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The main objective of this research is three fold; to analyze the status of CU since its founding as the flagship university of Egypt; to establish its standing in research and capacity building, and to identify its influence and impact on the development of the higher education sector in Egypt and beyond. The research methodology was a desk review of data from a wide range of relevant sources, verification of its integrity, and analysis and discussion of its implications. A secondary and noteworthy source of information was interviews and private communications with approximately 25 graduates of Cairo University (CU) whose professional careers have positioned them to comment insightfully and knowledgeably on higher education in Egypt and on CU’s role in particular.
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The author acknowledges with thanks and appreciation the encouraging support of the present and former Ministers of Higher Education who graduated from Cairo University and their assistants at the ministry. Thanks are also due to presidents and vice presidents of Cairo University, the General Secretaries of the Supreme Council of Universities and their assistants for their help in providing information on the status of education in Egypt. He particularly thanks his peer colleagues and graduates of Cairo University for fruitful discussions, historical reviews, and contributions by Cairo University and its faculties.
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Said, M.E. (2017). Cairo University: The Flagship University of Egypt. In: Teferra, D. (eds) Flagship Universities in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49403-6_3
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