# Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development

> جامعة هليوبوليس للتنمية المستدامة — Private university in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, founded 2009.

Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development is a private, non-profit university in Cairo, Egypt, established by presidential decree 298/2009, with its first academic year beginning in 2012. It was founded by Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish as part of the SEKEM Initiative and describes itself as the first university in the Middle East to declare sustainable development as its overall goal. It comprises five faculties and runs a compulsory Core Program that integrates arts, social sciences, environmental studies, and foreign languages alongside each major.

## Key facts
- Type: Private
- Location: Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
- Founded: 2009

## Links
- Website: https://www.hu.edu.eg
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12204553
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heliopolis.university
- X: https://x.com/heliopolisuni
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heliopolisuniversity

## Faculties (7)
- [Faculty of Business Administration and Economics](https://darspro.com/universities/heliopolis/faculties/business-administration-and-economics) — Business Administration and Economics
- [Faculty of Business and Economics](https://darspro.com/universities/heliopolis/faculties/business-and-economics) — Business and Economics
  - Business Administration
  - Economics
- [Faculty of Engineering](https://darspro.com/universities/heliopolis/faculties/engineering) — Engineering
  - Energy Engineering
  - Green Architecture
  - Civil - Water Engineering
  - Mechatronics Engineering
- [Faculty of Organic Agriculture](https://darspro.com/universities/heliopolis/faculties/organic-agriculture) — Agriculture
  - Organic Crop Production
  - Food Processing Technology
  - Biotechnology
- [Faculty of Pharmacy](https://darspro.com/universities/heliopolis/faculties/pharmacy) — Pharmacy
  - PharmD Program
  - PharmD - Clinical Program
- [Faculty of Physical Therapy](https://darspro.com/universities/heliopolis/faculties/physical-therapy) — Health Sciences
  - Physical Therapy
- [Faculty of Sustainable Engineering](https://darspro.com/universities/heliopolis/faculties/sustainable-engineering) — Engineering

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