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• In 1925, a royal decree was issued and CU began • In 1953, a year after the 23 rd July Revolution, the
operating with only four faculties: Faculty of cabinet issued a decree to change the name of King
Arts, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine, and Fouad’s University to become Cairo University.
Faculty of Law. However, some faculties were • In 1955, the Departments of Pharmacy and Oral and
even established long before CU was: School of Dental Medicine were separated from the Faculty of
Agriculture (1889), School of Engineering (1816), Medicine to become independent faculties. In the
and School of Medicine (1827). same year, the branch of Cairo University at El-
• At first, CU had no fixed headquarters. Khartoum was inaugurated.
Therefore, in 1928, the university began to have • In the academic year 1960-1961, the Faculty of
a permanent headquarters in its current location Economics and Political Sciences was established.
based on the support of Princess Fatima, The following year witnessed the establishment of
daughter of Khedive Ismail, who donated the the Statistical Studies and Research Institute and
land. the Institute of Physiotherapy.
• In 1940, a royal decree was issued to rename the • In 1964, the High Institute for Nursing was
National University after King Fouad. established and annexed to the Faculty of Medicine.
• In 1946, the Faculty of Dar El-Ulum was affiliated
with the university and the inaugural • In 1969, the National Cancer Institute was
cornerstone for the Students Hostel was laid. established.
• In 1950, the Students’ Hospital was founded to • Since its inauguration, CU has witnessed constant
provide university students with comprehensive increase and growth in the size of its campuses,
healthcare, recognizing that mind and body must academic staff, students, facilities, departments and
be developed as a whole. faculties.

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