Zagazig University

Zagazig University (Arabic: جامعة الزقازيق) is a public university in Zagazig, the capital of Sharqia Governorate in Egypt's eastern Nile Delta, founded in 1974 on the base of a branch of Ain Shams University.扎加齐克大学（阿拉伯语：جامعة الزقازيق）是埃及东部尼罗河三角洲沙尔基亚省省会扎加齐克的一所公立大学，1974 年在艾因夏姆斯大学分校的基础上独立建校。

It enrols more than 50,000 students, employs about 5,000 faculty members with doctorates and 2,500 teaching assistants, and is placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, while reaching 304th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global table.该校有超过 5 万名学生，约 5 000 名拥有博士学位的教师与 2 500 名助教，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 1201-1400 区间，并在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球榜单中位列第 304 名。

History

• Zagazig University began in 1970 as a branch of Ain Shams University, the seventh university-level institution established in Egypt, with faculties of agriculture, commerce, veterinary medicine, human medicine, education and science.扎加齐克大学的前身是 1970 年设立的艾因夏姆斯大学分校，是埃及建立的第七所大学级机构，当时设有农业、商业、兽医、人类医学、教育与理学六个学院。
• On 14 April 1974 a republican decree granted the branch independence, and the six faculties it had inherited became the founding faculties of a standalone university serving the eastern Delta.1974 年 4 月 14 日，一项共和国法令授予该分校独立地位，其继承的六个学院成为这所服务东部三角洲的独立大学的创始学院。
• In the first years after independence the new university awarded its own degrees, ending the period in which local students studied in Zagazig but received qualifications from Ain Shams University.独立后的最初几年，新大学开始以自己的名义授予学位，结束了当地学生在扎加齐克就读却获得艾因夏姆斯大学文凭的时期。
• The 1974 charter came during the presidency of Anwar Sadat, whose higher-education policy created regional universities intended to relieve pressure on Cairo University and Alexandria University and to train local professionals.1974 年的建校法令出自安瓦尔·萨达特总统任内，其高等教育政策通过设立地区大学来缓解开罗大学与亚历山大大学的压力，并培养地方专业人才。
• In 1976 the young university created a branch at Benha, grouping the agriculture faculty at Moshtohor, the engineering faculty at Shubra and the commerce, medicine and education faculties in Benha town.1976 年，这所年轻的大学在本哈设立分校，把位于莫什托胡尔的农学院、位于舒卜拉的工程学院以及位于本哈镇区的商业、医学与教育学院集中起来。
• Five years later, in 1981, a faculty of arts and sciences opened in Benha and a faculty of veterinary medicine was established at Moshtohor, both under the Zagazig charter.五年后的 1981 年，本哈开设文理学院，莫什托胡尔设立兽医学院，两者都隶属于扎加齐克大学的章程。
• In 1990 a law faculty was created in Benha as a branch of Zagazig's own law faculty, and it was fully merged into the Benha branch in 1994 as student numbers grew.1990 年，本哈设立法学院，作为扎加齐克大学法学院的分支，随着学生人数增长，该院于 1994 年完全并入本哈分校。
• Nursing education began in Benha in 1992, became a full faculty in 1996 and supplied the Delta hospitals with a new cadre of graduate nurses.护理教育于 1992 年在本哈启动，1996 年成为正式学院，为三角洲各医院输送了新一批本科护士。
• Special education joined the Benha branch in 1998, adding teacher training for children with disabilities to the branch's portfolio of medicine, engineering and agriculture.1998 年，特殊教育学院并入本哈分校，在医学、工程与农业之外增加了面向残障儿童教育的师资培训。
