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AUC to Establish 20 Career Development Centers Throughout Egypt in Egyptian Public Universities
AUC's Career Center is launching an initiative to establish 20 University Centers for Career Development at 12 public universities throughout Egypt.
Scholarships Changing Lives
With the support of Fellowships for Refugees, Randa Bashlah, a current master's student and Syrian refugee, has had the opportunity to pursue studies at AUC in the hopes of developing the academic background necessary to help her community in the future.
AUC is the first University in the Middle East to graduate its students with a cocurricular transcript.
- More than 300 community-based learning classes have been offered at AUC since 2008
- Launched from the classroom, students apply academic theories and innovative thinking in co-developmental, hands-on service with local, Egyptian, and international communities
- Students reflect on the changes within themselves, within the partners they’ve worked with, and within the community at large to assess the impact of civic engagement and responsibility on self, others, and the world
Our Faculty
Helen Rizzo Aims to Reframe Sexual Harassment and Gender Relations in Egypt
Through two projects focused on gender relations and gender-based violence in Egypt, Helen Rizzo, associate professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology, is examining if masculinities can be redefined to engage men in anti-gender-based violence (GBV)...
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AUC's Cocurricular Transcript: First in Egypt, Region
Now fully automated and integrated into the Self-Service Banner, the new cocurricular transcript allows students to officially record their participation in activities and organizations outside of the classroom.
A century ago, the Balfour Declaration paved the way for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The President of the State of Palestine asks the United Kingdom’s government to apologize for a document that set off a century of suffering and dispossession for the Palestinian people.
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AUC's Cocurricular Transcript: First in Egypt, Region
Now fully automated and integrated into the Self-Service Banner, the new cocurricular transcript allows students to officially record their participation in activities and organizations outside of the classroom.
I am truly honored to be one of the 2017-2018 Professors for the Future, [a fellowship program] offered by the graduate studies department at the University of California, Davis. I am blessed and will forever be grateful for my years at AUC and how they inspired me to always work hard, believe and achieve.
Reem Al Olaby
MSc ’10, PhD ’14
A regional think tank for leading intellectuals, scholars, researchers and experts.
Season's Greetings from AUC
The AUC community wishes everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year in all of our languages!
AUC will mark its 100th anniversary with a yearlong celebration starting in 2019. We're looking for 100 ways to celebrate 100 years.
Our Faculty
Unearthing Egypt's Legacy
Sourouzian, AUC’s William K. Simpson and Marilyn M. Simpson Professor of Egyptology, who has been leading excavations for 20 years in the ancient Thebes, explains how she and her team have successfully salvaged sites, conserved monuments and unearthed hundreds of statues.
Meet Adam! An American Perspective: Living, Learning and Exploring Egypt
A junior business administration undergraduate at The American University in Cairo (AUC) with a whole lot to say and share about his life here on campus. From internships and safety on campus to the neighborhood and enjoying Egypt.
AUC's School of Business is number ONE business school in Africa by Eduniversal.
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