Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine was constructed in 1947, only the third medical school in Egypt. Ain Shams runs a specialized teaching hospital and provides undergraduate, postgraduate and special teaching courses. An undergraduate degree in medicine at Ain Shams takes six years to complete.
The Cairo University Faculty of Medicine is run through the Kasr Alainy, one of the oldest medical schools and teaching hospitals in the Middle East. Kasr Alainy was established in 1827 and joined with the University of Cairo in 1925. Undergraduate and postgraduate degrees are offered in a large range of disciplines, from midwifery to diagnostics, as well as many dedicated research institutions.
Al-Azhar is one of the world’s oldest universities, with more than 1000 years of teaching history. From its inception in 975 AD, Al-Azhar University has had the joint focus of both religious teaching and scientific and secular education. The Al-Azhar School of Medicine was founded in 1961 and includes areas of specialization such as biochemistry, cardiology and psychiatry as well as integrated Islamic medicine units of study.
The modern Alexandria University’s Faculty of Medicine was opened in 1942; however, the university likes to think of this as a ‘re-opening’ of the medical school that existed in the old Alexandria University around 350 BC. Famous graduates from the ‘old’ Faculty of Medicine include Galen, Ptolemy, Archimedes and Erastothenes. While less illustrious, the modern Faculty of Medicine offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in all areas of medical training, with specialized research facilities and a teaching hospital.