• In 2005 the Benha branch became an independent university, taking five campuses and a large share of Zagazig's students with it and leaving Zagazig focused on its home city.2005 年，本哈分校独立为大学，带走五个校区与扎加齐克大学的很大一部分学生，扎加齐克大学自此专注于本市校区。
• After the 2011 revolution the Mubarak Institute of Oncology was renamed the Institute of Oncology, removing the name of the former president from a research unit that treats patients from across the Delta.2011 年革命后，穆巴拉克肿瘤研究所更名为肿瘤研究所，从这一服务整个三角洲患者的研究机构名称中去掉了前总统的名字。
• The university marked its fortieth anniversary in 2014 with a review of its growth from six faculties to a comprehensive institution with medicine, engineering, law, pharmacy and the arts.2014 年，学校举行建校四十周年活动，回顾其从六个学院发展为涵盖医学、工程、法律、药学与人文的综合性大学。
• In 2019 the Faculty of Agriculture signed a memorandum of understanding with the horticulture college of Northwest A&F University in China, opening joint research on protected cultivation and post-harvest technology.2019 年，农学院与中国西北农林科技大学园艺学院签署合作备忘录，开启设施栽培与采后技术方面的联合研究。
• The COVID-19 pandemic forced the university to move lectures online in 2020 and to convert parts of its hospital capacity to isolation and respiratory care during the worst months of the Egyptian outbreak.2020 年，新冠疫情迫使学校把课程转为线上，并在埃及疫情最严重的数月里把部分医院床位改为隔离与呼吸科病床。
• In 2024 Zagazig University celebrated fifty years since its independence, by then describing itself as one of the largest public universities in Egypt by enrolment.2024 年，扎加齐克大学庆祝独立建校五十周年，此时它已把自己描述为埃及招生规模最大的公立大学之一。
• By 2025 the university listed 24 academic faculties and institutes, a figure that includes the older teaching faculties and the specialised research institutes added over five decades.到 2025 年，学校列出 24 个学术学院与研究所，这一数字既包括较早的教学学院，也包括五十余年间增设的专门研究机构。
• Law and pharmacy were added as the university outgrew its six founding faculties, giving the eastern Delta its own professional training in both fields rather than sending students to Cairo.随着学校超出六个创始学院的规模，法律与药学相继设立，使东部三角洲在这两个领域拥有本地专业培养，而不再把学生送往开罗。
• The Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Engineering followed, turning a regional branch into a comprehensive university with humanities, applied science and architectural programmes.文学院与工程学院随后设立，使一所地区分校转变为涵盖人文、应用科学与建筑项目的综合性大学。
• Physical education was organised as two separate faculties, one for men and one for women, a structure common in Egyptian universities that also supports school sport and coaching diplomas.体育教育被组织为男子与女子两个独立学院，这一结构在埃及大学中较为常见，也承担学校体育与教练文凭的培养。
• The Faculty of Computers and Informatics and the Faculty of Technology and Development extended the curriculum into computing, industrial technology and community development in the later expansion phases.计算机与信息学院以及技术与发展学院在后续扩张阶段把课程延伸到计算、工业技术与社区发展领域。
• The Asian Studies and Research Institute and the Higher Institute of Civilizations give the university a humanities and area-studies base that complements its scientific and medical faculties.亚洲研究学院与文明高等研究院为学校提供了人文与区域研究的基础，与其科学及医学学院形成互补。

