Assiut University

Assiut University (Arabic: جامعة أسيوط, Jāmiʿat Asyūṭ) is a public research university located in the city of Assiut in Upper Egypt, and the oldest institution of higher education in that region, long regarded as the academic capital of southern Egypt and a major centre for medicine and engineering.艾斯尤特大学是一所位于上埃及艾斯尤特市的公立研究型大学，也是该地区历史最悠久的高等教育学府，长期以来被视为埃及南部的学术重镇与医学、工程教育的重要中心。

Established in October 1957 as the first university of Upper Egypt, it enrolled roughly 75,000 undergraduates and 18,000 postgraduates and employed more than 4,450 academic staff in the mid-2020s, making it the largest university in the south of the country.该校创办于 1957 年 10 月，是上埃及的第一所大学；截至 2020 年代中期，在校本科生约 75,000 人、研究生约 18,000 人，教学科研人员超过 4,450 人，是埃及南部规模最大的大学。

History

• The origins of the university lie in Legislative Decree No. 156 of 1948, issued under King Farouk I, which created the University of Muhammad Ali as the first regional university of the Kingdom of Egypt and seated it in the city of Assiut.该校的源头可追溯到 1948 年法鲁克一世国王颁布的第 156 号立法法令，该法令设立穆罕默德·阿里大学，作为埃及王国第一所地方性大学，并把校址定在艾斯尤特市。
• The institution finally opened its doors in October 1957 as Assiut University, becoming the first university ever established in Upper Egypt and the nucleus of higher education for the whole southern Nile valley.1957 年 10 月该校正式开学并定名艾斯尤特大学，成为上埃及有史以来建立的第一所大学，也是整个尼罗河谷南部高等教育的发端。
• It began with only two faculties, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Engineering, both of which opened in the 1957/58 academic year under the chairmanship of Solomon Saad.建校之初仅有理学院与工学院两个学院，二者均于 1957/58 学年开办，当时由所罗门·萨阿德主持校务。
• The Faculty of Agriculture followed in 1959/60, beginning the university's long engagement with the cotton, mango and horticultural economy that has long sustained the Assiut region.农学院于 1959/60 学年成立，开启了该校与长期支撑艾斯尤特地区的棉花、芒果及园艺经济之间深度的联系。
• The Faculty of Medicine was established in 1960/61 and remains the oldest medical school in Upper Egypt, anchoring what is now the region's largest academic health complex of hospitals and clinics.医学院于 1960/61 学年设立，至今仍是上埃及历史最悠久的医学院，并支撑着如今本地区由医院与诊所组成的规模最大的学术医疗综合体。
• Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine were both added in 1961/62, giving the young university a compact cluster of health-science faculties within five years of its foundation.药学院与兽医学院均于 1961/62 学年增设，使这所年轻大学在建校五年内便形成了健康科学类学院群。
• The Faculty of Commerce, created by Presidential Decree No. 3201 of 1963, opened in October 1963 as the first faculty of commerce in Upper Egypt and the fourth in the Arab Republic of Egypt.商学院依 1963 年第 3201 号总统令设立，于 1963 年 10 月开办，是上埃及第一所、埃及全国第四所商学院。
• The Faculty of Education, launched in 1966/67, answered the region's rising demand for school teachers as Egypt widened compulsory basic education across its countryside.教育学院于 1966/67 学年开办，回应了埃及在乡村普及基础义务教育时期本地区对中小学师资日益增长的需求。
