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American University in Cairo

American University in Cairo
AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74
New Cairo 11835, EG 11835



Website: www.aucegypt.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 5,554
Full-time undergraduates: 5,073
Part-time undergraduates: 481
Total graduate students: 1,394
Full-time graduate students: 501
Part-time graduate students: 893

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 260 acres
City or town school is located in: New Cairo, Egypt
Population of city/town: 19,943,436
Nearest major city: Cairo, Egypt
Population of nearest major city: 2,500,000
Online campus map: www.aucegypt.edu/
newcairocampus/maps/
Documents/
AUCNEWCAIRO_2010Final.pdf

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • single-student apartments
  • other housing including Freshmen housing.
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 1%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 9%
Percent of students who live off campus: 91%
Student conduct policies:
class attendance mandatory
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: no

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s), student center
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 935
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Rare books. Special collections. Law library.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Remedial learning services:
writing, study skills
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, day care, health insurance, Office of Student Support includes counseling center, mentoring unit, and disability services/student conduct.
Counseling services:
career, personal, academic, psychological, cross-cultural issues, sexual harassment.
Career placement services:
internships, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, employment fairs, job shadowing, e-jobs bulletin.
Services for students with disabilities:
tape recorders, reader services, adaptive equipment, braille services
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: fully

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook
School newspaper(s): Caravan, published weekly; The Independent; The Dimensions
Total number of registered organizations: 67
International student organizations:
African, International, Italian, and Palestinian Student Associations
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Arabic choir group and the Osiris Singers, Hand in Hand, Anti Cancer Team, Model Arab League, Model UN, AIESEC, Entrepreneurs' Society; Egyptian folk dance and computer groups; political science graduate, actuarial science, and architecture associations; Arabic poetry, chess, philosophy, Egyptology, and Help clubs

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Mohamed Taher,
Director of Athletics
Athletic department's mailing address: Acting Director of Planning and Institutional Research,
James V. Glynn,
The American University in C

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballno 
Men's boxingno 
Men's fencingno 
Men's footballno 
Men's gymnasticsno 
Men's handballno 
Men's rugbyno 
Men's soccerno 
Men's squashno 
Men's swimmingno 
Men's tennisno 
Men's track (indoor)no 
Men's track (outdoor)no 
Men's track and field (indoor)no 
Men's volleyballno 
Men's water polono 
Men's weight liftingno 
Men's wrestlingno 
Women's baseballno 
Women's fencingno 
Women's footballno 
Women's gymnasticsno 
Women's handballno 
Women's soccerno 
Women's squashno 
Women's swimmingno 
Women's tennisno 
Women's track (indoor)no 
Women's volleyballno 

Athletic facilities:
Rowing in the Nile in Cairo.

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: no
Nearest international airport: Cairo, Egypt (12 miles)
Nearest passenger train service: Cairo, Egypt (3 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: Cairo, Egypt (2 miles)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: no
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: good
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no

AFTER GRADUATION
List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:
AC Nielsen, Al Ahram Beverages Company, Alcatel, Allianz Egypt, American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, Amideast/Egypt, Amiral Management Corporation, Amreyah Cement Co. (CIMPOR Group), Arab African International Bank, Arab Bank, Atlantic Industries (Coca Cola), Baker Hughes, Barclays Bank Egypt, Bel Egypt, Beltone Financial, BG Egypt, Bin Hafeez Establishment, BNP Paribas Bank, BP, Cadbury Adams Egypt Group, CARE International, CEMEX, Chevron Egypt, Citibank, Coldwell Banker Egypt, Commercial International Bank (CIB), DaimlerChrysler Egypt, Danone, Dar Al Handasah (Shair & Partners), Deloitte & Touche Middle East, DHL Express Egypt, DiamondCluster International, Dr. Ahmed Abdel Warith Consulting Engineers, Dupont Products S.A., Edita Food Industries (member of Berzi Group), EFG-Hermes, EgyNet, EgyptAir AirLines, Egyptian American Bank, Egyptian Cement Company, Egyptian Gulf Bank, Egyptian Language School, Egyptian Telephone Company (Quicktel), Equant, Ericsson, Ernst & Young, Eva Cosmetics, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, GE, General Motors, Giesecke & Devrient Egypt, Green Valley School, Halliburton, HC Securities and Investment, Henkel PDC Egypt, HSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E., IBM, IEOC Production B.V., Ismail Ali Abudawood Trading Company Ltd., Johnson & Johnson Egypt, Kraft Foods, Leoni Wiring Systems, LINKdotNET, Maersk Egypt S.A.E., Mansour & Co. PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Master Foods, MCV, Mentor Graphics Egypt, Microsoft, Mobica, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, National Societe Generale Bank, Nestle, Nokia, Novartis Egypt, OpenCraft, Orascom Construction Industries, Orbit DMS, PepsiCo International, Philips Electronic, Power Generation Engineering & Services Company (PGESCo), Procter & Gamble, Pyramid Systems Development (PSD), Raya Holding, Savola Sime Egypt, SC Johnson, Schlumberger, Schneider Electric Egypt, Shell, Synovate, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAGorg), TE Data, Telemedia, Tetra Pak Egypt Ltd., The American Embassy in Cairo, The American University in Cairo, The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (Mobinil), The International School of Choueifat, The Sultan Center, Thomas Cook Overseas Ltd., TNS, Trane, UNDP, UNHCR, Unilever Mashreq, UNV, Vodafone, Xceed Contact Center, Xerox Egypt.

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