# Al-Azhar University

> جامعة الأزهر — Government university in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, founded 1961.

Al-Azhar University is an Egyptian public higher education institution offering degrees in traditional Islamic sciences alongside modern academic disciplines. The modern university structure was reorganized under Law No. 103 of 1961, establishing professional and secular faculties in addition to religious studies. Its campuses and faculties are distributed across Cairo and multiple Egyptian governorates, with separate branches for male and female students.

## Key facts
- Type: Government
- Location: Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
- Founded: 1961

## Links
- Website: https://www.azhar.edu.eg
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173959
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlAzharUni

## Faculties (29)
- [Faculty of Agricultural Engineering](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/agricultural-engineering) — Agriculture
- [Faculty of Agriculture](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/agriculture) — Agriculture
- [Faculty of Arabic Language](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/arabic-language) — Arabic Linguistics and Humanities
  - Department of Linguistics
  - Department of Fundamentals of Language
  - Department of Rhetoric and Criticism
  - Department of Literature and Criticism
  - Department of History and Civilization
- [Faculty of Commerce](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/commerce) — Commerce
- [Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/computers-and-artificial-intelligence) — Computer Science
- [Faculty of Dentistry](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/dentistry) — Dentistry
- [Faculty of Education](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/education) — Education
- [Faculty of Engineering](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/engineering) — Engineering & Technology
  - Department of Civil Engineering
  - Department of Electrical Engineering
  - Department of Mechanical Engineering
  - Department of Architecture
- [Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion and Da'wah](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/fundamentals-of-religion-and-da-wah) — Islamic Studies
- [Faculty of Home Economics (Women)](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/home-economics-women) — Home Economics
- [Faculty of Humanities (Women)](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/humanities-women) — Arts
- [Faculty of Human Studies](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/human-studies) — Humanities
- [Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/islamic-and-arabic-studies) — Islamic Studies
- [Faculty of Islamic Call (Da'wah)](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/islamic-call-da-wah) — Islamic Studies
- [Faculty of Islamic Da'wa](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/islamic-da-wa) — Islamic Studies
- [Faculty of Languages and Translation](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/languages-and-translation) — Languages and Translation
  - Department of English
  - Department of French
  - Department of Islamic Studies in Foreign Languages
  - Department of Urdu
- [Faculty of Mass Communication](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/mass-communication) — Media
- [Faculty of Medicine](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/medicine) — Medicine
- [Faculty of Nursing](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/nursing) — Nursing
- [Faculty of Pharmacy](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/pharmacy) — Pharmacy
- [Faculty of Physical Education](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/physical-education) — Physical Education
- [Faculty of Science](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/science) — Natural and Applied Sciences
  - Department of Chemistry
  - Department of Physics
  - Department of Mathematics
  - Department of Geology
- [Faculty of Sharia and Law](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/sharia-and-law) — Islamic Jurisprudence and Legal Studies
  - Department of Islamic Jurisprudence
  - Department of Principles of Jurisprudence
  - Department of Comparative Jurisprudence
  - Department of Public Law
  - Department of Private Law
- [Faculty of Social Work](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/social-work) — Social Work
- [Faculty of Sport Sciences](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/sport-sciences) — Physical Education
- [Faculty of the Holy Quran and its Sciences](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/the-holy-quran-and-its-sciences) — Islamic Studies
- [Faculty of Theology (Usul al-Din)](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/theology-usul-al-din) — Islamic Studies
- [Faculty of Usul al-Din](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/usul-al-din) — Islamic Studies and Theology
  - Department of Quranic Exegesis and Sciences
  - Department of Hadith and its Sciences
  - Department of Creed and Philosophy
  - Department of Islamic Dawa and Culture
- [Faculty of Veterinary Medicine](https://darspro.com/universities/al-azhar/faculties/veterinary-medicine) — Veterinary Medicine

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