Academics

• Zagazig University's academic core is a set of teaching faculties covering agriculture, medicine, veterinary medicine, science, engineering, commerce, law, pharmacy, arts, education, nursing and physical education.扎加齐克大学的教学核心由一批学院构成，覆盖农业、医学、兽医、理学、工程、商业、法律、药学、人文、教育、护理与体育。
• The Faculty of Agriculture is the oldest faculty, dating from 1970, and it teaches agronomy, soil science, plant protection, animal production and agricultural economics on experimental plots near the city.农学院是历史最悠久的学院，可追溯至 1970 年，在城市附近的试验田上教授农学、土壤学、植物保护、动物生产与农业经济。
• The Faculty of Medicine operates teaching hospitals in Zagazig and provides clinical training in internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and emergency care to students from Sharqia and neighbouring governorates.医学院在扎加齐克运营教学医院，为沙尔基亚及邻省学生提供内科、外科、儿科、妇产科与急诊医学的临床培训。
• The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine trains veterinarians for the Delta's dairy, poultry and livestock sectors and maintains clinical facilities for large and small animals.兽医学院为三角洲的乳业、家禽与畜牧部门培养兽医，并设有大动物与小动物临床设施。
• The Faculty of Science teaches mathematics, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology and geology, and its geology department has long worked on the stratigraphy of the eastern Delta and Sinai margins.理学院教授数学、物理、化学、植物学、动物学与地质学，其地质系长期研究东部三角洲与西奈边缘的地层。
• The Faculty of Engineering offers civil, mechanical, electrical, architectural and computer engineering programmes and draws students from across the Delta to its laboratories and design studios.工程学院开设土木、机械、电气、建筑与计算机工程专业，吸引整个三角洲的学生前来使用其实验室与设计工作室。
• The Faculty of Commerce covers accounting, business administration, economics and statistics, and it is one of the university's largest faculties by undergraduate enrolment.商学院覆盖会计、工商管理、经济与统计，是该校本科招生规模最大的学院之一。
• The Faculty of Law prepares students for the Egyptian bar and judiciary, with courses in civil law, criminal law, commercial law and Sharia and customary law.法学院为学生进入埃及律师界与司法系统作准备，课程包括民法、刑法、商法以及伊斯兰法与习惯法。
• The Faculty of Pharmacy trains pharmacists in pharmaceutics, pharmacology, pharmacognosy and clinical pharmacy, and its graduates staff hospitals and community pharmacies across Sharqia.药学院培养药物制剂、药理学、生药学与临床药学人才，毕业生遍布沙尔基亚的医院与社区药房。
• The Faculty of Arts teaches Arabic language and literature, history, geography, philosophy, sociology and foreign languages, and it anchors the university's humanities research.文学院教授阿拉伯语言文学、历史、地理、哲学、社会学与外语，是该校人文研究的支柱。
• The Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Specific Education train school teachers and vocational instructors, the latter specialising in art, music, home economics and educational technology.教育学院与特殊教育学院培养中小学教师与职业指导教师，后者专攻美术、音乐、家政与教育技术。
• The Faculty of Nursing runs a four-year professional programme with clinical placements in the university hospitals and in Sharqia's primary health centres.护理学院实行四年制专业培养，在附属医院与沙尔基亚基层卫生中心安排临床实习。
• Two physical education faculties, one for men and one for women, train teachers and coaches and use the university's stadiums, swimming pools and indoor halls.男子与女子两个体育教育学院培养教师与教练，使用学校的体育场、游泳池与室内场馆。
• The Faculty of Computers and Informatics and the Faculty of Technology and Development add information systems, software engineering, industrial technology and community-development training to the portfolio.计算机与信息学院以及技术与发展学院为学校增添了信息系统、软件工程、工业技术与社区发展培训。
• The Higher Institute of Civilizations, the Asian Studies and Research Institute and the Institute of Oncology are the specialised institutes that sit alongside the teaching faculties.文明高等研究院、亚洲研究学院与肿瘤研究所是与教学学院并列的专门研究机构。
• About 5,000 faculty members hold doctorates and some 2,500 teaching assistants and instructors support them, spread across more than 600 scientific departments.约 5 000 名教师拥有博士学位，另有约 2 500 名助教与讲师协助教学，分布在 600 多个教研室中。
• Enrolment exceeds 50,000 students, including more than 3,300 international students, most of them from other Arab states and African countries.在校生超过 5 万人，其中包括 3 300 多名国际学生，多数来自其他阿拉伯国家与非洲国家。
• The 2019 agreement with Northwest A&F University supports research and staff exchange in horticulture, and it reflects the faculty's focus on protected cultivation in the Delta's saline soils.2019 年与西北农林科技大学签署的协议支持园艺领域的科研与教师交流，也体现了该院对三角洲盐碱地设施栽培的关注。

