Al-Azhar University

Overview

Al-Azhar University has an impressive history and is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university. The university was founded in 970 or 972 in Cairo, Egypt providing the opportunity to study Islamic law, logic, grammar, and rhetoric. Even more impressive, Al-Azhar University represents the only university in the Arabic world to survive as a modern university. Al-Azhar University (further - University) offers undergraduate, postgraduate and graduate study programs and has 81 faculties, 9 Institutes, 359 academic Departments, 42 Centres, 6 University hospitals and 27 General administration units. The main thematic focus areas of Al-Azhar University are Science and Technology, Management and Business Administration, Arts, Languages and Humanities, Agriculture, Dentistry and Medicine.

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