• In 1976 the university's northern branch in Minia was separated to become Minia University, the first of several regional offshoots that later gained full independence.1976 年，该校位于明亚的北部分支机构独立为明亚大学，这是该校若干地方分支中最先取得完全独立的一所。
• A further branch centred on Qena was detached in 1994 as South Valley University, extending the university's academic legacy along the Nile toward Luxor and Aswan.1994 年，以基纳为中心的又一分支机构脱离本校，独立为南谷大学，使该校的学术影响沿尼罗河延伸至卢克索与阿斯旺一带。
• By the 1977 academic year the Faculty of Commerce had grown to include departments of statistics and other business subjects, reflecting the steady broadening of the university's curriculum.到 1977 学年，商学院已扩展至涵盖统计等多个商科方向，反映出该校课程体系稳步拓宽。
• By the 2024/2025 academic year the university had grown into a system of sixteen faculties and three institutes, graduating 23,799 students that year, of whom 4,266 were in education-related fields.到 2024/2025 学年，该校已发展为由 16 个学院与 3 个研究所构成的体系，当年毕业 23,799 名学生，其中 4,266 人属教育相关专业。
• Across the twentieth century the university added faculties of Arts, Law, Physical Education, Nursing, Social Work, Computers and Information, and Dentistry, mirroring the widening needs of southern Egypt.整个二十世纪，该校陆续增设文学院、法学院、体育学院、护理学院、社会工作学院、计算机与信息学院及牙医学院，呼应了埃及南部日益多元的需求。
• Specialised units such as the South Egypt Cancer Institute and the Faculty of Sugar and Integrated Industries Technology were created to serve regional health needs and the sugar industry of Upper Egypt.南埃及癌症研究所、糖业与综合产业技术学院等专门单位相继设立，以服务本地区公众健康与上埃及的制糖工业。
• Regional campuses in the New Valley carried the university's teaching reach westward into Egypt's desert governorates, which are home to scattered oases and farming communities.位于新河谷的地方校区把该校的教学触角向西延伸至埃及的沙漠省份，那里散布着绿洲与农业村镇。
• As a public institution Assiut University performs the triple function of teaching, research and community service on behalf of the whole of Upper Egypt and its rural hinterland.作为公立学府，艾斯尤特大学代表整个上埃及及其乡村腹地承担教学、科研与社会服务三重职能。
• The university has trained generations of engineers, physicians, teachers and agricultural scientists for the Assiut and New Valley governorates and beyond.该校为艾斯尤特与新河谷两省乃至更广地区培养了一代又一代工程师、医生、教师和农业科学家。
• It is the largest and most comprehensive university in Upper Egypt by enrolment, by faculty count and by the range of degree programmes it awards.以在校生规模、学院数量与学位项目门类计，它是上埃及规模最大、学科最齐全的大学。
• The institution works with the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education on national campaigns such as the Study in Egypt initiative, which draws overseas students to its campuses.该校与埃及高等教育部合作开展「留学埃及」等全国性项目，吸引国际学生前来就读。
• In 2024 the university reported that almost 100,000 first-year applicants were enrolled across its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in all faculties.2024 年该校报告称，各学院本科与研究生项目共录取了接近 100,000 名一年级新生。
• Its alumni serve as senior diplomats, physicians, clerics, engineers and public administrators throughout Egypt and in many countries abroad.该校校友在埃及国内外担任高级外交官、医生、宗教人士、工程师与公共管理人员。

