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The American University in Cairo

January 02, 2024

The American University in Cairo (AUC; Arabic: الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, romanized: al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, along with a continuing education program.

The American University in Cairo
الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة
Other name
AUC
TypePrivate
Established1919
FounderCharles Watson
Endowment$535.5 million (2019)[1]
PresidentAhmad Dallal
ProvostEhab Abdel-Rahman
Academic staff
467 Full-time and 149 part-time (45% international faculty)
Students6,980 (from 69 countries, 59% female)
Undergraduates5,755
Postgraduates1,225
Other students
31,127 (Continuing Education)
Location
Cairo
,
Egypt

30°01′10″N 31°29′59″E / 30.0194°N 31.4998°E / 30.0194; 31.4998
CampusMain campus in New Cairo, and the old campus in Tahrir Square
LanguageEnglish
Colors  Federal blue
MascotThe Eagle Horus
Websiteaucegypt.edu

The AUC student body represents over 50 countries.[2] AUC's faculty members, adjunct teaching staff and visiting lecturers are internationally diverse and include academics, business professionals, diplomats, journalists, writers and others from the United States, Egypt and other countries.

AUC holds institutional accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the United States and from Egypt's National Authority for Quality Assurance and Assessment of Education.[3]

History edit

The American University in Cairo was founded in 1919 by the American Mission in Egypt, a Protestant mission sponsored by the United Presbyterian Church of North America, as an English-language university and preparatory school.[4] University founder Charles A. Watson wanted to establish a western institution for higher education.[5]

AUC was intended as both a preparatory school and a university. The preparatory school opened to 142 students on October 5, 1920, in Khairy Pasha Palace, which was built in the 1860s. The first diplomas issued were junior college-level certificates given to 20 students in 1923.[6][7]

There were disputes between Watson, who was interested in building the university's academic reputation, and United Presbyterian leaders in the United States who sought to return the university to its Christian roots. Four years later, Watson decided that the university could not afford to maintain its original religious ties and that its best hope was the promotion of good moral and ethical behavior.[8]

Originally limited to male students, the university enrolled its first female student in 1928.[9] That same year, the university graduated its first class, with two Bachelor of Arts and one Bachelor of Sciences degrees awarded.

In 1950, AUC added its first graduate programs to its ongoing Bachelor of Arts, bachelor of sciences, graduate diploma, and continuing education programs, and in 1951, phased out the preparatory school program. During the Six-Day War, AUC was seized by the Egyptian government and was placed under control by Egyptian administrators for the next seven years, and most of its American faculty were forced to leave the country.[10] Egypt stopped short of nationalizing the university,[11] which was supported by money owed as repayment of loans made by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The government returned control to American administrators on June 12, 1974, coinciding with a visit to Cairo by then-U.S. president Richard Nixon.[10].By the mid-1970s, the university offered a broad range of liberal arts and sciences programs. In the following years, the university added bachelors, masters, and diploma programs in engineering, management, computer science, journalism and mass communication and sciences programs, as well as establishing a number of research centers in strategic areas, including business, the social sciences, philanthropy and civic engagement, and science and technology. In the 1950s, the university also changed its name from The American University at Cairo, replacing "at" with "in."

The American University in Cairo Press was established in 1960. By 2016, it was publishing up to 80 books annually.[12]

In 1978, the university established the Desert Development Center to promote sustainable development in Egypt's reclaimed desert areas.[13] The Desert Development Center's legacy is being carried forward by the Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment.[14]

Faculty voted "no confidence" in university president Francis J. Ricciardone in February 2019. In a letter to the president, the faculty cited "low morale, complaints about his management style, grievances over contracts and accusations of illegal discrimination" with tensions further increasing when Ricciardone invited U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to give a speech at the university.[15]

On February 11, 2019, the Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo reaffirmed its continued confidence and unqualified support for President Francis J. Ricciardone. In May 2019, it extended his tenure till June 2024.[16] Ricciardone retired June 2021.[17]

The board of trustees announced their appointment of Ahmad S. Dallal as the university's 13th president on June 22, 2021.[18]

