Fayoum University

In 1975, the Faculty of Education was established in Fayoum as one of the faculties affiliated with Cairo University. The Faculty of Agriculture followed in 1976. Later, in 1981, the Faculty of Engineering was established. In 1983,a presidential decree was issued declaring Fayoum as an independent branch of Cairo University.

At present, Fayoum University includes 19 faculties and two institutes, which are as follows: Education, Agriculture, Engineering, Social Service, Dar Al-Ulum, Science, Tourism and Hotels, Specific Education, Archeology, Medicine, Arts, Computers and Information, Early Childhood Education, Nursing, Dentistry , Pharmacy, Law, Physical Education and Al-Alsun, as well as the Institute of Research and Strategic Studies for the Nile Basin countries, the Technical Institute of Nursing and the Blended Learning Center.

The university is keen on fruitful and constructive cooperation with its counterparts from other universities, whether Arab or foreign, as well as with educational, scientific, research and academic institutions and bodies, for the sake of scientific communication and the exchange of experiences and cultures in all disciplines, in addition to its great continuous role in serving all the institutions and bodies of the community at the local level.