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AUC students: international outlook; OUR OUR critical thinkers; lifelong learners; Founded in 1919 by Americans devoted to education innovative; dedicated to excellence; and service in the Middle East UNIVERSITY STUDENTS responsible, global citizens Accredited in the United States and Egypt Core values: Excellence, diversity, social responsibility, integrity and lifelong learning 37 undergraduate majors Undergraduate: 5,494 First female student enrolled in 1928, more than 40 years before Princeton, Yale and other Ranked by QS World University Rankings among the U.S. universities best universities globally and the top in Egypt 44 master’s programs Graduate: 1,065 Financial assistance provided to more than Largest English-language academic library collection 50 percent of students in Egypt 2 PhD programs Continuing education: 22,447 Full-tuition scholarships to more than 240 50-year-old Center for Arabic Study Abroad, the world’s undergraduates premier immersion study-abroad Arabic program Six schools: Humanities and Social Students from more than 50 countries Sciences, Business, Global Affairs Six AUCians competed in the Rio 2016 Olympics 93-year-old School of Continuing Education, providing and Public Policy, Sciences and 65 student-run clubs and organizations professional development and English-language Engineering, Graduate School of AUC teams national winners in the CFA Institute programs to fulfill community needs Research Challenge, Hult Prize Challenge, Philip C. Education and Continuing Education Around 800 students in Jessup International Law Moot Court and Remotely Top green campus in Africa community service clubs Operated Vehicle (robotics) competitions 11 research centers operating Awarded by the Urban Land Institute for the Alum published three books on Palestine as construction and design of the New Cairo campus in diverse fields Approximately $24 million awarded an undergraduate annually in scholarships AUC Venture Lab, Egypt’s first University-based More than 300 community-based and financial aid First AUC student to participate in Mathematical incubator, ranked among the top five university Association of America MathFest conference won first incubators in Africa learning courses offered since 2008 place in team competition and received Outstanding 70% employment rate for alumni Presentation Award for his research Top graduate programs in Egypt and Africa, among 121 partner universities worldwide within first year of graduation the best 200 worldwide Cairo International Model United Nations team won Outstanding Delegation for eight consecutive years at Egypt’s first University Career Center, providing National Model United Nations conference in New York comprehensive career services in the region and establishing career centers at public universities in Egypt, including Ain Shams and Suez Canal universities Exploring challenges facing Egypt, AUC alumni: A global network leading CHANGING THE WORLD the region and the world GLOBAL NETWORK innovation and making a lasting, positive impact on the world OUR FACULTY OUR ALUMNI NOTABLE ALUMNI RESEARCH WITH IMPACT 436 full-time faculty Hassan Azzazy, chemistry: Egypt’s first University spinoff, D-Kimia, provides affordable diagnostics for the 38,000+ alumni detection of hepatitis C, cancer and infectious agents 1:11 faculty-to-student ratio 65% in Egypt Magda Mostafa, architecture: World’s first evidence- 54% of faculty from Egypt based set of architectural design guidelines, ASPECTSS™, for designing and assessing buildings for 35% worldwide MAUMOON ABDUL QUEEN RANIA YURIKO KOIKE (ALU ’71) individuals with autism spectrum disorder GAYOOM ’69 AL ABDULLAH ’91 Tokyo’s First Female Governor; Former President of the Maldives Queen of Jordan Japan’s Former Defense Minister EGYPT’S GLOBAL 25% of faculty 126 countries of residence Tamer Shoeib, chemistry: Personalized cancer from the United States treatment as an innovative alternative to chemotherapy, UNIVERSITY increasing the efficacy of the drug while decreasing 8 alumni in Egypt’s current parliament 21% of faculty side effects and cost from other countries Ronnie Close, journalism and mass communication: Alumnae named by Forbes Middle East among 100 Most Powerful Arab Convergence of film and photography in today’s THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN (ALU ’74) LAWRENCE WRIGHT (MA ’71) NICHOLAS KRISTOF (ALU ’84) Op-ed Columnist, Staff Writer, Op-Ed Columnist, digital age Businesswomen for 2015 and 2016 The New York Times The New Yorker The New York Times Nageh Allam, physics: Using nanotechnology to convert solar energy to electricity and clean renewable Six AUC alumni ranked by Arabian fuels on a sustainable basis Business among 100 Under 40: World’s Most Influential Young Arabs of 2016 Ghada Barsoum (MA ’99), public policy and administration: Formalizing and empowering the Alumni named by Forbes Middle East informal economy to tackle youth unemployment FARIDA TEMRAZ ’12 TAREK AMER ’80 SAHAR NASR ’85, ’90 Award-winning Global Fashion Governor, Egypt’s Minister of Investment among 100 Most Powerful Business Designer; Founder and Lead Central Bank of Egypt and Minister of International Maki Habib, mechanical engineering: Using robots Leaders in the Middle East for 2015 Designer, Temraza Cooperation and integrating technologies to build a global toolbox for clearing landmines Alumni named Young Global Leaders Bahia Shehab (MA ’09), graphic design: Reviving the by World Economic Forum for more Arabic script to create a new Arab visual identity www.aucegypt.edu than a decade Salima Ikram (YAB ’86), Egyptology: Discoveries of ancient Egyptian tombs, animal mummies and ways BEN WEDEMAN (YAB ’81) HAIFAA AL-MANSOUR ’97 OMAR SAMRA ’00 Senior International Correspondent, Saudi Arabia’s First Female First Egyptian of life CNN Filmmaker to Climb Mount Everest.