• Monday, 14 October 2019

    Egypt, South Africa dominate Africa’s top universities

    Egypt and South Africa account for the majority of Africa’s top 10 universities in the QS World University Rankings 2020. The American University in Cairo moved up from the 420th spot last year to crack into the top 400 universities...
  • Monday, 8 July 2019

    AUC, Cairo University, Ain Shams feature in QS World University Rankings 2020

    The American University in Cairo (AUC) has once again assumed its ranking of #395 out of the 1k universities ranked in the 2020 annual publication of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. This is up from its ranking of...
  • Wednesday, 12 June 2019

    AUC to launch first undergraduate data science program in the region in September

    The American University in Cairo (AUC) is launching the first undergraduate data science program in Egypt and the region in September, the university announced in a press release (pdf). We recently spoke with the program’s founder Dr. Ali Hadi about...
  • Monday, 22 April 2019

    Egypt signs agreement with AUC and King’s College to boost gov’t efficiency

    The Planning Ministry has signed an agreement with the American University in Cairo and King’s College in London to train civil servants ahead of moving to the new administrative capital, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The agreement follows a cooperation...
  • Wednesday, 27 February 2019

    USAID to invest USD 90 mn in Egypt-US university partnerships

    The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will invest USD 90 mn to establish energy, water and agriculture research centers to be joint-managed by leading Egyptian and American universities, according to a press release from the US embassy. Egyptian researchers...
  • Thursday, 14 February 2019

    El Sisi meets with president and board of the American University in Cairo

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met yesterday with the American University in Cairo’s Board of Trustees and President Francis J. Ricciardone, congratulating them on a century since the founding of the university, according to an Ittihadiya statement. El Sisi emphasized...
  • Thursday, 14 February 2019

    El Sisi’s sit-down with AUC’s president, board of trustees on Egypt’s front pages

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s sit-down with AUC’s president and board of trustees is the top story in state-owned Al Ahram and Al Akhbar this morning. Also featured on Al Ahram’s front page is Assem El Gazzar being sworn in...
  • Tuesday, 27 November 2018

    More what we’re tracking on 27 November 2018

    MbS has arrived in town as part of his first regional trip after the Khashoggi affair, state news agency MENA reported. (Stuck in traffic yesterday longer than usual? Now you know why.) President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received the Saudi...
  • Monday, 26 November 2018

    What we’re tracking this week and beyond

    Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will be in Cairo on Tuesday, 4 December for “an important announcement,” according to an emailed statement. This will be Khosrowshahi’s (bio) first visit to Egypt as Uber CEO. The announcement will be made along with...

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