Campus edit

Tahrir Square campus edit

 
Tahrir Square Campus

AUC was originally established in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. The 7.8-acre Tahrir Square campus was developed around the Khairy Pasha Palace. Built in the neo-Mamluk style,[further explanation needed] the palace inspired an architectural style that has been replicated throughout Cairo.[19] Ewart Hall was established in 1928, named for William Dana Ewart, the father of an American visitor to the campus, who made a gift of $100,000 towards the cost of construction on the condition that she remain anonymous.[20] The structure was designed by A. St. John Diament, abutting the south side of the Palace. The central portion of the building houses an auditorium large enough to seat 1,200, as well as classrooms, offices and exhibition galleries. The school's continued growth required additional space, and in 1932, a new building was dedicated to house the School of Oriental Studies. East of Ewart Hall, the building featured Oriental Hall, an auditorium and reception room built and decorated in an adaptation of traditional styles,[21] yet responsive to the architectural style of its own time.[19]

 
Tahrir Square (Downtown Campus)

Over time AUC added more buildings to what has become known as The GrEEK Campus, for a total of five buildings and 250,000 square feet in downtown Cairo.[22] Sadat Metro was developed with access to the campus, and its main lines intersect near there. Also nearby is the Ramses Railway Station. The campus wall on Mohamed Mahmoud Street still has revolutionary graffiti put up.[22] The American University in Cairo made an initiative and tried to preserve the wall graffiti.[23] Many admirers published and even documented these graffiti by collecting images/photos of the mural taken by visitors,[24] who were present during this historic period.[25]

New Cairo campus edit

In the fall of 2008, AUC left the Greek Campus and officially inaugurated AUC New Cairo, a new 260-acre suburban campus in New Cairo, a satellite city about 20 miles (and 45 minutes) from the downtown campus. New Cairo is a governmental development comprising 46,000 acres of land with a projected population of 2.5 million people.[26] AUC New Cairo provides advanced facilities for research and learning, as well as all the modern resources needed to support campus life.[27] In its master plan for the new campus, the university mandated that the campus express the university's values as a liberal arts institution, in what is essentially a non-Western context with deep traditional roots and high aspirations.[28] The new campus is intended to serve as a case study for how architectural harmony and diversity can coexist creatively and how tradition and modernity can appeal to the senses.[29] Campus spaces serve as virtual laboratories for the study of desert development, biological sciences, and the symbiotic relationship between environment and community.[29] The two campuses together host 36 undergraduate programs and 46 graduate programs. The New Cairo campus offers six schools and ten research centers.

The Research Centers Building houses the AUC Forum, the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies, the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, and the Yousef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center.

 
AUC New Cairo

The Dr. Hamza AlKholi Information Center houses AUC's offices for enrollment, admissions, student financial affairs and student services. The Howard Theatre is located at The Hatem and Janet Mostafa Core Academic Center, along with the Mansour Group Lecture Hall, the Academic Advising Center and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

The AUC Center for the Arts includes two theaters: the Malak Gabr Arts and the Gerhart, as well as the Sharjah Art Gallery and offices for the Department of Performing and Visual Arts.

The university's Campus Center provides students with a communal area to eat, congregate, organize trips, and attend campus-wide events. Inside the building are a bookstore, gift shop, bank, travel office and the main dining room. There is also a daycare center, a faculty lounge and the Office of Student Services, the Travel Office and the AUC Press Campus shop.

Near the Campus Center is the student-housing complex. Across from the student residences is the three-story AUC Sports Center, including a 2,000-seat multipurpose court, a jogging track, six squash courts, martial arts and exercise studios, a free weight studio, and training courts. Outdoor facilities include a 2,000-seat track and field stadium, swimming pool, soccer field, jogging and cycling track, and courts for tennis, basketball, handball and volleyball.[27]

Housing one of the largest English-language collections in the region, AUC's five-story library includes space for 600,000 volumes in the main library and 100,000 volumes in the Rare Books and Special Collections Library; locked carrels; computer workstations; video and audio production and editing labs; and comprehensive resources for digitizing, microfilming and preserving documents. In addition, on the plaza level of the library, the Learning Commons emphasizes group and collaborative learning. This unique area integrates independent study, interactive learning, multimedia and technology rooms, and copy and writing centers.[27]

