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A New Era in Egyptology: The Grand Egyptian Museum Opens its Doors

The Grand Egyptian Museum opened it doors on November 1, 2025. AUC community members weighed in on what the opening means for Egypt, Egyptology, and the world.
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AUC Student Aspires to Use Architecture to Solve Global Challenges

With the support of the new Kerr Family Scholarship, AUC freshman Malak Hashem is on her path to becoming an architect whose buildings will address challenges to sustainability faced by communities ...
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Graduate Admissions

With a 95% employment rate after graduation, AUC students seeking graduate degrees will be able to reap the benefits of their further learning in the professional world. The graduate tuition rate is ...
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Advising and Registration Dates

Banner Self-Service (BSS) will be available, throughout the period mentioned above for registration excluding Fridays and Saturdays. Check your earned hours from your unofficial transcript on Banner ...
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Corporate Hotel Rates

For better service, the Travel Office has secured excellent corporate deals with unique hotels to ensure a comfortable stay for The American University in Cairo (AUC) community. Note that the US ...
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Sabbaticals and Other Leaves

Sabbatical, pre-tenure, professional development, and leave without pay will be processed by submitting an online form that will flow automatically from faculty members to the department chair to the ...
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Ashraf Nassef

Ashraf Nassef is is a professor of mechanical engineering in the School of Sciences and Engineering at The American University in Cairo. Gaafar, L.K., Nassef, A.O., and Aly, A.I., “Fixed Quantity ...
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The Egyptology Best Sellers by the AUC Press

AUC Press has grown to be the largest English-language academic book publisher in the Middle East, and books on Egyptology have consistently topped its best seller list. Explore selections from the ...
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AUC Inaugurates Amelia Peabody Professorship, Research Fund in Egyptology

The inaugural Amelia Peabody Endowed Professorship was awarded to Distinguished University Professor Salima Ikram, providing her with the funds to continue researching Egypt's past to better ...
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History of Mother's Day: From Ancient Egypt to Modern Times

It is a common belief that the tradition of Mother’s Day began in the West, originating from Greek and Roman spring festivals dedicated to maternal goddesses and Mothering Sunday observed in the ...
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Devaluation: What the Future Holds

The Egyptian pound weakened against the dollar again last Wednesday in a second dip since the Central Bank of Egypt announced the flotation of Egypt’s currency on October 27, 2022. The pound has ...
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Global Report: Entrepreneurship in Egypt Growing in Popularity

Egyptian society’s perception of entrepreneurship is particularly high and continues to grow. More than 73 percent of Egyptians think entrepreneurship is a good career choice. While more than 30 ...