Campus

• The main campus is at Sheibet al Nakkariya in Zagazig, where the central administration, the oldest faculties and the university hospitals cluster within a compact urban site.主校区位于扎加齐克的谢贝特·纳卡里亚，中央行政机构、最古老的几个学院与大学医院集中在紧凑的城区校址内。
• Zagazig lies about 47 miles north-east of Cairo on the eastern side of the Nile Delta, in a fertile cotton and grain district that has long been a regional trading centre.扎加齐克位于开罗东北约 47 英里处、尼罗河三角洲东侧，地处富饶的棉花与谷物产区，长期以来是区域贸易中心。
• The university hospital complex serves Sharqia and neighbouring governorates, and it provides the clinical base for the faculties of medicine, nursing and physical education.大学医院群服务沙尔基亚及邻省，为医学、护理与体育教育各学院提供临床基地。
• The university's archaeological museum displays finds from Tell Basta, ancient Bubastis, and from Kufur Nigm, giving students direct access to the material culture of the Delta.该校考古博物馆陈列来自古代布巴斯提斯即泰尔巴斯塔以及库富尔尼格姆的出土文物，使学生能够直接接触三角洲的物质文化。
• Tell Basta, the ancient capital of the eighteenth Lower Egyptian nome and centre of the cult of Bastet, lies within the city and is used for archaeology teaching and field training.泰尔巴斯塔是下埃及第十八诺姆的古城与巴斯泰特崇拜中心，位于城区之内，被用于考古教学与田野培训。
• The university has planned a Centre for Graduate Studies and Research in Obour City, intended to extend its postgraduate and research capacity beyond the crowded Zagazig campus.学校计划在奥布尔城建设研究生教育与研究中心，以把研究生培养与科研能力扩展到拥挤的扎加齐克校区之外。
• The 2005 separation of Benha removed five campuses from the university's estate, and since then the institution has concentrated its building programme on the Zagazig site.2005 年本哈分校独立带走了五个校区，此后学校把建设重点集中在扎加齐克校址。
• Student housing, sports grounds and faculty buildings are distributed across several quarters of Zagazig, so students move between the campus core and the city's residential streets during the day.学生宿舍、运动场与教学楼分布在扎加齐克的几个街区，学生白天在校园核心与城市居住街巷之间往返。

Reputation

• QS places Zagazig University in the 1201-1400 band of the World University Rankings 2027, a position that understates its strong performance in the U.S. News and THE tables.QS 将扎加齐克大学列入 2027 年世界大学排名 1201-1400 区间，这一位置低于其在《美国新闻与世界报道》与泰晤士榜单中的表现。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places Zagazig in the 801-1000 band, the strongest global ranking the university holds in the four major tables.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将扎加齐克列入 801-1000 区间，这是该校在四大主榜中的最好名次。
• U.S. News ranks Zagazig 304th in its 2026-2027 Best Global Universities list, making it the fourth-highest Egyptian university in that table and the sixth in Africa.在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球大学榜单中，扎加齐克位列第 304 名，在该榜中居埃及高校第四、非洲第六。
• The 2026 ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities places Zagazig in the 901-1000 band, its first appearance in that range and a gain from earlier editions.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名将扎加齐克列入 901-1000 区间，这是该校首次进入这一档位，较此前版本有所提升。
• OpenAlex indexes 52,504 works with Zagazig affiliations and 1,412,092 citations to them, about 27 citations per work and one of the larger research footprints in the Delta.OpenAlex 收录该校 52 504 篇成果与 1 412 092 次引用，篇均约 27 次，是三角洲地区科研体量较大的高校之一。
• The university's clinical and agricultural research accounts for much of its output, with the medical, veterinary and agriculture faculties producing the most cited papers.该校的临床与农业研究构成其产出的主要部分，医学、兽医与农业三个学院的论文被引最多。
• Its U.S. News position of 304th is supported by strong citation and global collaboration indicators rather than by reputation surveys, which favour older universities.其《美国新闻与世界报道》第 304 名的位置主要由引用与全球合作指标支撑，而非偏向老牌大学的声誉调查。
• Within Egypt the university is recognised for medicine, agriculture and engineering, and its graduates staff hospitals, schools and agricultural extension services across Sharqia.在埃及国内，该校以医学、农业与工程见长，毕业生遍布沙尔基亚的医院、学校与农业推广机构。
• The 2024 fiftieth-anniversary review noted growth from six faculties to 24 academic units and from a regional branch to a university with more than 600 departments.2024 年五十周年回顾指出，学校从六个学院扩展到 24 个学术单位，从地区分校发展为拥有 600 多个教研室的大学。
• Zagazig's research profile is reinforced by its teaching hospitals and its oncology institute, which together make it a referral centre for the eastern Delta.扎加齐克的科研形象得到教学医院与肿瘤研究所的支撑，两者共同使其成为东部三角洲的转诊中心。

