Al-Azhar University

Al-Azhar University is located in Cairo, the capital city of Egpyt, in the Nasr City neighbourhood. Al-Azhar University has an impressive history and is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university. The university was founded in 970 or 972 in Cairo, Egypt providing the opportunity to study Islamic law, logic, grammar, and rhetoric. Even more impressive, Al-Azhar University represents the only university in the Arabic world to survive as a modern university.     Al-Azhar University offers undergraduate and postgraduate study programs and offers 81 faculties, 9 Institutes, 359 academic Departments, 42 centres, 6 university hospitals and 27 General administration units. The main thematic focus areas of Al-Azhar University are Science and Technology, Management and Business Administration, Arts, Languages and Humanities, Agriculture, Dentistry and Medicine.  

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