# List of universities in Egypt

This is a list of universities in Egypt. The higher education sector of Egypt includes a number of state-funded, national and private universities.

## State-funded

| University | Common abbreviation | Year established |
| Ain Shams University | ASU | 1950 |
| Al-Azhar University | AZU | 975 |
| Alexandria University | ALEXU | 1938 |
| Assiut University | AUN | 1957 |
| Aswan University | ASWU | 2012 |
| Banha University | BU | 2005 |
| Beni-Suef University | BSU | 2005 |
| Cairo University | CU | 1908 |
| Damanhour University | DAU | 2010 |
| Damietta University | DU | 2012 |
| Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology | E-JUST | 2010 |
| Fayoum University | FU | 2005 |
| Helwan University | HU | 1975 |
| Kafrelsheikh University | KFS | 2006 |
| Luxor University | LU | 2019 |
| Mansoura University | MANS | 1972 |
| Military Technical College | MTC | 1957 |
| Minia University | - | 1976 |
| Minufiya University | - | 1976 |
| New Valley University | NVU | 2018 |
| Port Said University | PSU | 2010 |
| Sadat Academy for Management Sciences | SAMS | 1981 |
| Sohag University | SO | 2006 |
| South Valley University | SVU | 1958 |
| Suez Canal University | SCU | 1964 |
| Suez University | SU | 2012 |
| Tanta University | TU | 1972 |
| University of Sadat City | USC | 2013 |
| Zagazig University | ZU | 1974 |

## National universities

| University | Common abbreviation | Year established |
| Zewail City of Science, Technology and Innovation | ZC | 2011 |
| King Salman International University | KSIU | 2020 |
| Galala University | GU | 2020 |
| Alamein International University | AIU | 2020 |
| New Mansoura University | NMU | 2021 |
| Egypt University Of Informatics | EUI | 2021 |
| Nile University | NU | 2006 |

## Private universities

| University | Common abbreviation | Year established |
| Heliopolis University | HU | 2012 |
| German International University | GIU | 2018 |
| German University in Cairo | GUC | 2003 |
| Ahram Canadian University | ACU | 2005 |
| The American University in Cairo | AUC | 1919 |
| Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport | AASTMT | 1972 - as an Arab League Organization |
| Arab Open University | AOU | 2002 |
| British University in Egypt | BUE | 2005 |
| Canadian International College | CIC | 2004 |
| Delta University for Science and Technology | DUST | 2006 |
| Egyptian Chinese University | ECU | 2016 |
| Egyptian e-Learning University | EELU | 2008 |
| Egyptian Russian University | ERU | 2006 |
| European Universities in Egypt (University of London (incl. LSE), University of Central Lancashire, University of East London) | EUE | 2021 (2021, 2021, 2024) |
| Future University in Egypt | FUE | 2006 |
| Misr International University | MIU | 1996 |
| Misr University for Science and Technology | MUST | 1996 |
| Hertfordshire University In Egypt | UH | 2019 |
| Modern Sciences and Arts University | MSA | 1996 |
| MTI University | MTI | 2004 |
| Nahda University in Beni Suef | NUB | 2006 |
| October 6 University | O6U | 1996 |
| Pharos University in Alexandria | PUA | 2007 |
| Sinai University | SU | 2006 |
| French University of Egypt | UFE | 2002 |
| Badr University in Cairo | BUC | 2014 |
| Badr University in Assiut | BUA | 2021 |
| New Giza University | NGU | 2016 |
| El Shorouk Academy | SHA | 1995 |
| Toronto Metropolitan University Cairo | TMU | 2022 |
| University of Prince Edward Island | UPEI | 2018 |
| Ecole Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquées | ESLSCA | 1998 - First MBA class in Egypt |
| Horus University - Egypt | HUE | 2019 |