Student life

• The university has no Latin motto, and its emblem bears the portrait of Ahmed Urabi, the Egyptian army officer born in Sharqia in 1841 who led the nationalist revolt of 1882.该校没有拉丁语校训，校徽上绘有艾哈迈德·阿拉比（Ahmed Urabi）的肖像，这位 1841 年生于沙尔基亚的埃及军官领导了 1882 年的民族起义。
• Urabi's association with the province gives the university a symbolic link to Egyptian nationalism, and his image appears on official seals and graduation materials.阿拉比与沙尔基亚的渊源使该校与埃及民族主义形成象征性联系，他的形象出现在官方印章与毕业材料上。
• Faculty-level student unions elect representatives to the university student union, which negotiates examination schedules, transport and dormitory allocation with the administration.各学院学生会选举代表进入校学生会，与校方协商考试安排、交通与宿舍分配。
• The two physical education faculties field teams in the Egyptian Universities Sports Federation, competing in football, volleyball, basketball, athletics and swimming.两个体育教育学院组建队伍参加埃及大学体育联合会，参加足球、排球、篮球、田径与游泳比赛。
• More than 3,300 international students, mainly from Arab and African countries, live in university housing and take Arabic-language preparation before entering their faculties.3 300 多名国际学生主要来自阿拉伯与非洲国家，住在校内宿舍，并在进入各学院前接受阿拉伯语预科培训。
• Zagazig's Delta setting shapes student life, with cheap transport to nearby villages, a large Wednesday market and the Tell Basta ruins within walking distance of several faculties.三角洲的环境塑造了学生生活，前往附近村庄的交通便宜，周三有大集市，泰尔巴斯塔遗址距几个学院步行可达。
• The university hospitals host clinical clerkships that keep medical and nursing students in the city during the summer, unlike faculties that empty during the long vacation.大学医院承担临床见习，使医学与护理学生在暑假仍留在城中，而其他学院则在长假期间人去楼空。
• The fiftieth-anniversary year of 2024 brought cultural weeks, sports tournaments and an alumni gathering that connected graduates working across Egypt and the Gulf.2024 年五十周年校庆带来文化周、体育赛事与校友聚会，把在埃及各地与海湾地区工作的毕业生重新联系起来。

Notable people

• Anwar Sadat, president of Egypt from 1970 to 1981, presided over the higher-education policy that granted Zagazig independence in 1974 and created regional universities across the Delta.安瓦尔·萨达特于 1970 至 1981 年任埃及总统，其高等教育政策促成扎加齐克于 1974 年独立，并在三角洲各地设立地区大学。
• Ahmed Urabi, the army officer who led the 1882 revolt against European control, is not an alumnus but the university's emblem, chosen because he was born in Sharqia.艾哈迈德·阿拉比是 1882 年反抗欧洲控制的军官，他并非校友，而是该校校徽上的人物，因其出生于沙尔基亚而被选用。
• Hani Sewilam, a professor of water resources engineering trained at Zagazig, has been Egypt's minister of water resources and irrigation since August 2022 and chaired the African Ministers' Council on Water.哈尼·塞维拉姆（Hani Sewilam）是在扎加齐克接受培养的水资源工程教授，自 2022 年 8 月起任埃及水资源与灌溉部长，并主持非洲水资源部长理事会。
• Mohamed Morsi, who taught materials engineering at Zagazig before entering politics, served as president of Egypt from 2012 to 2013 and was ousted by the military in July 2013.穆罕默德·穆尔西在从政前于扎加齐克教授材料工程，2012 至 2013 年任埃及总统，2013 年 7 月被军方罢黜。
• Dalal Abdel Aziz, one of Egypt's best-known actresses, studied at Zagazig before a career that spanned film, television and stage from the 1980s to the 2020s.达拉勒·阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹是埃及最知名的女演员之一，曾在扎加齐克就读，其演艺生涯从 1980 年代延续到 2020 年代，涵盖电影、电视与舞台。
• Khaled Ali, a human rights lawyer and labour activist, graduated from Zagazig's Faculty of Law and ran for the Egyptian presidency in 2012.哈立德·阿里（Khaled Ali）是人权律师与劳工活动家，毕业于扎加齐克大学法学院，并参加了 2012 年埃及总统选举。
• Ayman Al-Hendy, a physician and researcher in obstetrics and gynaecology, trained at Zagazig and now teaches at the University of Chicago.艾曼·阿尔-亨迪（Ayman Al-Hendy）是妇产科医师与研究者，在扎加齐克接受医学训练，现于芝加哥大学任教。
• Muntaser Ibrahim, a Sudanese geneticist, trained at Zagazig and directs molecular biology research at the University of Khartoum, focusing on malaria and population genetics.苏丹遗传学家蒙塔西尔·易卜拉欣（Muntaser Ibrahim）在扎加齐克接受培训，现于喀土穆大学主持分子生物学研究，专注疟疾与群体遗传学。
• Faten Zahran Mohamed, a biochemist and cancer researcher, is a professor at Zagazig University and has published on tumour markers and oxidative stress.法滕·扎赫兰·穆罕默德（Faten Zahran Mohamed）是生物化学家与癌症研究者，任扎加齐克大学教授，发表过关于肿瘤标志物与氧化应激的研究。
• Miral El-Tahawy, an Egyptian novelist and short-story writer, studied at Zagazig and is known for fiction that explores migration and the lives of women in the Delta.米拉尔·塔哈维（Miral El-Tahawy）是埃及小说家与短篇作家，曾在扎加齐克就读，其作品多探讨移民与三角洲女性的生活。
• Mohamed Badie, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood from 2010, is listed among the university's graduates and became one of Egypt's most prominent Islamist figures.穆罕默德·巴迪亚自 2010 年起任穆斯林兄弟会总导师，被列为该校毕业生，是埃及最知名的伊斯兰主义人物之一。
• Mahmoud Ezzat, a veterinary professor and senior Brotherhood figure, served as the organisation's acting Supreme Guide and taught at Zagazig before his arrest.马哈茂德·埃扎特是兽医教授与穆斯林兄弟会高层人物，曾任该组织代理总导师，并在被捕前于扎加齐克任教。
• Ramadan Shallah, secretary-general of Palestinian Islamic Jihad from 1995 to 2018, is counted among Zagazig's alumni and led the organisation through the second intifada.拉马丹·沙拉赫于 1995 至 2018 年任巴勒斯坦伊斯兰圣战组织秘书长，被列为扎加齐克校友，并在第二次起义期间领导该组织。