October 6 University

October 6 University is the first private university in Egypt. It was established by the Republican Decree no in 1996.O6U is located in the 6th of October City, 32 km from downtown Cairo. O6U Campus consists of four educational buildings, the teaching hospital and the hotel for female students, while the central library and male students hotel are located 150 meters away from the campus. All the awarded degrees are accredited and validated by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Universities. The University is a member of the Association of Arab Universities since 1997 and also a member of the Association of African Universities.Faculties Medicine Pharmacy Dentistry Applied Medical Sciences Engineering Physical Therapy Information Systems & Computer Science Applied Arts Media & Mass Communication Economics & Management Languages & Translation Education Social Science Tourism & Hotel ManagementPostgraduate StudiesAn academic cooperation agreement was signed between many governmental universities and October 6 University and endorsed by the supreme council of national and private universities June 4, 2011 by which O6U is allowed to offer postgraduate programs in Collaboration with Theses Universities and the degree will be granted by them. Postgraduate StudiesOctober 6 University HospitalThe hospital is built on a surface area of 45000 square meters. It has a capacity of 360 beds, 20% out of them, are offering free of charge service for education purposes.InstitutesThe University has many institutes of higher education under the name Culture & Science City