Student Enrollment Statistics

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In the fall semester of 2011, the university enrolled 6,824 students in all of its academic programs. During the 2010-2011 fiscal year 23,969 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 2011-2010. 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		5244
Graduate Degree		1,259
Not Seeking a Degree
Graduate Diploma		14
Center for Arabic Study Abroad		44
Arabic Language Institute		71
Non-degree and Auditors		192
The School for Continuing Education		23,969

Student Status
New students		1,788
Readmitted & Returning		5,036
Male		3,180
Female		3,644

 

Level

Nationality	ALIN	CASA	DP	GR	ND	UG	Grand Total
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Australia	0	0	0	1	0	2	3
Austria	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Belgium	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Bulgaria	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Canada	2	0	0	5	6	13	26
Columbia	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Croatia	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Denmark	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Egypt	1	0	7	995	38	4890	5931
England	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
Eritria	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Ethiopia	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
France	0	0	0	2	0	8	10
Germany	0	0	0	3	7	9	19
Ghana	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Greece	0	0	0	1	1	4	6
Guinea	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
India	7	0	0	0	0	3	10
Iraq	0	0	0	2	0	4	6
Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Israel	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Italy	0	0	0	2	0	5	7
Japan	3	0	0	1	0	0	4
Jordan	0	0	0	7	1	30	38
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Kenya	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
Korea	0	0	0	2	1	0	3
Kuwait	0	0	0	1	1	2	4
Lebanon	0	0	0	3	0	9	12
Libya	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Morocco	0	0	0	1	0	5	6
Mozambique	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Muscat and Oman	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Netherlands	0	0	0	2	0	2	4
Nigeria	0	0	0	2	0	13	15
Norway	9	0	0	3	9	2	23
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Palestine	0	0	0	7	1	28	36
People’s Rep. of China	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Peru	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Qatar	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Romania	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Russia	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Rwanda	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	9	0	32	41
Sierra Leone	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Singapore	1	0	0	2	0	1	4
Srilanka	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Somalia	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
South Africa	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
South Korea	0	0	0	4	2	1	7
Spain	0	0	0	1	1	1	3
Sudan	0	0	0	5	0	10	15
Sweden	1	0	0	1	4	2	8
Switzerland	0	0	0	2	0	2	4
Syria	0	0	0	1	0	18	19
Taiwan	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Thailand	0	0	0	1	0	4	5
Tunisia	0	0	0	1	0	2	3
Turkey	0	0	0	1	2	2	5
Uganda	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
United Kingdom	0	0	0	4	2	6	12
USA	47	44	6	162	108	83	450
Yemen Total	0 71	0 44	0 14	3 1259	0 192	9 5244	12 6824

 

 

Program of Study	PREP ENG	FR	SO	JR	SR	SP/ST/AT	G	TOTAL
Accounting	0	0	59	66	50	0	0	175
Actuarial Science	0	10	11	18	20	0	0	59
Anthropology	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	10
Applied Psychosocial Inervention for Forced Migrants	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Arabic and Islamic Civilization	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Arabic Language Institute	0	0	0	0	0	72	0	72
Arabic Studies	0	0	1	0	1	0	52	54
Architectural Eng.	0	36	64	66	117	0	0	283
Art	0	0	7	13	23	0	0	43
Biology	4	36	10	7	16	0	0	73
Biotechnology	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	55
Business Administration	0	1	64	160	147	0	0	372
Center for Arabic Studies Abroad	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	44
Chemistry	1	4	2	8	5	0	26	46
Communication and Media Arts	0	1	37	62	62	0	0	162
Community Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Computer Engineering	8	35	24	23	17	0	0	107
Computer Science	3	20	11	17	31	0	49	131
Construction Engineering	2	65	55	60	112	0	54	348
Counseling Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Econ. in International Development	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	34
Economics	0	0	27	92	68	0	35	222
Egyptology	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	5
Egyptology and Coptology	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Electronic Engineering	9	41	19	30	63	0	34	196
Engineering	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	5
English and Comparative Literature	0	0	5	15	5	0	30	55
Environmental Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	15
Environmental System Design	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
European Studies	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Family & Child Counseling	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	25
Family & Couples Counseling	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
Gender & Women’s Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	24
History	0	1	17	42	10	0	0	70
Honors Programs in Political Science	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	7
Integrated Marketing Communication	0	0	23	56	73	0	0	152
International & Comparative Education	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	40
International & Comparative Law	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
International Human Rights Law	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	50
Islamic Studies	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Journalism	0	0	25	43	30	0	0	98
Journalism & Mass Communication	0	0	1	2	2	0	65	70
Management of Information and Communication Technology	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	8
Master of Business Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0	137	137
Master of Computing	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Master of Global Affairs	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Master of Laws	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	28
Master of Public Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	30
Master of Public Policy	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12
Master of Public Policy and Admin.	0	0	0	0	0	0	73	73
Mathematics	0	0	9	6	5	0	0	20
Mechanical Engineering	6	68	77	77	141	0	33	402
Middle East Studies	0	1	2	2	4	0	49	58
Migration and Refugee Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	29
Music Technology	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4
Nanotechnology	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	15
Non-Degree	0	0	0	0	0	191	0	191
Petroleum and Energy Engineering	8	41	40	50	55	0	0	194
PhD in Applied Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11
PhD in Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Philosophy	0	0	6	7	6	0	0	19
Physics	0	13	24	11	8	0	14	70
Political Science	0	17	94	91	49	0	71	322
Product Development & Systems Management	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Psychology	0	3	20	19	21	0	0	63
Robotics, Control & Smart Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
Sociology - Anthropology	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	22
Sociology	0	0	8	2	7	0	0	17
Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Lang.	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	41
Teaching English as a Foreign Lang.	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	36
Television and Digital Journalism	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	21
Theater	0	2	3	5	5	0	0	15
Undecided	144	1281	362	29	3	0	0	1819
TOTAL	186	1682	1121	1096	1159	321	1259	6824

 

Graduates

The American University in Cairo awarded 847 bachelor’s degrees and 247 master’s degrees in the academic year 2010-2011. Of the 847 undergraduate degrees, 139 were awarded with honors,140 with high honors, and 111 with highest honors.