Helwan University

Helwan University
Established	July 26, 1975
Type	Public
President	Prof. Dr. Mahmud al-Tayyib Nasir
Location	Helwan, Egypt
Campus	Helwan
Website	http://www.helwan.edu.eg/

Helwan University (established July 26, 1975) is a public university based in Helwan in Egypt. It comprises 18 faculties as well as 50 research centers.

Generally, it is known for engineering and business studies. It's notable for its Faculties of Engineering (there are, in fact, two), the Faculty of Commerce And Business Administration that contain unique and special departments such as foreign trade, international relations and business information systems and the Faculty of Computers & Information. Also, it has a Faculty of Pharmacy which is known to be the first clinical pharmacy in Egypt. It is notable that it has no Faculty of Medicine nor many other specialized faculties.

Overview

Helwan University is a public Egyptian university and a member of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Universities. It's based in Ain Helwan, Helwan, Egypt. It is a relatively new university compared to other older Egyptian universities such as Cairo University and Ain Shams University. In fact, it was only established on July 26, 1975 by Act No. 70 of 1975.

Helwan University started first as many separate faculties in different small campuses; but they were later gathered in one main campus (with a few exceptions) in Ain Helwan, Helwan. It has a variety of unique faculties compared to other Egyptian universities, including a Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Applied Arts, Faculty of Music, and Faculty of Social Work. In addition, its Faculty of Fine Arts, physical education for men and women, and domestic economy were the first of their kind in Egypt. Other universities in Egypt started similar ones later on.

Ranking

According to webometrics Ranking of World Universities it comes 4,410th world wide and 7th in Egypt.

Faculties

The University has about 18 faculties, a central library and a special library in each faculty, faculties include:

• The Faculty of Arts
• The Faculty of Applied arts
• The Faculty of Art Education (BA - MA - PhD)
• The Faculty of Music education
• The Faculty of Sport education (Men)
• The Faculty of Sport education (Women)
• The Faculty of Home Economics
• The Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality
• The Faculty of Fine Arts
• The Faculty of Commerce and business administration
• The Faculty of Computers and Information
• The Faculty of Community Service
• The Faculty of Engineering (Helwan)
• The Faculty of Engineering (Matareya)
• The Faculty of Industrial Education
• The Faculty of Law
• The Faculty of Pharmacy
• The Faculty of Science
• The Faculty of Education
• The Faculty of Social Work

See also

• Education in Egypt
• Egyptian universities
• List of Egyptian universities
• Nagui Asaad

External links

• Helwan University website (English)
• Information Technology Center (Arabic)
• Al-Gam3a, A small web site made by and to Helwan University students (Arabic)
• Ministry of High Education (Arabic)
• Faculty of Engineering-Matarya (Arabic)