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December 2015

AUC Ranks Number One as the Top Academic Institution in Egypt in Nature Index 2015

The American University in Cairo (AUC) has been ranked the top affiliation among the academic institutes in Egypt in the lately released Nature Index 2015.

AUC Press Awards Hassan Daoud the 2015 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

At a ceremony held tonight at The American University in Cairo (AUC) Tahrir Square campus, AUC Press awarded the 2015 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to the Lebanese writer Hassan Daoud for his novel La tariq ila al-janna (No Road to Paradise).

AUC V-Lab Celebrates the Graduation of Cycle 5 on Demo Day Showcasing Products and Services of 12 Startups

The School of Business at The American University in Cairo (AUC) is celebrating today the graduation of the fifth cycle of AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab), where 12 incubated startups are showcasing their products and services that range from software, online platforms, websites and mobile apps.

AUC Names Trustee Thomas E. Thomason Interim President

The Board of Trustees (BOT) of the American University in Cairo (AUC) announced today the appointment of Trustee Thomas E. Thomason as interim president of the University starting January 2016 until the end of the academic year.

November 2015

At AUC’s Media Roundtable Discussion: Egypt Needs out of the Box Solutions to Education Problems

Recognizing Egypt’s cumulative problems in education, a change in the mindset of educators and youth is key to better education, stressed the professors of the American University in Cairo (AUC) in yesterday’s media roundtable discussion series "Behind the Headlines," titled “Education for Life: Enh

AUC’s PhD Student Internationally Awarded for Marine Pollution Research

Ghada Mustafa, a PhD candidate in the biotechnology program at The American University in Cairo (AUC) has recently received the Best Poster Award at the International Marine Microbiology Conference in Qingdao, China.

AUC Venture Lab Named "High Impact Incubation Program" for 2015 by UBI Global

The Venture Lab (V-Lab) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) has been named “High Impact Incubation Program” in the Middle East and North Africa by Sweden-based UBI-Global.

AUC’S Dean Tarek Shawki Signs Agreements to Establish the Egyptian Knowledge Bank

Today, Tarek Shawki, dean of the School of Sciences and Engineering at The American University in Cairo (AUC), is signing agreements with publishers from around the world to establish the “Egyptian Knowledge Bank”, a nationwide project aimed at providing all Egyptian citizens with access to quality

AUC’s Society of Petroleum Engineers Receives International Recognition

The chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers at The American University of Cairo (SPE-AUC) is one of only 20 student chapters worldwide to receive the 2014 - 2015 Outstanding Student Chapter award from SPE International. "The highest honor for a chapter,” according to SPE International, this aw