| 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.
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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.
According to webometrics Ranking of World Universities it comes 4,410th world wide and 7th in Egypt.[1]
The University has about 18 faculties, a central library and a special library in each faculty, faculties include: