Ain Shams University Explained

Ain Shams University
جامعة عين شمس
Native Name Lang:ar
Type:Public
City:Cairo
Country:Egypt
Undergrad:189,822
Administrative Staff:11,590
Campus:Abbassia, Cairo

Ain Shams University (Arabic: جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950,[1] the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.

History

Ain Shams University was founded in July 1950, the third-oldest non-sectarian native public Egyptian university (ancient Islamic universities such as Al-Azhar and private institutions such as the American University in Cairo are older), under the name of Ibrahim Pasha's University. Its site used to be a former royal palace, called the Zafarana Palace. The two earlier universities of this kind are Cairo University (Fuad I university formerly) and Alexandria University (Farouk I university formerly). When it was first established, Ain Shams University had a number of faculties and academic institutes, which were later developed into a university.[2] The university's academic structure includes 21 faculties, and 1 high institutes plus 12 centers and special units.[3]

Faculties and institutes

Currently, Ain Shams University offers degrees from 21 different faculties:[4]

Campuses

Ain Shams University has eight campuses. Two of them are next to each other, separated by a main road named El-Khalifa El-Maamoun; all of them are in Greater Cairo.[5]

The main campus is in Abbassia, Cairo and houses the Administration and Management at the Saffron Palace, Science Education Development Center, Central Library, Child Hood Center and the University City (students hostel), in addition to the faculties of Computer Science, Science, Law and Art.The opposite Campus houses the faculty of Commerce, Alsun, pharmaceutical Science and Dentistry.

The Women's College has its own campus. Faculty of Specific Education, Faculty of Education, and Faculty of Agriculture are each on separate campuses in Abassia, Heliopolis, and Shubra El Kheima, respectively.

Filming

In 2012, Misr International films was producing a television series based on the novel Zaat by Sonallah Ibrahim. Filming of scenes set at Ain Shams University was scheduled to occur that year, but Muslim Brotherhood student members and some teachers at the school protested, stating that the 1970s era clothing worn by the actresses was indecent and would not allow filming unless the clothing was changed. Gaby Khoury, the head of the film company, stated that 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."[6]

Rankings

Arwu W:601-700
Arwu W Year:2023
Arwu W Ref:[7]
Cwur W:769
Cwur W Year:2024
Cwur W Ref:[8]
Cwts W:537
Cwts W Year:2021
Cwts W Ref:[9]
The W:1100
The W Year:2022
The W Ref:[10]
Usnwr W:540
Usnwr W Year:2023
Usnwr W Ref:[11]
Qs W:721-730
Qs W Year:2021
Qs W Ref:[12]
The Africa:=33
The Africa Year:2021
The Africa Ref:[13]
Usnwr Africa:13
Usnwr Africa Year:2022
Usnwr Africa Ref:[14]
Arwu N:3
Arwu N Year:2021
Cwts N:2
Cwts N Year:2020
Cwur N:2
Cwur N Year:2020-21
Qs N:3
Qs N Year:2021
The N:13
The N Year:2021
Usnwr N:3
Usnwr N Year:2021

Ain Shams University is considered among the universities that are present in all international classifications, which makes it one of the best 3% of the world’s universities.[15] [16]

People

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ain Shams University. Times Higher Education (THE). en-US. 2017-07-31.
  2. Web site: Ain Shams University History. May 25, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20080731192748/http://net.shams.edu.eg/History.asp. July 31, 2008. dead. mdy-all.
  3. Web site: Ain Shams University Statistics. May 25, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20090815170042/http://net.shams.edu.eg/Statistics.asp. August 15, 2009. dead. mdy-all.
  4. Web site: ASU Faculties . Ain Shams University . 17 June 2024.
  5. Web site: Ain Shams University Main Campus Map. May 25, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20080723224548/http://net.shams.edu.eg/CampusMap.asp. July 23, 2008. dead. mdy-all.
  6. Web site: AFP . 2012-02-09 . Islamists halt filming of Egyptian TV series . 2024-06-03 . DAWN.COM . en.
  7. Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023 https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/ain-shams-university
  8. Web site: Center for World University Rankings 2024. cwur.org. 17 November 2021.
  9. Web site: CWTS Leiden Ranking 2021. 17 November 2021.
  10. Web site: World University Rankings. www.timeshighereducation.com/. October 4, 2022 . 17 November 2023.
  11. Web site: Best Global Universities in Egypt. U.S. News. 17 November 2021.
  12. Web site: QS World University Rankings 2023. www.topuniversities.com. 17 November 2021.
  13. Web site: Best universities in Africa - 2023 . Times Higher Education World University Rankings . 1 October 2021 . 17 November 2021.
  14. Web site: 2021 Best Global Universities in Africa. U.S. News. 17 November 2021.
  15. Web site: World Universities' ranking on the Web: Top Africa . 2010-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004092257/http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=africa . October 4, 2009 .
  16. Web site: Best universities in the Arab World 2018. March 20, 2018. May 25, 2018.
  17. Web site: Hamza has a plan to lead Rice's fencing team to success. news.rice.edu. June 11, 2021. June 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210611050546/https://news.rice.edu/2001/10/04/hamza-has-a-plan-to-lead-rices-fencing-team-to-success/. dead.
  18. Web site: Veteran Egyptian journalist Ibrahim Nafea dies at the age of 84. 1 January 2018. 1 January 2018. Ahram Online.

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