Helwan University

Helwan University

Type	Public
Established	1975
President	Prof. Dr. Abdallah Barakat changed
Location	Cairo , Egypt
Campus	Cairo, Helwan
Website	http://www.helwan.edu.eg/

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

Generally, it is known for its engineering trend. It's very famous for its Faculties of Engineering (there are two of them), The Faculty of Commerce And Business Administration that contain unique and special departments like foreign trade, international relations and business information systems, a Faculty of Computers & Information. Also, it has a Faculty of Pharmacy which is known to be the first clinical pharmacy in egypt while it has no Faculty of Medicine and many 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. A relatively new university compared to other older Egyptian universities such as Cairo University and Ain Shams University, in July 26, 1975, Helwan University was established by Act No. 70 of 1975.

Helwan University started first as separate faculties in different small campuses, later the university faculties was gathered in one main campus (with few exceptions) in Ain Helwan, Helwan. It include a variety of unique faculties amongst other Egyptian universities (Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Applied Arts, Faculty of Music). Also, Faculty of Fine Arts, physical education for boys and girls, domestic economy were the first of their disciplines in Egypt. Other universities in Egypt, started similar ones later on.

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 Artistic education
• The Faculty of Music education
• The Faculty of Sport education (Boys)
• The Faculty of Sport education (Girls)
• 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 Law
• The Faculty of Pharmacy
• The Faculty of Science
• The Faculty of Education
• The Facutly of Social Work

See also

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

External links

• Helwan University website Template:En icon
• Information Technology Center Template:Ar icon
• Al-Gam3a, A small web site made by and to Helwan University students Template:Ar icon
• Ministry of High Education Template:Ar icon