End-of-Year Highlights: 2022-2023

Raising the Bar: New Scholarship Program to Support Excellent Students

AUC launched the Excellence Scholarship Program this year, offering scholarships to high-quality students who demonstrate excellence in academic or non-academic endeavors while also considering need.

AUC Receives $86 Million USAID Grant, Largest in University History, for Scholarships and Training

The United States. Agency for International Development awarded AUC $86 million for USAID Egyptian Pioneers, a new program that provides scholarships and training to Egyptian students, with emphasis on sectors that can advance Egypt’s climate goals.

AUC Road to College Provides Free, Online English Courses for High School Students

AUC is the first educational institution in the Middle East to offer free, English-language online courses designed specifically for high school students in Egypt.

From the Heart: A Pioneer in Science and Philanthropy - A Conversation With Sir Magdi Yacoub

A conversation from the heart with world pioneer in science and philanthropy, Sir Magdi Yacoub: founder of The Magdi Yacoub Institute and Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation; professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Imperial College London; and president and founder of Chain of Hope. Stay tuned for the AUC Press book on Yacoub's life journey, A Surgeon and a Maverick, coming out in the fall. 

AUC, Utica Students Delve into History of Medicine Through Immersive Classes

Utica University students learned about the history of medicine in Egypt from Pharaonic to modern times and how these perspectives can help improve healthcare today during winter courses at AUC. Watch other international students from Oberlin College and Conservatory and The George Washington University during their winter studies at AUC.

AUC Goes to COP27

AUC community members share their excitement and showcase their impactful climate change research as active participants in COP27. 

Eltoukhy Learning Factory: New Teaching Environment to Promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The first of its kind in Egypt, Eltoukhy Learning Factory for Innovation and Entrepreneurship brings together AUC students, faculty, entrepreneurs and industry. 

AUC Welcomes the Smithsonian’s Lonnie Bunch

Lonnie Bunch, the first African American and historian secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, shares his excitement at getting a close-up look at Egypt’s past and present and AUC’s commitment and nontraditional approach to education.

AUC's University Centers for Career Development Hits New Milestone, Reaches 46 Centers in 34 Universities

Building on its success in empowering Egyptian youth for the job market, the USAID-funded University Centers for Career Development project — implemented by AUC in cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research - is now expanding to offer career guidance services to approximately 2.5 million students through 46 UCCDs across Egypt.

Xbox Founder and Creator Seamus Blackley Speaks at AUC

Seamus Blackley, Xbox designer and creator, CEO, physicist, experimental archeologist, pilot and video game designer, discusses his career, innovation in the video game industry as well as his latest project on ancient Egyptian baking.

AUC’s Cairo International Model United Nations Sweeps New York Conference with Highest Number of Awards

Representing Nigeria and Montenegro, the 37-person team took home an impressive 14 awards, making AUC the most-awarded university at the conference.

AUC Students Craft Sustainable Fishing Nets to Revive Local Village Economy

Armed with fruit and a desire to help the small Egyptian village of El Bahtiny in Ismailia, seniors Yara Yousry, Heidi Mahmoud, Aliaa Moussa and Mariam El-Halabi are working to fashion biodegradable fishing nets out of locally sourced, cost-effective banana fibers in order to revive the village’s ailing economy.