Construction of New Cairo campus edit

AUC New Cairo was built using 24,000 tons of reinforcing steel, as well as 115,000 square meters of stone, marble, granite cladding and flooring. More than 7,000 workers worked two shifts on the construction site.[30]

Sandstone for the walls of campus buildings was provided by a single quarry in Kom Ombo, 50 kilometers north of Aswan. The stone arrived by truck in giant multi-ton blocks, which were cut and shaped for walls, arches and other uses at a stone-cutting plant built on the site. The walls were constructed according to energy management systems which reduce campus air conditioning and heating energy use by at least 50 percent as compared to conventional construction methods. More than 75 percent of the stone in the Alumni Wall that circles the campus was recycled from stone that would otherwise have been discarded as waste after cutting.

A 1.6-kilometer service tunnel that runs beneath the central avenue along the spine of AUC's campus is a key element to making its overall pedestrian nature possible. Services accessible via the tunnel include all deliveries and pickups from campus buildings, fiber optic and technology-related wiring, major electrical conduits and plumbing for hot water, domestic water and chilled water for air conditioning. All other pipes for sewage, natural gas, irrigation and fire fighting are buried on the campus, outside the tunnel, around buildings as needed for their purposes.[30]

Inauguration and awards edit

Margaret Scobey, former US Ambassador to Egypt, was among the guests at the inauguration in February 2009.[31] In her remarks, Scobey said,

"The new demands of our new world raise the importance of education. We need our future leaders to be diverse and to have a diverse educational experience…Perhaps most importantly, we need leaders who are dedicated to developing a true respect for each other if we are going to effectively work together to harness these forces of change for the greater good."[31]

Ambassador Scobey also delivered a message of congratulations to AUC from US President Barack Obama.[32]

In 2013 AUC signed a 10-year lease agreement with Tahrir Alley Technology Park (TATP), a Cairo-based company that intends to keep the Greek Campus name, to operate the Greek Campus. AUC will retain full ownership. It turned over five buildings to TATP. This campus is to be developed as a technology park, encouraging start-ups and development of small businesses.[33] TATP has said it will provide space on campus for approved artists.[22]

The Urban Land Institute based in the United States recognized AUC's new campus design and construction with a special award recognizing its energy efficiency, its architecture, its capacity for community development.[34]

Governance and administration edit

The American University in Cairo is an independent educational institution governed by a board of trustees. In addition, a panel of trustees emeriti functions as an advisory board. The Board has its own by-laws and elects a chairperson for an annual term. There are no students on the Board.[35]

 
Charles A. Watson

Francis Ricciardone was the president of AUC from 2016 until 2021.[36] In February 2019, both the faculty and the student senate of the American University overwhelmingly voted that they had "no confidence" in Ricciardone's leadership.[37] In a letter to the president, the faculty cited "low morale, complaints about his management style, grievances over contracts and accusations of illegal discrimination" with tensions further increasing when Ricciardone invited U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to give a speech at the university.[37]

The 13th president of AUC, Ahmad S. Dallal, graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from AUB. He obtained advanced degrees from and taught at several renown universities in the United States prior to taking on administrative positions at American University of Beirut from 2009 to 2015 and Georgetown University in Qatar from 2017 to 2021.[38]

University presidents edit

Academics edit

AUC offers 37 bachelor's degrees, 44 master's degrees, and 2 doctoral degrees in applied sciences and engineering in addition to a wide range of graduate diplomas in five schools: business, global affairs and public policy, humanities and social sciences, sciences and engineering, and the graduate school of education.[39] The university's English-language liberal arts environment is designed to promote critical thinking, language and cultural skills as well as to foster in students an appreciation of their own culture and heritage and their responsibilities toward society.[40] In November 2020, Provost Ehab Abdelrahman dissolved the graduate school of education without warning and without a plan to merge with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences [41]

AUC holds institutional accreditation from the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in the United States.[42] AUC's engineering programs are accredited by ABET (formerly Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) and the business programs are accredited by the Association to Advance College Schools of Business (AACSB.)[43] In Egypt, AUC operates within the framework of the 1975 protocol with the Egyptian government, which is based on the 1962 Cultural Relations Agreement between the U.S. and Egyptian governments.[44] In the United States, AUC is licensed to grant degrees and is incorporated by the State of Delaware.[44] In addition, many of AUC's academic programs have received specialized accreditation.

