The American University in Cairo

Course: The Arabic Language Institute (ALI) Intensive Program
AUC offers International students the opportunity to focus their study on Arabic language through the Arabic Language Institute (ALI) Intensive Program. This is a distinct program, devoted to the study of Arabic Language and Egyptian Culture.
The Program offers three levels of study; elementary, intermediate and advanced courses. Aside from credit courses, ALIN offers noncredit courses in calligraphy, music and drama. The program also offers trips and day tours to various sites in and around Cairo.
Advantages of Studying at the Department of Arabic Language Instruction
Learn modern standard and colloquial Arabic in an Arabic-speaking country
Fully accredited in Egypt and the United States, with an 80-year history of excellence
Supportive learning environment
Unbeatable sightseeing and travel opportunities
Extracurricular activities provide an opportunity to meet Egyptian students
Courses are offered in both the Fall and Spring semester. Students have to be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours to be considered full time.
In addition a Summer Program is offered: The Department of Arabic Language Instruction (ALI) offers an intensive summer program from the first week of June until the last week of July. Students must take 20 hours of class per week to be considered full time. Courses are offered at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
The ALI program offers tailored courses, subject to the availability of resources. A number of electives are also offered, from which each student may take up to two (based on their levels).
What will you learn
A student who successfully completes the first year of elementary intensive study with the ALIN can expect to possess a working competence in reading and writing Modern Standard Arabic and understanding and speaking Egyptian Colloquial or Modern Standard Arabic.
Students who complete the second year of study should be able to read and write Modern Standard Arabic with some fluency, to pursue study in topics that specially interest them in Arabic and to converse freely in Arabic. Intermediate-level students will also have had an opportunity to acquire vocabulary and terminology related to such special fields of interest as business and diplomacy.
At the end of such an advanced course, a student should be able to compete with Arab students at the university level. Alternatively, the student should be able to employ Arabic with competence and confidence in the fields of business or diplomacy.
Deadlines for Application
Fall semester: August 1
Spring semester: December 15
Summer semester: May 1
For Application Process
We’re eager to make the application process as smooth as possible for you
To apply for the Arabic Language Institute program students need to submit an Arabic Language Institute application form electronically or a hard copy application mailed to the AUC NYO office. The supplementary documents we require are an official university transcript and one letter of recommendation. After acceptance you will also need to provide passport information (copy of the passport and three passport sized photographs) and medical examination form.
If you have any further inquiries for application or on any academic matters don t hesitate to contact nyo@aucegypt.edu
For Detailed Curriculum
Levels of Study
Elementary
The course for beginners runs from the first week of September through May. The main emphasis is on Modern Standard Arabic, but Egyptian Colloquial Arabic is simultaneously offered (about 30 percent of class time is devoted to colloquial). Arabic is used as the main medium of instruction in the second half of the program. The course comprises up to 20 hours per week of classroom instruction, including interactive audio visual work and up to 20 hours of home assignments. A student who successfully completes the first year of intensive study with the ALIN can expect to possess a working competence in reading and writing Modern Standard Arabic and understanding and speaking Egyptian Colloquial or Modern Standard Arabic.
Intermediate
Courses at this level are designed for those who have completed a year of intensive study at the elementary level of the Department of Arabic Language Instruction or who have studied two or more years elsewhere and can demonstrate similar level of competence. The program runs from the first week of September through May in the following year.
Arabic is the chief medium of instruction. Students continue work in Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. Interested students may, at this level, begin to acquire familiarity with classical Arabic.
Attention is given to the Arabic of print and broadcast media, while special lecture courses in Arabic are offered in response to the special interests of the students, such as Middle Eastern economics and politics, business correspondence, medieval and modern Arabic literature.
Students who complete the second year of study should be able to read and write Modern Standard Arabic with some fluency, to pursue study in topics that specially interest them in Arabic and to converse freely in Arabic. Intermediate-level students will also have had an opportunity to acquire vocabulary and terminology related to such special fields of interest as business and diplomacy.
Advanced
Exceptional students may wish to take a third year. These courses are arranged according to demand, but they typically include advanced work in reading and writing, and lecture courses in special topics. At the end of such a course, a student should be able to compete with Arab students at the university level. Alternatively, the student should be able to employ Arabic with competence and confidence in the fields of business or diplomacy.
ALIN offers tailored courses pending the availability of resources.
Students who successfully complete their ALIN courses receive certificates of achievement from the Department of Arabic Language Instruction stating their level of proficiency in Arabic. A complete application form and one letter of recommendation must be submitted. Students whose native language is not English must demonstrate adequate English-language proficiency. There is no required application fee. Since places in the program are limited and admission is on a rolling basis, it is advisable for the applicant to complete the application and arrange to have a recommendation letter sent to the appropriate AUC office well before the deadline.
Summer Program
The Department of Arabic Language Instruction (ALI) offers an intensive summer program from the first week of June until the last week of July. Students must take 20 hours of class per week to be considered full time. Courses are offered at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
The ALI summer program offers tailored courses, subject to the availability of resources. A number of electives are also offered, from which each student may take up to two (based on their levels).
Academic Features
Modern Standard Arabic: The language of the media, literature, science and formal fields of contemporary knowledge
Egyptian Spoken Arabic: The language of everyday interaction and daily living
Academic electives including translation, the Qur’an and media for intermediate and advanced levels (one credit)
Students receive six to eight credit hours in this program depending on their level
Cultural components including calligraphy, music, singing and dancing (non-credit)
Study aid centers
ALI offers professional faculty, up-to-date facilities and extracurricular activities and the program welcomes non-native students as well as students of Arab origin

