116493 - Bachelor Urban Design & Urban Planning

Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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Ain Shams University
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Ain Shams University

Cairo - Egypt

About the university

Built on the site of the former Zafarana Palace, Ain Shams University was founded in 1950 under the name “Ibrahim Pasha’s University.” It is the the third-oldest non-sectarian native public Egyptian university, following Cairo University and Alexandria University. The university's academic structure includes 14 faculties, 1 college, and 2 high institutes, in addition to 12 centers and special units, each of which caters to the 170,000 undergraduates. The university is also home to a range of programs offered to graduate and post-graduate degree-seekers. The university now has 8 campuses spread across Greater Cairo, the university was ranked a few years ago as the third-best school in Egypt,

25th in the Arab world, and 15th in Africa. With a strong emphasis on research and a wide range of programs, the school will quickly become home to local and foreign students studying on one of its many campuses in one of its many faculties

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Cairo is Egypt’s thriving, bustling capital. A massive metropolis, the city's metropolitan area is one of the largest in Africa, the Middle East, the Arab world, and the 15th-largest on the planet. Riddled with ancient history, sites such as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city of Memphis call tourists, students, and foreign travellers alike. Located along the famous Nile River, Cairo has long been a center of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a

thousand minarets" for the widespread Islamic architecture spotting the skyline. With a populations of over 9 million spread across over 3,000 square kilometers, Cairo is by far the largest Egyptian city. Cairo's metro, one of two in Africa, ranks among the fifteen busiest in the world, with over 1 billion annual passenger rides. For students interested in a lively and non-stop cultural experience, Cairo is the perfect place.

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