Faculty at AUC are frequently harassed by senior administration, led by Abdelrahman. In 2019, Adam Duker[45] was subjected to so-called investigations in an attempt to force him to resign. In 2022, Abdelrahman terminated a popular professor's contract because he spoke out against corrupt policies and contract violations while advocating for a faculty union. Students were abruptly informed that the professor is "not available" and cancelled their classes with him.

Enrollment in academic programs includes over 5,474 undergraduates with an additional 979 graduate students (2017 - 2018).[46] Simultaneously, adult education has also expanded and now serves more than 22,000 students each year in non-credit courses and contracted training programs offered through the School of Continuing Education.[39] 94% of AUC students are Egyptian, with the remaining 6% from around the world.

Rankings edit

  • AUC is ranked 411th university globally and 9th in the "Arab Region" by QS World University Rankings in their 2021 rankings[47]
  • Ten AUC graduate programs were ranked among the top in Africa and best 200 worldwide in Eduniversal's Best Master's Rankings for 2015 - 2016[48]
  • AUC placed 81 out of 407 institutions worldwide in the Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric World University Ranking for 2015 - 2016[49]

Student life edit

Student activities edit

AUC has 70 student organizations.[50] Most of the student activities at AUC are organized by students in areas of community service, student government, culture and special interests, academics, and student conferences.

 
AUC New Campus

Organizations include, but are not limited to:

Dormitories and student housing edit

Dormitories and student housing are located on AUC's New Cairo campus. Housing is organized by the AUC's Office of Residential Life, helping students transition to living independently and adjusting to university life as well as organizing social events. The residence is composed of 12 units, divided into five male and seven female cottages.[56]

