Student Enrollment Statistics

In the fall semester of 2012, the university enrolled 6,948 students in all of its academic programs. During the 2011-2012 fiscal year 18,238 individuals were served by the non-credit programs and courses in the School of Continuing Education.

The tables below give breakdowns of the enrollment in the first semester of the academic year 2012-2013. The abbreviations are: Undergraduate Program, UG; Graduate Program, GR; Diploma Program, DP; Non-degree, ND; School for Continuing Education, SCE; Center for Arabic Study Abroad, CASA; Arabic Language Institute, ALIN; Freshman, Fr; Sophomore, So; Junior, Jr; Senior, Sr; Special Status, SP STAT; Preparatory English, PREP ENG.
 

Enrollment Fall 2011
Academic Programs
Undergraduate		5,329
Graduate Degree		1,323
Not Seeking a Degree
Graduate Diploma		4
Center for Arabic Study Abroad		36
Arabic Language Institute		68
Non-degree and Auditors		188
The School for Continuing Education		23,969

Student Status
New students		1,548
Readmitted & Returning		5,400
Male		3,220
Female		3,728

 

                                                                                                                                       Level

Nationality	UG	GR	DP	ALIN	CASA	ND	Total
Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Algeria	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
Australia	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
Bahrain	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Brazil	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Burundi	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Canada	10	6	0	1	0	5	22
Colombia	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Croatia	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Czechoslovakia	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Denmark	1	1	0	0	0	2	4
Ecuador	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Egypt	5.022	1,106	3	2	0	33	6,166
France	5	2	1	0	0	2	10
Germany	7	3	0	2	0	5	17
Ghana	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Greece	4	2	0	0	0	0	6
India	2	0	0	5	0	0	7
Iraq	5	2	0	0	0	0	7
Ireland	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Italy	4	2	0	0	0	1	7
Japan	1	1	0	4	0	0	6
Jordan	20	11	0	0	0	0	31
Kenya	1	3	0	0	0	1	5
Korea	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Kuwait	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Lebanon	9	2	0	0	0	0	11
Libya	12	0	0	0	0	1	13
Mauritania	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Morocco	4	2	0	0	0	0	6
Netherlands	1	1	0	1	0	0	3
New Zealand	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Nigeria	13	3	0	0	0	0	16
Norway	1	0	0	1	0	7	9
Pakistan	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Palestine	23	8	0	0	0	0	31
People’s Rep. of China	0	1	0	1	0	1	3
Peru	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Romania	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Russia	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Saudi Arabia	41	9	0	0	0	0	50
Singapore	0	2	0	2	0	0	4
Sri Lanka	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Somalia	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
South Africa	0	2	0	0	0	1	3
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Spain	0	2	0	0	0	2	4
Sudan	10	5	0	0	0	1	16
Sweden	2	0	0	0	0	4	6
Switzerland	0	2	0	0	0	1	3
Syria	15	0	0	0	0	0	15
Taiwan	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tanzania	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Thailand	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
Tunisia	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Turkey	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
UAE	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Uganda	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ukraine	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
United Kingdom	8	2	0	0	0	4	14
USA	68	122	0	47	35	109	381
Yemen Total	8 5,329	4 1,323	0 4	0 68	0 36	0 188	12 6,948

 

Program of Study	PREP ENG	FR	SO	JR	SR	SP/ST/AT	G	TOTAL
Accounting	0	0	30	79	59	0	0	168
Actuarial Science	2	15	13	11	19	0	0	60
Anthropology	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	8
Arabic Language Institute	0	0	0	0	0	68	0	68
Arabic Studies	0	1	0	1	1	0	38	41
Architectural Eng.	0	53	61	64	150	0	0	328
Art	0	0	1	17	19	0	0	37
Biology	2	29	20	9	14	0	0	74
Biotechnology	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	51
Business Administration	0	0	70	146	198	0	0	414
Center for Arabic Studies Abroad	0	0	0	0	0	36	0	36
Chemistry	0	3	2	2	8	0	31	46
Communication and Media Arts	0	1	15	59	52	0	0	127
Community Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
Computer Engineering	3	54	19	15	28	0	0	119
Computer Science	2	48	18	7	27	0	40	142
Construction Engineering	4	71	55	47	120	0	58	355
Counseling Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	31
Econ. in International Development	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	42
Economics	0	0	11	64	87	0	25	187
Egyptology	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	5
Egyptology and Coptology	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12
Electronic Engineering	2	62	21	21	69	0	40	215
English and Comparative Literature	0	2	5	8	13	0	23	51
Environmental Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12
Environmental System Design	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Finance	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Gender & Women’s Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	25
History	0	3	14	40	7	0	0	64
Honors Program in Political Science	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	12
Integrated Marketing Communication	0	0	10	53	51	0	0	114
International & Comparative Education	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	66
International & Comparative Law	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
International Human Rights Law	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	39
Journalism	0	0	1	10	27	0	0	38
Journalism & Mass Communication	0	0	1	1	0	0	60	62
Management of Information & Communication Technology	0	1	2	5	2	0	0	10
Master of Business Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0	143	143
Master of Computing	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Master of Global Affairs	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	23
Master of Laws	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	25
Master of Public Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	49
Master of Public Policy	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	52
Master of Public Policy and Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	34
Mathematics	0	2	0	8	2	0	0	12
Mechanical Engineering	3	84	86	75	147	0	28	423
Middle East Studies	0	0	2	5	0	0	45	52
Migration and Refugee Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	19
Multimedia Journalism	0	0	16	25	24	0	0	65
Music Technology	0	1	4	3	6	0	0	14
Nanotechnology	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	32
Non-Degree	0	0	0	0	0	188	0	188
Performance	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Petroleum and Energy Engineering	4	46	28	38	86	0	0	202
PhD in Applied Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	21
PhD in Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13
Philosophy	0	0	3	5	2	0	0	10
Physics	0	22	36	11	8	0	16	93
Political Science	0	20	86	102	71	0	62	341
Product Development & Systems Management	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Psychology	0	5	23	24	27	0	0	79
Robotics ,Control & Smart Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
Sociology	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	11
Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Lang.	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	39
Teaching English as a Foreign Lang.	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	35
Television and Digital Journalism	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	34
Theater	0	4	5	2	7	0	0	18
Undecided	69	1286	419	21	2	0	0	1797
TOTAL	91	1815	1081	992	1350	296	1323	6948

 

Graduates

The American University in Cairo awarded 919 bachelor’s degrees and 308 master’s degrees in the academic year 2011-2012. Of the 919 undergraduate degrees, 145 were awarded with honors,154 with high honors, and 108 with highest honors.