• The university's foundation formed part of a national drive in the 1950s to spread higher education beyond Cairo and Alexandria into Egypt's provincial cities.该校的创立是全国在 1950 年代把高等教育从开罗、亚历山大扩展到各省市的努力的一部分。
• In the 1990s the university extended its reach into the New Valley, where further faculties opened to serve the oases of Egypt's western desert.1990 年代，该校把办学范围扩展到新河谷，在那里增设学院以服务埃及西部沙漠的绿洲。

Academics

• The university is organised into sixteen faculties and three institutes whose subjects span science, engineering, medicine, agriculture, the humanities, law, commerce and education.该校设有 16 个学院与 3 个研究所，学科覆盖理学、工学、医学、农学、人文、法学、商学与教育学。
• Its oldest faculties are Science and Engineering (1957/58), followed by Agriculture (1959/60), Medicine (1960/61), Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine (1961/62) and Commerce (1963/64).其最早的学院为理学院与工学院（1957/58 学年），其后依次是农学院（1959/60 学年）、医学院（1960/61 学年）、药学院与兽医学院（1961/62 学年）以及商学院（1963/64 学年）。
• The Faculty of Medicine is the oldest medical school in Upper Egypt and anchors the region's largest academic health complex of teaching hospitals, clinics and research centres.医学院是上埃及历史最悠久的医学院，并支撑着本地区由教学医院、诊所与研究中心组成的规模最大的学术医疗综合体。
• Specialised units include the South Egypt Cancer Institute, the Faculty of Sugar and Integrated Industries Technology and a Technical Institute of Nursing.专门单位包括南埃及癌症研究所、糖业与综合产业技术学院以及一所护理技术学院。
• Regional campuses in the New Valley host faculties of Education and Agriculture served by dedicated teaching staff and well-equipped laboratories.新河谷的地方校区设有教育学院与农学院，配有专门的教学人员与设备齐全的实验室。
• Teaching staff numbered more than 4,450 academics in the mid-2020s, supported by more than 11,000 administrative and service employees across the university.2020 年代中期全校教学科研人员超过 4,450 人，辅以 11,000 余名行政与服务人员。
• Undergraduate enrolment stands at about 75,000 students, alongside some 18,000 postgraduates who pursue master's and doctoral degrees.在校本科生约 75,000 人，另有约 18,000 名研究生攻读硕士与博士学位。
• In the 2024/2025 academic year the university awarded 23,799 degrees, of which 4,266 were in the field of education and the rest across its other faculties.2024/2025 学年该校授予 23,799 个学位，其中 4,266 个属教育领域，其余分布在其各学院。
• Earlier institutional statistics recorded 2,442 faculty members and 1,432 assistant lecturers and demonstrators on the academic payroll.此前的机构统计显示，该校有专任教师 2,442 人、助教与助课人员 1,432 人。
• The Faculty of Science operates a common-department system, teaching the basic sciences to undergraduates and graduates of many other faculties.理学院实行共修系制度，为众多其他学院的本科与研究生教授基础科学课程。
• Degrees are offered in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, veterinary medicine, and physical and social work.学位专业涵盖医学、牙医学、药学、护理、兽医学以及体育与社会工作。
• The university also teaches law, arts, commerce, education, computers and information, and specific education at both undergraduate and graduate levels.该校还在本科与研究生层面开设法学、文学、商学、教育学、计算机与信息以及特定教育学等专业。
• Research at the university spans agriculture, water and environmental science, oncology, public health and the technology of the sugar industry.该校科研覆盖农业、水利与环境科学、肿瘤学、公共卫生以及制糖工业技术。
• Students are admitted through Egypt's centralised Thanaweya Amma examination system, while international students enter under the Study in Egypt initiative.本科招生通过埃及统一的普通中学毕业考试制度进行，国际学生则经「留学埃及」项目录取。
• The university cooperates with peer institutions such as Cairo University, Alexandria University and Al-Azhar University within national higher-education networks.该校与开罗大学、亚历山大大学、爱资哈尔大学等同行院校在全国性高等教育网络中开展合作。
• It runs continuing-education and community-service programmes for the Assiut and New Valley governorates, including medical and agricultural outreach work.该校为艾斯尤特与新河谷两省开办继续教育与社区服务项目，其中包括医疗与农业外展服务。

• The university operates a publishing house and several academic journals that report research produced by its faculties across Egypt.该校设有出版社与若干学术期刊，刊载其各学院在埃及各地开展的科研成果。
• Postgraduate programmes lead to master's and doctoral degrees in the sciences, medicine, engineering, agriculture and the humanities.研究生项目授予理学、医学、工学、农学与人文学科的硕士与博士学位。

