Қаһіредегі Ain Shams университеті

Public university in Cairo, Egypt

Ain Shams University (جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post graduate levels.

Ain Shams University was founded in July 1950, the third oldest non sectarian native public Egyptian university (ancient Islamic universities such as Al Azhar and private institutions such as the American University in Cairo are older), under the name of Ibrahim Pasha's University. Its site used to be a former royal palace, called the Zafarana Palace. The university's academic structure includes 14 faculties, 1 college and 2 high institutes plus 12 centers and special units.

Ain Shams University has eight campuses. Two of them are next to each other, separated by a main road named El Khalifa El Maamoun; all of them are in Greater Cairo. The main campus is in Abbassia, Cairo and houses the Administration and Management at the Saffron Palace, Science Education Development Center, Central Library, Child Hood Center and the University City (students hostel), in addition to the faculties of Computer Science, Science, Law and Art. The opposite Campus houses the faculty of Commerce, Alsun, pharmaceutical Science and Dentistry. The Women's College has its own campus. Faculty of Specific Education, Faculty of Education, and Faculty of Agriculture are each on separate campuses in Abassia, Heliopolis, and Shubra El Kheima, respectively.

In 2012, Misr International films was producing a television series based on the novel Zaat by Sonallah Ibrahim. Filming of scenes set at Ain Shams University was scheduled to occur that year, but Muslim Brotherhood student members and some teachers at the school protested, stating that the 1970s era clothing worn by the actresses was indecent and would not allow filming unless the clothing was changed. Gaby Khoury, the head of the film company, stated that engineering department head Sherif Hammad "insisted that the filming should stop and that we would be reimbursed explaining that he was not able to guarantee the protection of the materials or the artists."