Top Universities in Cairo (governorate)
2026 Cairo University Ranking New
What are the top universities in the Egyptian governorate of Cairo? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 Cairo University Ranking, which lists 18 higher-education institutions meeting uniRank's selection criteria:
- Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Egypt.
- Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
- Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.
The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top Cairo Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.
2026 Cairo University Ranking
| #Rank | University | Town/City |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The American University in Cairo | New Cairo |
| 4 | Future University in Egypt | New Cairo |
| 5 | Ain Shams University | Cairo |
| 7 | Capital University | Cairo |
| 11 | The German University in Cairo | New Cairo |
| 15 | The British University in Egypt | El Shorouk |
| 16 | Al-Azhar University | Cairo |
| 20 | Nile University | Sheikh Zayed City |
| 27 | Badr University in Cairo | Badr |
| 32 | Nahda University | Cairo |
| 33 | Modern University for Technology and Information | Cairo |
| 37 | Misr International University | Cairo |
| 39 | Heliopolis University | Cairo |
| 42 | Université Française d'Égypte | El Shorouk |
| 46 | Sinai University | Cairo |
| 49 | Egyptian Chinese University | Cairo |
| 51 | Egyptian Russian University | Badr |
| 56 | Egypt University of Informatics | New Cairo |
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How many universities are there in Cairo?
- There are 18 officially chartered, licensed or accredited Cairo higher-education institutions that meet uniRank's selection criteria.
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