Cairo University is one of the oldest universities around the world as , it was established in December 21 , 1908 which means almost 106 years ago .
The first president of Cairo University was Ahmed Lotfi El-Sayed and its first name was Egyptian University .
Cairo University contains many faculties which I am going to separate later in the blog .
The first faculty that joined the university was faculty of engineering and it was called college of engineering as , it was established before Cairo University itself , it was established in 1816 .
Faculties that Cairo University contains :
1- Faculty of medicine ( KASR AL-AINY ) :
It was established in 1827 as a medical school and it was attached to millitary hospital .
After 10 years , in 1837 , it was moved to KASR AL-AINY area in Cairo and it was named as KASR AL-AINY hospital .
It also has a branch for oral and dental medicine .
In 1925 , it joined Cairo University and its first Egyptian dean was Dr. Aly Basha Ebrahim .
2-Faculty of veterinary medicine :
Basically , it was established in 1827 in Rasheed area in Egypt and it had a students from many places around the world .
In 1831 , it was moved beside the school of medicine and it had a practical and cute hospital and a morgue .
In 1954 , it was approved to be a faculty instead of being a school and its first dean was Dr. Abd-ElMageed Wahby then , it joined Cairo University .
it was established in 1827 with the faculty of medicine as it was faculty of medicine and pharmacy .
It joined Cairo University with the faculty of medicine as one faculty .
In 1955 , it was established as an independent entity by a governmental decree and later it joined Cairo University as an independent faculty which is faculty of pharmacy .
wait for the Cairo University 2 blog .
written by : Mohamed Mostafa .