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Ain Shams University is one of the oldest secular universities in Egypt. It was established in the year 1950. Over the years, the university
has greatly developed and expanded to include two high institutes and 15 faculties. Currently the university serves no less than 180,000 students who are guided by 5000 staff members, 1000 assistant staff and over 100 special units. This statistics easily reveal the expansion and wide coverage of the university over those students in Egypt who are interested in pursuing higher, modern education. Over the years, the Ain Shams University has acquired name and fame as a widely respected university throughout Egypt.
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Ain Shams University imparts degrees at the undergraduate, graduate and even the post-graduate levels and is a widely preferred regular university in Egypt. The university's curriculum stresses on the courses related to science and culture and in general aims at improving human knowledge. The main campus of Ain Shams University is located in Greater Cairo but it has branches in most parts of Egypt. Besides culture and science, there are separate academies for teaching agriculture, law, engineering, pharmacy, commerce, computer science and information, education, nursing, medicine, vocational skills, women empowerment and arts. Such a huge array of departments has truly made the university, one of the premier universities of Egypt.
