The pioneer of private university education since its establishment according to the Presidential Decree number 243 year 1996.
A member of the Association of Arab Universities and the Association of African Universities.
A member of the United Nations Initiative on Corporate Social Responsibility (UN Global Compact).
All the degrees awarded by the University are approved and accredited by the Supreme Council of Universities of Egypt.
The University is in collaborative partnerships and agreements with many foreign and Egyptian academic institutions.
Total student population is about 20000, of which about 1500 are international students drawn from more than 30 nationalities.
The total area of the University campus is 170,000 square meter (excluding the three storey Central Library building which amounts to 9000 square meter).
Educational and administrative buildings in O6U occupy (22%) out of the total area of the University campus whereas the rest is dedicated to green landscaping and playgrounds.
The University campus houses four educational buildings, university hospital and female hostel, in addition to an administrative building. As for the central library and male hostel, they lie about 150 meters off University campus.
The University has (124) studying halls and classrooms provided with audio, visual and multimedia devices can accommodate up to 12000 students at a time.
The total capacity of the teaching halls and rooms in addition to labs, workshops and special halls can accommodate up to 22000 students at a time.
The Faculty of Pharmacy is the first of its kind in all private universities that acquired the certificate of Quality Assurance and the Accreditation of the National Authority in February 2014, followed by the Faculty of Languages and Translation, and the Department of Biomedical Equipment, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences in 2017.
The University offers its services to students through the Departments of Cultural Relations, International Students, Public Relations, youth Welfare, Social Responsibility Programme and transportation service to cite a few.
The University offers postgraduate programmes in different disciplines in collaboration with a number of government universities.