Notable alumni edit

Notable faculty edit

See also edit

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american, university, cairo, arabic, الجامعة, الأمريكية, بالقاهرة, romanized, jāmi, amrīkiyya, qāhira, private, research, university, cairo, egypt, university, offers, american, style, learning, programs, undergraduate, graduate, professional, levels, along, w. The American University in Cairo AUC Arabic الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة romanized al Jami a al Amrikiyya bi l Qahira is a private research university in Cairo Egypt The university offers American style learning programs at undergraduate graduate and professional levels along with a continuing education program The American University in Cairoالجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرةOther nameAUCTypePrivateEstablished1919FounderCharles WatsonEndowment 535 5 million 2019 1 PresidentAhmad DallalProvostEhab Abdel RahmanAcademic staff467 Full time and 149 part time 45 international faculty Students6 980 from 69 countries 59 female Undergraduates5 755Postgraduates1 225Other students31 127 Continuing Education LocationCairo Egypt30 01 10 N 31 29 59 E 30 0194 N 31 4998 E 30 0194 31 4998CampusMain campus in New Cairo and the old campus in Tahrir SquareLanguageEnglishColors Federal blueMascotThe Eagle HorusWebsiteaucegypt eduThe AUC student body represents over 50 countries 2 AUC s faculty members adjunct teaching staff and visiting lecturers are internationally diverse and include academics business professionals diplomats journalists writers and others from the United States Egypt and other countries AUC holds institutional accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the United States and from Egypt s National Authority for Quality Assurance and Assessment of Education 3 Contents 1 History 2 Campus 2 1 Tahrir Square campus 2 2 New Cairo campus 2 3 Construction of New Cairo campus 2 4 Inauguration and awards 3 Governance and administration 3 1 University presidents 4 Academics 4 1 Rankings 5 Student life 5 1 Student activities 5 2 Dormitories and student housing 6 Notable alumni 7 Notable faculty 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory editThe American University in Cairo was founded in 1919 by the American Mission in Egypt a Protestant mission sponsored by the United Presbyterian Church of North America as an English language university and preparatory school 4 University founder Charles A Watson wanted to establish a western institution for higher education 5 AUC was intended as both a preparatory school and a university The preparatory school opened to 142 students on October 5 1920 in Khairy Pasha Palace which was built in the 1860s The first diplomas issued were junior college level certificates given to 20 students in 1923 6 7 There were disputes between Watson who was interested in building the university s academic reputation and United Presbyterian leaders in the United States who sought to return the university to its Christian roots Four years later Watson decided that the university could not afford to maintain its original religious ties and that its best hope was the promotion of good moral and ethical behavior 8 Originally limited to male students the university enrolled its first female student in 1928 9 That same year the university graduated its first class with two Bachelor of Arts and one Bachelor of Sciences degrees awarded In 1950 AUC added its first graduate programs to its ongoing Bachelor of Arts bachelor of sciences graduate diploma and continuing education programs and in 1951 phased out the preparatory school program During the Six Day War AUC was seized by the Egyptian government and was placed under control by Egyptian administrators for the next seven years and most of its American faculty were forced to leave the country 10 Egypt stopped short of nationalizing the university 11 which was supported by money owed as repayment of loans made by the U S Agency for International Development The government returned control to American administrators on June 12 1974 coinciding with a visit to Cairo by then U S president Richard Nixon 10 By the mid 1970s the university offered a broad range of liberal arts and sciences programs In the following years the university added bachelors masters and diploma programs in engineering management computer science journalism and mass communication and sciences programs as well as establishing a number of research centers in strategic areas including business the social sciences philanthropy and civic engagement and science and technology In the 1950s the university also changed its name from The American University at Cairo replacing at with in The American University in Cairo Press was established in 1960 By 2016 it was publishing up to 80 books annually 12 In 1978 the university established the Desert Development Center to promote sustainable development in Egypt s reclaimed desert areas 13 The Desert Development Center s legacy is being carried forward by the Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment 14 Faculty voted no confidence in university president Francis J Ricciardone in February 2019 In a letter to the president the faculty cited low morale complaints about his management style grievances over contracts and accusations of illegal discrimination with tensions further increasing when Ricciardone invited U S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to give a speech at the university 15 On February 11 2019 the Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo reaffirmed its continued confidence and unqualified support for President Francis J Ricciardone In May 2019 it extended his tenure till June 2024 16 Ricciardone retired June 2021 17 The board of trustees announced their appointment of Ahmad S Dallal as the university s 13th president