Either the new York Office or AUC Student Housing will provide you with a brochure on housing. All new students should read this carefully. An introduction follows. The AUC Student Residence Students reasons for choosing to live in University or off campus housing are based on personal preferences. Students living in university housing are usually undergraduates, and most are single.
Most Egyptian students live at home and commute to the campus.
Many of the students requesting housing are Arabs, whose parents insist not only that their children live in University housing, but also that they be in a closely supervised residence hall situation. The student residence, on Gezira Island, is located in the pleasant residential district, Zamalek. It is not too crowded, there are tree- lined avenues, and it is usually cooled by breezes off the Nile. The building has central heating and cooling and is fully staffed with residence directors and assistants, security guards, part-time medical personnel, etc. The residence features a computer room, an exercise room, a bookshop, a garden area, a student lounge, mailboxes and a cafeteria.