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Fayoum University

Fayoum University (Arabic: جامعة الفيوم‎, Jame'at al-fayum) is a public university located in the Egyptian city of Al Fayyum in northern Egypt. In 1975, Faculty of Education in Fayoum was established as one of the faculties affiliated to Cairo University. In 1976, Faculty of Agriculture in Fayoum was established and Faculty of Engineering was established in 1981. In 1983, the presidential decree was issued considering Fayoum branch as an independent branch of Cairo University. Now, the university includes 13 faculties; Education, Agriculture, Engineering, social Work, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Sciences, Tourism and Hotels, Specific Education, Archeology, Medicine, Arts, Computer and Information Sciences, Kindergarten as well as the Technical Institute for Nursing. The university also includes 1800 of faculty members and their assistants teaching 25,000 students.