on June 22 2021 18 Campus editTahrir Square campus edit nbsp Tahrir Square CampusAUC was originally established in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo The 7 8 acre Tahrir Square campus was developed around the Khairy Pasha Palace Built in the neo Mamluk style further explanation needed the palace inspired an architectural style that has been replicated throughout Cairo 19 Ewart Hall was established in 1928 named for William Dana Ewart the father of an American visitor to the campus who made a gift of 100 000 towards the cost of construction on the condition that she remain anonymous 20 The structure was designed by A St John Diament abutting the south side of the Palace The central portion of the building houses an auditorium large enough to seat 1 200 as well as classrooms offices and exhibition galleries The school s continued growth required additional space and in 1932 a new building was dedicated to house the School of Oriental Studies East of Ewart Hall the building featured Oriental Hall an auditorium and reception room built and decorated in an adaptation of traditional styles 21 yet responsive to the architectural style of its own time 19 nbsp Tahrir Square Downtown Campus Over time AUC added more buildings to what has become known as The GrEEK Campus for a total of five buildings and 250 000 square feet in downtown Cairo 22 Sadat Metro was developed with access to the campus and its main lines intersect near there Also nearby is the Ramses Railway Station The campus wall on Mohamed Mahmoud Street still has revolutionary graffiti put up 22 The American University in Cairo made an initiative and tried to preserve the wall graffiti 23 Many admirers published and even documented these graffiti by collecting images photos of the mural taken by visitors 24 who were present during this historic period 25 New Cairo campus edit In the fall of 2008 AUC left the Greek Campus and officially inaugurated AUC New Cairo a new 260 acre suburban campus in New Cairo a satellite city about 20 miles and 45 minutes from the downtown campus New Cairo is a governmental development comprising 46 000 acres of land with a projected population of 2 5 million people 26 AUC New Cairo provides advanced facilities for research and learning as well as all the modern resources needed to support campus life 27 In its master plan for the new campus the university mandated that the campus express the university s values as a liberal arts institution in what is essentially a non Western context with deep traditional roots and high aspirations 28 The new campus is intended to serve as a case study for how architectural harmony and diversity can coexist creatively and how tradition and modernity can appeal to the senses 29 Campus spaces serve as virtual laboratories for the study of desert development biological sciences and the symbiotic relationship between environment and community 29 The two campuses together host 36 undergraduate programs and 46 graduate programs The New Cairo campus offers six schools and ten research centers The Research Centers Building houses the AUC Forum the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies the John D Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement and the Yousef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center nbsp AUC New CairoThe Dr Hamza AlKholi Information Center houses AUC s offices for enrollment admissions student financial affairs and student services The Howard Theatre is located at The Hatem and Janet Mostafa Core Academic Center along with the Mansour Group Lecture Hall the Academic Advising Center and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies The AUC Center for the Arts includes two theaters the Malak Gabr Arts and the Gerhart as well as the Sharjah Art Gallery and offices for the Department of Performing and Visual Arts The university s Campus Center provides students with a communal area to eat congregate organize trips and attend campus wide events Inside the building are a bookstore gift shop bank travel office and the main dining room There is also a daycare center a faculty lounge and the Office of Student Services the Travel Office and the AUC Press Campus shop Near the Campus Center is the student housing complex Across from the student residences is the three story AUC Sports Center including a 2 000 seat multipurpose court a jogging track six squash courts martial arts and exercise studios a free weight studio and training courts Outdoor facilities include a 2 000 seat track and field stadium swimming pool soccer field jogging and cycling track and courts for tennis basketball handball and volleyball 27 Housing one of the largest English language collections in the region AUC s five story library includes space for 600 000 volumes in the main library and 100 000 volumes in the Rare Books and Special Collections Library locked carrels computer workstations video and audio production and editing labs and comprehensive resources for digitizing microfilming and preserving documents In addition on the plaza level of the library the Learning Commons emphasizes group and collaborative learning This unique area integrates independent study interactive learning multimedia and technology rooms and copy and writing centers 27 Construction of New Cairo campus edit AUC New Cairo was built using 24 000 tons of reinforcing steel as well as 115 000 square meters of stone marble granite cladding and flooring More than 7 000 workers worked two shifts on the construction site 30 Sandstone for the walls of campus buildings was provided by a single quarry in Kom Ombo 50 kilometers north of Aswan The stone arrived by truck in giant multi ton blocks which were cut and shaped for walls arches and other uses at a stone cutting plant built on the site The walls were constructed according to