Mansoura University

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Mansoura University
جامعة المنصورة

Established 1972
Type Public
President Prof. El-Sayed Abd El-Khalek
Admin. staff 5159
Location Mansoura, Dakahliya, Egypt
Campus Urban

Mansoura University was founded in 1972 in Mansoura city, Egypt. Now, it also has a branch in Damietta. It is one of the

biggest Egyptian universities and has contributed much to the cultural and scientific life in Mansoura and Egypt.

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Mansoura University was founded in 1972 and is located at the middle of the Nile Delta in Egypt. The Study at the University covers the major disciplines; Medicine, Applied Science, Humanities, ...

History

The faculty of medicine was founded in 1962 as a branch of Cairo University. In 1972, a presidential decree announced the establishment of the University under the name "East Delta University". Later on, its name was changed to Mansoura University in 1973.

Campus

The main Campus is located in Mansoura city.

It comprises the following faculties:

The University also provides a number of students' services within the campus which include:

  • Students' services complex containing restaurants, stationaries and a student hospital.
  • Three students' accommodation complexes including Alamal city (males), Alzahraa city (females) and Gehan city (females).
  • A Central eating hall.
  • Olympic village.

Four faculties are located off campus, which are:

The Damietta branch has eight faculties:

In July 2012, Damietta branch has become an independent university.

Medical Centers

Mansoura University is famous for its specialized Medical centers, which provide both medical and academic services. They include the main mansoura university hospital, the children hospital, the specialized hospital for general internal diseases, the ophthalmology center, the digestive system center and the Urology and Nephrology center. The latter is the biggest of its kind in Africa.

Rankings

According to the 2008 Webometrics World Universities rankings, a measure of institutional visibility on the internet, Mansoura University is ranked 3rd in Egypt and 15th in Africa.

Mansoura University, Obtained advanced positions in international rankings of universities this year "2012", and that as stated in the new classification of universities for the year 2012, which was released recently for Time Magazine British higher education (TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION) where the Mansoura University place (96) globally within universities established less than 50 years, and The University of Mansoura University is the only Egyptian that received a rating of Advanced in the 100 universities worldwide and is ranked second after the Arab King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, which got a No. (94) globally.

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