Campus

• The main campus lies in Assiut city in Upper Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile, at roughly 27.18 degrees north and 31.18 degrees east.主校区位于上埃及艾斯尤特市、尼罗河西岸，约处北纬 27.18 度、东经 31.18 度。
• Its recorded coordinates of 27.18096 north and 31.18368 east place the campus just outside the historic centre of Assiut.该校记录的坐标约为北纬 27.18096 度、东经 31.18368 度，校园位于艾斯尤特历史城区外侧。
• The main campus houses most faculties, the central library, the teaching hospitals and several research institutes on a compact urban site.主校区在紧凑的城市地块内容纳了大部分学院、中央图书馆、教学医院以及若干科研院所。
• The university's affiliated teaching hospitals together form the largest academic health complex in Upper Egypt, serving patients from several governorates.该校附属教学医院共同构成上埃及规模最大的学术医疗综合体，服务来自数个省份的患者。
• The Faculty of Medicine and its hospital complex occupy a large site directly adjoining the central campus, within walking distance of the Nile.医学院及其医院建筑群占据紧邻中心校区的大片用地，距尼罗河仅步行之遥。
• Regional faculties in the New Valley give the university a second teaching location in Egypt's western desert, far from the Nile valley.新河谷的地方学院为该校在埃及西部沙漠地区提供了第二处教学地点，远离尼罗河谷。
• The campus is served by the road network of Assiut, a major commercial city on the Nile about 375 kilometres south of Cairo.校区依托艾斯尤特的公路网，该市是尼罗河畔的重要商业城市，位于开罗以南约 375 公里。
• University buildings include lecture halls, laboratories, student hostels and sports grounds grouped around the central campus.校舍包括围绕中心校区分布的讲堂、实验室、学生宿舍与运动场地。

• A university-wide library system serves all faculties, with collections concentrated in medicine, agriculture, engineering and the basic sciences.全校性图书馆系统服务各学院，馆藏以医学、农业、工程与基础科学为主。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Assiut University is placed in the 1001-1200 band, a shared range covering many institutions.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，艾斯尤特大学位列第 1001-1200 位（并列区间，涵盖多所院校）。
• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking it is placed 405th in the world, its strongest showing among the major global league tables.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，该校位居全球第 405 位，是其在各主要全球榜单中的最好成绩。
• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it is ranked in the 1201-1400 band, reflecting its position among Egypt's mid-sized research universities.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位列第 1201-1400 位，反映其在埃及中型研究型大学中的位置。
• It did not appear in the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by ShanghaiRanking.该校未进入上海软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名主榜。
• OpenAlex records about 49,280 scholarly works and 1,196,358 citations associated with the university, a measure of its overall research output.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校累计约有 49,280 篇学术成果与 1,196,358 次被引，体现其整体科研产出规模。
• Domestically it ranks among Egypt's larger public universities, alongside Cairo University and Alexandria University.在埃及国内，该校属规模较大的公立大学之列，与开罗大学、亚历山大大学齐名。
• Its medical, engineering and agricultural faculties are regarded as among the strongest in Upper Egypt and attract students from across the south.其医学、工学与农学等学院被视为上埃及最具实力的院系之一，吸引着来自南部各地的学生。
• The Faculty of Medicine functions as the principal clinical training centre for southern Egypt and supplies physicians to hospitals across the region.医学院是埃及南部最主要的临床教学中心，为整个地区的医院输送医生。
• The university belongs to Egypt's public higher-education system supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.该校隶属于由埃及高等教育与科学研究部监管的公立高等教育体系。

• Within Egypt the university is frequently cited among the country's largest institutions by student numbers and by graduate output.在埃及国内，该校常因在校生规模与毕业生产出而被列为全国规模最大的院校之一。