energy management systems which reduce campus air conditioning and heating energy use by at least 50 percent as compared to conventional construction methods More than 75 percent of the stone in the Alumni Wall that circles the campus was recycled from stone that would otherwise have been discarded as waste after cutting A 1 6 kilometer service tunnel that runs beneath the central avenue along the spine of AUC s campus is a key element to making its overall pedestrian nature possible Services accessible via the tunnel include all deliveries and pickups from campus buildings fiber optic and technology related wiring major electrical conduits and plumbing for hot water domestic water and chilled water for air conditioning All other pipes for sewage natural gas irrigation and fire fighting are buried on the campus outside the tunnel around buildings as needed for their purposes 30 Inauguration and awards edit Margaret Scobey former US Ambassador to Egypt was among the guests at the inauguration in February 2009 31 In her remarks Scobey said The new demands of our new world raise the importance of education We need our future leaders to be diverse and to have a diverse educational experience Perhaps most importantly we need leaders who are dedicated to developing a true respect for each other if we are going to effectively work together to harness these forces of change for the greater good 31 Ambassador Scobey also delivered a message of congratulations to AUC from US President Barack Obama 32 In 2013 AUC signed a 10 year lease agreement with Tahrir Alley Technology Park TATP a Cairo based company that intends to keep the Greek Campus name to operate the Greek Campus AUC will retain full ownership It turned over five buildings to TATP This campus is to be developed as a technology park encouraging start ups and development of small businesses 33 TATP has said it will provide space on campus for approved artists 22 The Urban Land Institute based in the United States recognized AUC s new campus design and construction with a special award recognizing its energy efficiency its architecture its capacity for community development 34 Governance and administration editThe American University in Cairo is an independent educational institution governed by a board of trustees In addition a panel of trustees emeriti functions as an advisory board The Board has its own by laws and elects a chairperson for an annual term There are no students on the Board 35 nbsp Charles A WatsonFrancis Ricciardone was the president of AUC from 2016 until 2021 36 In February 2019 both the faculty and the student senate of the American University overwhelmingly voted that they had no confidence in Ricciardone s leadership 37 In a letter to the president the faculty cited low morale complaints about his management style grievances over contracts and accusations of illegal discrimination with tensions further increasing when Ricciardone invited U S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to give a speech at the university 37 The 13th president of AUC Ahmad S Dallal graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from AUB He obtained advanced degrees from and taught at several renown universities in the United States prior to taking on administrative positions at American University of Beirut from 2009 to 2015 and Georgetown University in Qatar from 2017 to 2021 38 University presidents edit Ahmad Dallal 2021 Ehab Abdel Rahman July October 2021 acting president Francis J Ricciardone 2016 2021 Thomas E Thomason 2015 2016 interim president Lisa Anderson 2011 2015 David C Arnold 2003 2011 John D Gerhart 1998 2003 Donald McDonald 1990 1997 Richard F Pedersen 1977 1990 Cecil K Byrd 1974 1977 Christopher Thoron 1969 1974 Thomas A Bartlett 1963 1969 Raymond F McLain 1954 1963 John S Badeau 1944 1953 Charles Watson 1919 1944 Academics editAUC offers 37 bachelor s degrees 44 master s degrees and 2 doctoral degrees in applied sciences and engineering in addition to a wide range of graduate diplomas in five schools business global affairs and public policy humanities and social sciences sciences and engineering and the graduate school of education 39 The university s English language liberal arts environment is designed to promote critical thinking language and cultural skills as well as to foster in students an appreciation of their own culture and heritage and their responsibilities toward society 40 In November 2020 Provost Ehab Abdelrahman dissolved the graduate school of education without warning and without a plan to merge with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences 41 AUC holds institutional accreditation from the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in the United States 42 AUC s engineering programs are accredited by ABET formerly Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the business programs are accredited by the Association to Advance College Schools of Business AACSB 43 In Egypt AUC operates within the framework of the 1975 protocol with the Egyptian government which is based on the 1962 Cultural Relations Agreement between the U S and Egyptian governments 44 In the United States AUC is licensed to grant degrees and is incorporated by the State of Delaware 44 In addition many of AUC s academic programs have received specialized accreditation Faculty at AUC are frequently harassed by senior administration led by Abdelrahman In 2019 Adam Duker 45 was subjected to so called investigations in an attempt to force him to resign In 2022 Abdelrahman terminated a popular professor s contract because he spoke out against corrupt policies and contract violations while advocating for a faculty union Students were abruptly informed that the professor is not available and cancelled their classes with him Enrollment in academic programs includes over 