Al Azhar University is the world's largest Islamic scholarly religious institution and the second university established in the world after the University of Al-Karaouine and it is located in Cairo, Egypt.
History records that (Al-Azhar) was established in the first era of the Fatimid state in Egypt, collectively in the name of (Cairo Mosque, which was later called Al-Azhar), where its foundation stone was laid on the twenty-fourth of Jumada Al-Awwal 359 AH / 970 CE, and in which the caliph Al-Muizz Al-Din Al-Fatimid, the second successor of the Fatimid state, prayed.
The first Friday prayer of Ramadan in the year 361 AH / 972AD, marking its formal adoption of the new state, and a seat for spreading religion and science in the seminars that were organized in it, and was initiated by Judge Abu Hanifa bin Muhammad Al-Qayrawani, a judge of the caliph Al-Mu’izzidin Allah, and the teaching of this judge came after him and others, besides studying other sciences in religion, language, readings, logic and astronomy.
According to the world ranking from the World University’s Weibo Matrix of Universities, Al Azhar University is ranked 74 in Africa and 8,019 globally among universities and studying in it is restricted to Muslims only. Al Azhar University has become one of the bodies of the honorable Al Azhar, specializing in higher education in Al Azhar, along with other bodies for education before the first university stage, and another for the Supreme Council of Al Azhar, and a third for the Islamic Research Complex that specializes in disseminating Islamic culture and manifesting heritage and purifying it from the impurities that have been attached to it, and the affairs of invitation and delegations Students in the outside world and their subsistence, and dorms have been established for them for subsistence, residence and physical and psychological care, especially for those who come to Al Azhar for grants provided to them, in addition to the grants offered by the Egyptian Ministry of Endowments (the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs) in addition to mutual Islamic delegations and Islamic cultural centers Egypt has established in many European American and African countries as well as educational institutes.
And with the issuance of Law No. 103 of 1961 AD, the educational system was transformed into modern educational systems, and Al-Azhar expanded the qualities and specializations of education and scientific research for both boys and girls, and included the legal and Arab colleges as colleges of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, science, education, engineering, administration and transactions, languages and translation, and their students receive a degree Quite a good thing in the religious sciences, to achieve the academic equation between them and their counterparts in other colleges.
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Religion Basics | Exempted from foreign currency expenses - studying in Cairo. | 0 | 0 |
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Sharia and Law | Exempted from foreign currency expenses - studying in Cairo. | 0 | 0 | |||
Sharia and Law in the Foreign Language | Studying in Cairo. | |||||
Islamic Sharia | Exempted from foreign currency expenses - studying in Cairo. | 0 | 0 |
Name | Description | Years Of Study | Number Of Semesters | Fee In USD | Fee In EGP | |
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History and Civilization | Exempted from foreign currency expenses - studying in Cairo. | 0 | 0 | |||
General Specialty | Exempted from foreign currency expenses - studying in Cairo. | 0 | 0 |
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Media for boys | Studying in Cairo. |
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Islamic and Arabic Studies for Boys | Exempted from expenses in foreign currency - studying in Cairo. | 0 | 0 |
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Islamic Daawa | Exempted from expenses in foreign currency - studying in Cairo. | 0 | 0 |
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Commerce for Boys | Studying in Cairo. |
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Library, Information and Educational Technology Division | Studying in Cairo. | |||||
Islamic Studies Division | Exempted from foreign currency expenses - studying in Cairo. | 0 | 0 | |||
Social Service Division | Studying in Cairo. | |||||
General Specialty | Studying in Cairo. | |||||
History Division | Exempted from foreign currency expenses - studying in Cairo. | 0 | 0 |
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General Specialty | NA | |||||
Interpretation Division | NA | |||||
English Language and Literature Division | NA | |||||
Islamic Studies Division in the German language | Exempted from expenses in foreign currency. | 0 | 0 | |||
Islamic Studies Division in English | Exempted from expenses in foreign currency. | 0 | 0 | |||
Islamic Studies Division in the French language | Exempted from expenses in foreign currency. | 0 | 0 | |||
Islamic Studies Division in African languages | Exempted from expenses in foreign currency. | 0 | 0 | |||
Islamic Studies Division in Urdu Language | Exempted from expenses in foreign currency. | 0 | 0 |
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Medicine for Boys | Studying in Cairo. |
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Boys Dental Medicine for Boys | Studying in Cairo. |
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Engineering for Boys | Studying in Cairo. |
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Science for Boys | Studying in Cairo. |
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Agriculture for Boys | Studying in Cairo. |
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Holy Qur’an for boys | Exempt from expenses in foreign currency - studying in Tanta. | 0 | 0 |
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