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree designed to prepare students to pursue a management career. Students can choose from the following concentrations; Marketing, Operations Management, Finance, International Business, Leadership and Human Resource Management, Construction Industry and Management of Information Systems。
The curriculum emphasizes the principles underlying business operations and helps develop a managerial perspective.
The School of Business has internationalized its MBA program by allowing participants to interact with MBA students from other parts of the world.
Accreditation and Ranking
The MBA Program Ranked Among Top 200 Worldwide
According to Forbes Middle East, AUC has the top-ranking MBA Program in the Arab region.
AUC’s School of Business has received Triple Crown accreditation, less than 1% of business schools worldwide are a triple crown. It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International AACSB, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) and European Quality Improvement System EQUIS).
‬‬‬Who is it for?
The MBA program is designed to serve high-caliber students who are employed at local and multinational businesses and other public sector and government organizations.
It targets students that are high performers as well as talented working professionals who seek the highest quality graduate business education available in Egypt.
Students who aspire becoming business professionals, who are capable of promptly addressing challenges and intelligently seizing opportunities.
Students who seek knowledge and skills they need as they move to assume managerial positions.
Advantages of studying MBA at AUC
High-quality curriculum of the MBA program at AUC s School of Business
Carefully selected national and international faculty members of the highest caliber to deliver our MBA program have pronounced effects in the classroom in terms of the knowledge transferred and teaching methods.
MBA Exchange Program gives graduates global edge, getting exposed to the experience of top executives from local and international businesses,
Our MBA program is guaranteed to provide you with a career-enhancing learning experience.
What will you learn?
Strategic Planning: Each student will demonstrate awareness of the strategic planning process and its impact on strategy development and performance.
Communication: Each student will demonstrate the mastery of written and oral communication.
Leadership: Each student will be able to identify different leadership styles and team-building skills required for effective decision making.
Entrepreneurship: Each student will demonstrate awareness of the entrepreneurial process and its relationship to society.
A rich learning experience: based on real-life case studies through its applied courses offerings. The emphasis of the MBA program at AUC is on hands-on learning. You will be encouraged to be creative and are provided with opportunities to combine academic life with practical applications. The integration of real-life case studies, and the experience of dealing with students from different cultures.
International exposure in shaping student knowledge and experience, and acknowledges the increasing demand for global citizens in the business world.
For Application Process
To inquire about tuition and get an application for admission and the required supporting documents, you need to contact aucgrad@aucegypt.edu.
For detailed information on admission to the University, please visit graduate admissions website where you can also download the application pack.
For Detailed Curriculum
For full details of the program requirements, refer to the AUC catalog.

