Al-Azhar University  

IAU-000765

Egypt

top General Information

Address

Street:P.O. Box 11751
El Nasr St.
Nasr City

City:Cairo

WWW:https://azhar.edu.eg

Other Sites

Also twenty-five Academic/Research Centres and four University Hospitals

Institution Funding

Public

History

Founded 972. Acquired present status 1961.

Academic Year

October to June

Admission Requirements

Secondary certificate of Al-Azhar or equivalent

Language(s)

Arabic

Accrediting Agency

Ministry of Higher Education

Student Body

co-ed

top Officers

Head : Salamah Daoud

Job title:Rector

top Divisions

Centre : Heart Diseases and Surgery

Fields of study:Cardiology, Surgery


College : Islamic Studies

Fields of study:Arabic, Islamic Studies

More details:for Women


Faculty : Agriculture

Fields of study:Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Equipment, Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Botany, Crop Production, Dairy, Entomology, Fishery, Food Science, Food Technology, Genetics, Horticulture, Meat and Poultry, Microbiology, Plant and Crop Protection, Plant Pathology, Rural Studies, Sericulture, Soil Conservation, Soil Management, Soil Science, Zoology

More details:Assiut, Cairo


Faculty : Arabic Language (Men)

Fields of study:Arabic, History, Information Sciences, Journalism, Library Science, Linguistics, Literature

More details:Assiut, Mansoura, Menoufia, Behara (Itai Al-Baroud), Sohag, Zagazig


Faculty : Commerce (Men)

Fields of study:Accountancy, Administration, Business Administration, Business and Commerce, Economics, Health Administration, Hotel Management, Insurance, Statistics, Taxation, Tourism

More details:Cairo, Tafehna Al-Ashraf


Faculty : Commerce (Women)

Fields of study:Accountancy, Business Administration, Business and Commerce, Economics, Statistics


Faculty : Dentistry (Men)

Fields of study:Dental Hygiene, Dental Technology, Dentistry, Oral Pathology, Stomatology

More details:Cairo, Assiut


Faculty : Dentistry (Women)

Fields of study:Dentistry

More details:For Women


Faculty : Education (Men)

Fields of study:Arabic, Art Education, Chemistry, Educational Psychology, Educational Sciences, Educational Technology, English, French, Geography, History, Islamic Studies, Library Science, Mathematics, Pedagogy, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology

More details:Cairo, Tafehna Al-Ashraf


Faculty : Engineering (Men)

Fields of study:Architecture, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Information Technology, Irrigation, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Power Engineering, Production Engineering, Structural Architecture, Town Planning

More details:Cairo, Kena


Faculty : Holy Koran

Fields of study:Koran


Faculty : Humanities

Fields of study:English, History, Preschool Education


Faculty : Islamic and Arab Studies (Men)

Fields of study:Arabic, Islamic Law, Islamic Studies, Islamic Theology

More details:Aswan, Beni-Suel, Cairo, Damietta, Kafr-Al-Sheikh, Sharkia


Faculty : Islamic and Arab Studies (Women)

Fields of study:Arabic, Islamic Studies

More details:Alexandria, Cairo, Damanhour, Mansoura, Sohag, Zagazig, Thefana, Al-Ashraf, Qalyubia, Kafr El Sheik


Faculty : Islamic Law and Jurisprudence

Fields of study:Comparative Law, Islamic Law, Islamic Studies, Law

More details:Assiut, Cairo, Damanhour, Tanta, Tafehna Al-Ashraf, Zagazig


Faculty : Languages and Translation

Fields of study:African Languages, Arabic, Classical Languages, French, German, Hebrew, Islamic Studies, Literature, Modern Languages, Persian, Spanish, Translation and Interpretation, Turkish, Urdu

More details:Cairo


Faculty : Medicine (Men)

Fields of study:Anatomy, Biochemistry, Cardiology, Dermatology, Forensic Medicine and Dentistry, Histology, Medicine, Microbiology, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Parasitology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychology, Public Health, Radiology, Rheumatology, Surgery, Toxicology, Urology, Venereology

More details:Assiut, Cairo, Damietta


Faculty : Medicine (Women)

Fields of study:Medicine


Faculty : Pharmacy (Men)

Fields of study:Applied Chemistry, Biochemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacy

More details:Cairo, Assiut


Faculty : Pharmacy (Women)

Fields of study:Pharmacy


Faculty : Religion and Islamic Theology

Fields of study:Islamic Theology


Faculty : Sciences (Men)

Fields of study:Anatomy, Applied Chemistry, Astronomy and Space Science, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Horticulture, Mathematics, Meteorology, Microbiology, Natural Sciences, Physics, Physiology, Zoology

More details:Cairo, Assiut


Faculty : Sciences (Women)

Fields of study:Biophysics, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Physics


Research Division : Childhood Disabilities

Fields of study:Child Care and Development


Research Division : Genetic Engineering

Fields of study:Genetics


Research Division : Islamic Commercial Studies

Fields of study:Business and Commerce, Islamic Law

More details:Saleh Kamel


Research Division : Mycology and Biotechnology


Research Division : Population Studies

Fields of study:Demography and Population

More details:The International Islamic Centre

top Degrees

Baccalaureos/Bachelor's degree

Fields of study:Islamic Law, Psychology, Sociology


Graduate Diploma

Fields of study:Accountancy, Administration, Anatomy, Arabic, Astronomy and Space Science, Banking, Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Development Studies, Economics, Entomology, Environmental Studies, Finance, Food Science, Geology, Government, Health Administration, Hotel Management, Human Resources, Information Technology, Insurance, International Business, Marketing, Mathematics, Meteorology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Physics, Statistics, Taxation, Tourism, Transport Management, Zoology


Master's Degree

Fields of study:Arabic, Astronomy and Space Science, Biology, Botany, Business and Commerce, Chemistry, Education, Engineering, English, Entomology, French, Geology, German, Islamic Law, Islamic Studies, Islamic Theology, Law, Mathematics, Medicine, Meteorology, Microbiology, Nursing, Persian, Pharmacy, Physics, Spanish, Turkish, Zoology


Doctorate

Fields of study:Arabic, Astronomy and Space Science, Biology, Botany, Business and Commerce, Chemistry, Education, Engineering, English, Entomology, French, Geology, German, Islamic Law, Islamic Studies, Islamic Theology, Law, Mathematics, Medicine, Meteorology, Microbiology, Nursing, Persian, Pharmacy, Physics, Spanish, Turkish, Zoology

Note

Also General Diploma Degree in Education; Special Diploma Degree in Education

top Student & Staff Numbers

Staff

Statistics Year:2024-2025

Full Time Total:17000

Students

Statistics Year:2024-2025

Total:450000

Updated on 19-09-2025