5 474 undergraduates with an additional 979 graduate students 2017 2018 46 Simultaneously adult education has also expanded and now serves more than 22 000 students each year in non credit courses and contracted training programs offered through the School of Continuing Education 39 94 of AUC students are Egyptian with the remaining 6 from around the world Rankings edit AUC is ranked 411th university globally and 9th in the Arab Region by QS World University Rankings in their 2021 rankings 47 Ten AUC graduate programs were ranked among the top in Africa and best 200 worldwide in Eduniversal s Best Master s Rankings for 2015 2016 48 AUC placed 81 out of 407 institutions worldwide in the Universitas Indonesia UI GreenMetric World University Ranking for 2015 2016 49 Student life editStudent activities edit AUC has 70 student organizations 50 Most of the student activities at AUC are organized by students in areas of community service student government culture and special interests academics and student conferences nbsp AUC New CampusOrganizations include but are not limited to Delta Phi Epsilon professional professional foreign service fraternity Independent Chapter Help Club The Student Union Developers Inc 51 Cairo International Model United Nations Astronomy Club 52 AUC Times Magazine 53 Khatwa 54 TEDxAUC AUC s platform for Ideas Worth Spreading 55 Egyptology Association Philosophy Club Volunteers in Action ICGE clubDormitories and student housing edit Dormitories and student housing are located on AUC s New Cairo campus Housing is organized by the AUC s Office of Residential Life helping students transition to living independently and adjusting to university life as well as organizing social events The residence is composed of 12 units divided into five male and seven female cottages 56 Notable alumni editAida el Ayoubi singer songwriter and guitarist Amr Waked actor Anne Aly Australian political scholar academic and counter terrorism expert Anne Zaki Egyptian theologian Anthony Shadid Foreign correspondent for The New York Times Best Selling Author and Two Time Pulitzer Prize Winner Asser Yassin BSME Egyptian actor Ben Wedeman senior international correspondent CNN Dan Stoenescu Romanian minister diplomat political scientist and journalist David M Malone Canadian diplomat Devin J Stewart professor at Emory University Haifa Al Mansour Saudi Arabia s first female filmmaker Hassan Abdalla CEO and Vice Chairman of Arab African International Bank Hisham Abbas ME singer Nadeen Ashraf feminist activist Jaweed al Ghussein a Palestinian educationist and philanthropist John O Brennan Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Juan Cole American scholar public intellectual and historian of the modern Middle East and South Asia Currently Richard P Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan Khaled al Qazzaz activist educator former civil servant in Egypt Khaled Bichara CEO of Orascom Telecom and founder of LinkdotNet Maumoon Abdul Gayoom president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008 Mohammed bin Ali bin Mohammed Al Mannai Qatari Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohamed Emam Egyptian actor and son of Adel Emam Maya Morsy head of Egypt s National Council for Women Melanie Craft romance novelist Larry Ellison s Wife Oracle Corporation CEO Mona El Shazly Egyptian talk show host Mona Eltahawy journalist Muin Bseiso poet and activist Nabil Fahmi Ex Egyptian foreign minister Nicholas Kristof Op Ed Columnist The New York Times Best Selling Author and Two Time Pulitzer Prize Winner Noha Radwan professor of Arabic literature at the University of California Davis Omar Samra first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest Reza Pahlavi Crown Prince of Iran Rana al Tonsi poet Rana el Kaliouby research scientist at MIT Media Lab and Founder of Affectiva Rania El Mashat Minister of International Cooperation Rania al Abdullah queen of Jordan Shahab Ahmed Pakistani American scholar of Islam at Harvard University Author of What is Islam Yosri Fouda editor and host presenter on Akher Kalam a talk show on ONTV Thomas Friedman Op Ed Columnist The New York Times Best Selling Author and Three Time Pulitzer Prize Winner Yousef Gamal El Din anchor Bloomberg Television 57 Yuriko Koike former Japanese Minister of Defense and first female governor of Tokyo Yussef El Guindi playwright Sigrid Kaag Dutch minister and diplomat Fadwa El Gallal journalistNotable faculty editGalal Amin 1935 2018 economist and commentator Aliaa Bassiouny professor and chair of the Finance department Emma Bonino born 1948 Italian former Commissioner of the European Community Humanitarian Office ECHO Manar El Shorbagy professor of political science and member of the 2012 Constituent Assembly Shems Friedlander American emeritus professor and Sufi master Graham Harman born 1968 American contemporary philosopher of metaphysics Fayza Haikal emerita professor of Egyptology Salima Ikram Egyptologist and expert on animal mummies Heba Kotb born 1967 sex therapist and host of The Big Talk a sexual advice show Jehane Ragai chemist Kent Weeks born 1941 American Egyptologist launched the Theban Mapping Project which discovered the identity and vast dimensions of KV5 the tomb of the sons of Rameses II in the Valley of the Kings Lawrence Wright born 1947 American Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Moustafa Youssef Computer science and engineering professor first and only ACM Fellow in the Middle East and AfricaSee also edit nbsp Egypt portal nbsp United States portalAUC Press American University of Beirut AUB American University in Dubai AUD American University of Sharjah AUS American University of Iraq Sulaimani AUIS Cairo International Model United NationsReferences edit As of June 30 2019 U S and 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