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Egyptology/Coptology Graduate Program
Studying Egyptology/Coptology at the graduate level is a unique opportunity for students, taking advantage of being in Egypt, having the chance to gain practical experience, visiting monuments in context, museums and gaining experience in the field. The Egyptology program covers many aspects; the culture of ancient Egypt for language and religion to art, architecture and social structures over the time span of 4,600 years. The Coptology program offers courses in political science, religion, art history, history and other.
The department of Egyptology offers three tracks for the M.A.
Egyptology: Art, Archaeology, and History
Egyptology: Philology
Coptology
In addition to the Archeological Field Training in collaboration with the Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA), a special program starting January 2015.
Who is it for?
The program is designed for students who aim for careers in the science of Egyptology and on the preservation and management of Egypt’s heritage and for further studies in the field.
Advantages of studying at the department of Egyptology
Location in Egypt enabling site visits and hands-on experience in museums or at sites
Programs at AUC follow international guidelines for similar degrees at accredited institutions in the USA.
What will you learn
Acquire knowledge, appreciation, and understanding of ancient Egypt s cultural heritage and its legacy in the world
Acquire mastery of the research tools upon which a career in Egyptology must depend, including ancient Egyptian language and scripts, as well as skill in excavation and site analysis
Prepare properly to assume the responsibility of caring for, maintaining and preserving ancient Egypt s unique cultural heritage
Deadline for Application
Students are normally admitted to the MA degree program in the fall only. Prerequisites for the Egyptology M.A. for those who have no background are required.
For Application Process
To inquire about tuition and get an application for admission and the required supporting documents, you need to contact the Office of Graduate Studies and Research at AUC.
For detailed information on admission to the University, please visit graduate admissions website where you can also download the application pack.

Gender and Women’s Studies in the Middle East/North Africa
The Cynthia Nelson Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies (IGWS) is an academic research institute and a graduate teaching center for scholars, researchers and graduate students interested in gender issues in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.

 The Institute for Gender and Women s Studies offers an interdisciplinary two-year Master of Arts and a Diploma.
The MA offers three tracks
‪Specialization 1: Gendered Political Economies‬‬‬
Focusing on issues relating to poverty, labor politics, political economies of desire, migration, mobility and development histories and practices.
Specialization 2: Geographies of Gender and Justice
An advanced study of contemporary practices and problems of justice, ranging from international justice regimes to national legal cultures to social and economic justice claims, with a particular focus on the global south.
Specialization 3: Gender and Women s Studies in the Middle East/ North Africa (MENA), investigating how relations of gender are embedded in social, political and cultural formations.
Who is it for?
The diploma is intended for students pursuing an interdisciplinary MA or Diploma focusing on Gender and Women Studies with a focus on the MENA region and who at the same time seek to acquire gender studies qualifications.
Advantages of studying at The Cynthia Nelson Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies:
The research institute serves as a resources link through which research projects, conferences, workshops, policy debates and educational programs on gender issues are engaged.
The graduate center provides students with an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective in GWST with a special emphasis on the Middle East and North African region.
The graduate center also supports Surfacing, an international, online, yearly graduate student journal launched in September 2007.
Programs at AUC follow international guidelines for similar degrees at accredited institutions in the USA.
Courses are offered in both the Fall and Spring semester. Students have to be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours to be considered full time.
What will you learn
You will receive a solid grounding in the nexus between gender and modalities for reorganizing the political-economic order in the contemporary world.
You will be provided with an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective with special emphasis on situating the Middle East and North African region in a comparative global south perspective.
Deadlines for application
Students are admitted to the MA degree program in the fall only.
To inquire about tuition and get the application for admission and the required supporting documents, you need to contact the Office of Graduate Studies and Research at AUC.
For detailed information on admission to the University, please visit graduate admissions website where you can also download the application pack.
For Detailed Curriculum
For full details of the program requirements, refer to the AUC catalog.