Student life

• The university does not maintain a formal Latin motto, expressing its identity instead through service to the people of Upper Egypt.该校没有正式的拉丁文校训，其身份主要通过服务上埃及民众来表达。
• On-campus hostels accommodate male and female students drawn from governorates across Egypt, many of whom are the first in their families to attend university.校内宿舍接纳来自埃及各省的男女学生，其中许多人来自家中第一代大学生。
• Student unions and faculty-level councils, such as the Faculty of Nursing Student Union Council inaugurated for 2024/2025, organise much of campus life.学生会与各学院层面的理事会（如 2024/2025 学年成立的护理学院学生会）组织了校园生活的大部分活动。
• Sports teams in football, athletics and other disciplines represent faculties in inter-faculty competitions held throughout the academic year.足球队、田径队及其他项目的运动队代表各学院参加贯穿整个学年的院际比赛。
• The university runs development "convoys" that carry medical, agricultural and educational services to villages surrounding the city of Assiut.该校组织「发展车队」，把医疗、农业与教育服务送往艾斯尤特市周边的村庄。
• Cultural and scientific weeks and annual graduation ceremonies mark the academic calendar of every faculty through the year.文化科学周与一年一度的毕业典礼构成各学院全年学年日程的重要节点。
• Campus life is closely tied to the city of Assiut, a commercial and cultural centre on the Nile with a long history of learning.校园生活与艾斯尤特这座城市紧密相连，该市是尼罗河畔的商业与文化中心，有着悠久的求学传统。
• Student clubs range from scientific societies to theatrical groups and volunteer teams that work in neighbouring communities.学生社团涵盖科学学会、戏剧团体以及服务于邻近社区的志愿服务队等多种类型。

• Graduation season each summer brings families from across Upper Egypt to the campus for the ceremonies of the individual faculties.每年夏季的毕业季会把上埃及各地的家庭带到校园，参加各学院分别举行的典礼。

Notable people

• Solomon Saad chaired the university when it opened in 1957 with only the faculties of Science and Engineering, shaping its earliest curriculum.所罗门·萨阿德在该校 1957 年以理学院与工学院开办时主持校务，奠定了其最早的课程体系。
• Gamal Helal, an Egyptian-American diplomat and interpreter who served senior American officials, is counted among the university's alumni.曾为美国高层官员担任翻译的埃及裔美国外交官加马尔·希拉尔是该校校友。
• Ibrahim Deif, a physician and professor, graduated from the university and later taught in its medical faculty for many years.医生兼教授易卜拉欣·戴夫毕业于该校，其后多年在该校医学院任教。
• Mustapha Bakri and Abdel Nasser Tawfik are also listed among the notable graduates of the institution.穆斯塔法·巴克里与阿卜杜勒·纳赛尔·陶菲克同样被列为该校的知名毕业生。
• Shukri Mustafa, the militant leader of the group Takfir wal-Hijra, studied agricultural engineering at the university in the 1960s.激进组织「赎罪与迁徙」的领导人舒克里·穆斯塔法曾于 1960 年代在该校学习农业工程。
• Ahmed Mohamed Kamal Mahmoud El-Minshawy served as president of the university during the 2020s and led its expansion of medical programmes.艾哈迈德·穆罕默德·卡迈勒·马哈茂德·埃尔明沙维在 2020 年代担任该校校长，主导了医学项目的扩展。
• The writer Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti was born in the Assiut region that the university serves and drew on its landscapes in his essays.作家穆斯塔法·卢特菲·曼法卢提出生于该校所服务的艾斯尤特地区，其散文常取材于此地风物。
• Sheikh Hassanein Makhlouf, a former Grand Mufti of Egypt, also came from the Assiut region that surrounds the university.埃及前大穆夫提谢赫·哈桑宁·马克卢夫同样出自环绕该校的艾斯尤特地区。
• Omar Makram, an eighteenth-century Egyptian political leader, was a native of Assiut and a figure of its local history.十八世纪埃及政治领袖奥马尔·马克拉姆是艾斯尤特本地人，也是当地历史中的知名人物。
• The city was also the birthplace of Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, the celebrated fifteenth-century scholar and polymath.该城也是十五世纪著名学者、博学大家伊玛目贾拉勒丁·苏尤提的出生地。
• Many graduates of the university now staff hospitals, schools and agricultural agencies across Upper Egypt.该校许多毕业生如今遍布上埃及各地的医院、学校与农业机构。
• Its alumni also include judges, engineers and senior civil servants in the Egyptian state.其校友还包括埃及司法界的法官、工程师以及高级公务员。
• Faculty members and graduates of the university have contributed widely to Egypt's medical, engineering and agricultural research communities.该校的教师与毕业生为埃及的医学、工程与农业研究界作出了广泛贡献。