1950, de third-oldest non-sectarian native public Egyptian varsity (ancient Islamic varsities such as Al-Azhar den private institutions such as de American University in Cairo be older), under de name of Ibrahim Pasha's University. Na ein site be former royal palace, dem dey bell de Zafarana Palace. De two earlier varsities of dis kind be Cairo University (Fuad I university formerly) den Alexandria University (Farouk I university formerly). Wen na dem first establish am, Ain Shams University get number of faculties den academic institutes, wich later dem develop am go varsity.^[2] De varsity ein academic structure dey include 21 faculties, den 1 high institutes plus 12 centers den special units.^[3]

Faculties den institutes

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Pharmacy

Faculty of Computer den Information Sciences

Faculty of Dentistry

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Business

Faculty of Al-Alsun

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Agriculture

Faculty of Specific Education

Faculty of Women

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Nursing

Faculty of Postgraduate Childhood Studies

Faculty of Graduate Studies den Environment Research

Faculty of Archaeology

Arid Land Agricultural Research Institute

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Faculty of Media den Mass Communication

Global Affairs & International Business under construction

Campuses

Ain Shams University get eight campuses. Two of dem be next to each oda, main road dem name El-Khalifa El-Maamoun dey separate dem; all of dem dey insyd Greater Cairo.^[4]

De main campus dey insyd Abbassia, Cairo wey dey house de Administration den Management for de Saffron Palace, Science Education Development Center, Central Library, Child Hood Center den de University City (students hostel), for addition to de faculties of Computer Science, Science, Law den Art. De opposite Campus dey house de faculty of Commerce, Alsun, pharmaceutical Science den Dentistry.

De Women's College get ein own campus. Faculty of Specific Education, Faculty of Education, den Faculty of Agriculture each dey for separate campuses insyd Abassia, Heliopolis, den Shubra El Kheima, respectively.

Filming

Insy 2012, na Misr International films dey produce television series wey base for de novel Zaat by Sonallah Ibrahim top. Na dem schedule filming of scenes set for Ain Shams University make e occur dat year, buh Muslim Brotherhood student members den sam teachers for de school protest, wey dey state say de 1970s era clothing de actresses wear na ebe indecent wey dem no go not allow filming unless dem change de clothing. Gaby Khoury, de head of de film company, state say engineering department head Sherif Hammad "insisted that the filming should stop and that we would be reimbursed ... explaining that he was not able to guarantee the protection of the materials or the artists."^[5]

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World	601-700 (2023)
CWUR World	769 (2024)
CWTS World	537 (2021)
QS World	721-730 (2021)
THE World	1100 (2022)
USNWR Global	540 (2023)
Regional – Overall
THE Africa	=33 (2021)
USNWR Africa	13 (2022)
National – Overall
ARWU National	3 (2021)
CWTS National	2 (2020)
CWUR National	2 (2020-21)
QS National	3 (2021)
THE National	13 (2021)
USNWR National	3 (2021)

Dem consider Ain Shams University among de varsities wey be present for all international classifications insyd, wich dey make am one of de best 3% of de world ein varsities.^[6]^[7]

People

Notable faculty

Mervat Seif el-Din (born 1954), classical archaeologist den former director of de Graeco-Roman Museum
Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi (1923–2014), Prime Minister of Egypt during de presidency of Anwar Sadat
Abdel Rahman Badawi (1917–2002), professor of philosophy den poet
Aisha Abd al-Rahman (1913–1998), Egyptian author den professor of literature (pen name: Bint al-Shati)

Notable alumni

Rashad al-Alimi (born 1954), Chairmo of de Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen
Hani Azer (born 1948), civil engineer
Jamal Badawi, preacher den speaker for Islam top
Farouk El-Baz (born 1938), space scientist
Charles Butterworth (born 1938), American philosopher
Farouk al-Fishawy (1952–2019), actor
Mauro Hamza (born 1965 or 1966), fencing coach
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (born 1943), Turkish academic, politician den diplomat
Sherif Ismail (born 1955), Prime minister of Egypt
Fathulla Jameel (1942–2012), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives
Rashad Khalifa (born 1935), biochemist, Founder of de United Submitters International
Emire Khidayer (born 1971), diplomat, entrepreneur den writer
Abdel Latif Moubarak (born 1964), poet
Ebrahim Nafae (1934–2018), journalist den newspaper editor^[8]
Fathy El Shazly (born 1943), Ambassador of Egypt to Saudi Arabia den Turkey
Sameh Shoukry (born 1952), Ambassador of Egypt to de United States
Ammar El Sherei (1948–2012), Egyptian composer
Taha El Sherif Ben Amer, Minister of Transport of Libya
Fatima Naoot (born 1964), poet and translator
Omar Touray (born 1965), Gambian diplomat
Kenan Yaghi, Finance Minister of Syria
Ahmed Zulfikar (1952–2010), entrepreneur