Middle East Studies (M.A.)
The Middle East Studies graduate program offers courses in Arabic language and literature, anthropology, economics, gender and women’s studies, history, law, political science and sociology with the purpose of introducing students to a variety of methodologies for studying the Middle East. The graduate program focuses on the period from the 18th century onwards and addresses issues of religion, ecology, history, economy, society, polity, gender, and culture. Given the geographical location of Cairo, the program as a whole concentrates on the Arab region.
Who is it for?
The program is intended for students who wish to pursue a variety of careers such as academia, diplomacy, another government service, work with NGOs, development, business, finance, journalism, public relations and cultural affairs.
Advantages of studying at the department of Middle East Studies
Unique opportunity to study the Middle East through an array of historical, sociological, political and economic frameworks.
The location in the center of the Middle East offers a rich intellectual and cultural landscape of scholars, artists and activists from the Middle East and beyond.
Our location in Cairo, one of the richest historical and contemporary centers in the Middle East and only a short flight away from its capital cities, allows us to bridge the gap between the lecture hall and the social world.
The centers provide students with academic credentials and firsthand knowledge to pursue careers in academia, diplomacy and the nonprofit sector, as well as business, finance, public relations, journalism and cultural affairs.
The Master of Arts degree in Middle East studies consists of courses in Arabic language and literature, anthropology, economics, history, political science, sociology, and Arabic language.
Courses are offered in both the Fall and Spring semester. Students have to be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours to be considered full time.
What will you learn
You will gain the comprehensive understanding of the peoples, societies, and economies of the region. The program introduces you to a variety of methodologies for studying the Middle East. The interdisciplinary nature of the Area Studies program provides you with exposure to a variety of curricula
Deadlines for application
Students are normally admitted to the MA degree program in the fall only.
Application with fellowship: February 1
Application without fellowship: April 1
Summer semester: May 1
For Application Process
To inquire about tuition and get application for admission and the required supporting documents, you need to contact the Office of Graduate Studies and Research at AUC.
For detailed information on admission to the University, please visit graduate admissions website where you can also download the application pack.
For Detailed Curriculum
For full details of the program requirements, refer to the AUC catalog.

Migration and Refugee Studies M.A.
The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) is an interdisciplinary center of The American University in Cairo. The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies offers an MA in migration and refugee studies and two specialized graduate diploma:
MA in Migration and Refugee Studies
Graduate Diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies (MRS)
Who is it for?
Students who seek to obtain the knowledge and skills to be applied in careers within institutions such as governmental, nongovernmental and international agencies, as well as universities, research organizations and private corporations dealing with the multitude of issues connected with migration and refugee movements.
Advantages of studying at the Center of Migration and Refugee Studies
It is situated at the heart of the Middle East and North Africa furthering the scientific knowledge of the large, long-standing and more recent, refugee and migration movements witnessed in this region.
It collaborates with reputable regional and international academic institutions.
Works with other AUC departments to offer diversified courses to its students
The training activities CMRS organizes, are attended by researchers, policymakers, bureaucrats and civil society activists from a great number of countries.
Research implemented bears on issues of interest to the region and beyond.
What will you learn:
Provides you with critical knowledge, research methods and analytical skills of current theoretical, legal, political, economic, social, demographic and psychological issues in migration and refugee studies
CMRS outreach will enable you to work with its environment, disseminating knowledge and sensitization to refugee and migration issues
About services CMRS provides to the refugee community in Cairo and transfers its expertise in this respect to other international institutions.
Timeline
Completion of the master s degree in migration and refugee studies will normally take two years.
For Application Process
To inquire about tuition and get application for admission and the required supporting documents, you need to contact the Office of Graduate Studies and Research at AUC.
For detailed information on admission to the University, please visit graduate admissions website where you can also download the application pack.
For Detailed Curriculum
For full details of the program requirements, refer to the AUC catalog.