# Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/graduate-studies
**Parent**: https://www.aucegypt.edu/admissions/graduate

Through interdisciplinary curricula, research excellence and an unmatched campus environment, AUC’s advanced degrees offer students a distinctive, high-quality education.

## Graduate Studies at AUC

Creative and original work define AUC’s graduate programs. Through interdisciplinary curricula, research excellence and an unmatched campus environment, AUC’s advanced degrees provide students with a one-of-a-kind, top-quality education. Students pursuing advanced degrees at AUC benefit from small classes, professional development opportunities and a dynamic community. With 50+ graduate-level programs to choose from, students have the chance to work with and alongside world-renowned faculty from different academic disciplines to address challenges in the Middle East and across the world.

[**Explore Graduate Programs**](https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/graduate-programs)

## Why Graduate Studies?

- ​52 master’s programs and two PhD programs, in addition to a​ variety of graduate diplomas that follow the American liberal arts​ system to encourage critical and creative thinking.
- 13 master’s programs topping the 2024-2025 Eduniversal​ Rankings, with 7 being ranked first in Africa and all among the​ top 200 worldwide.
- A globally recognized graduate degree from a​ U.S.-accredited University (accreditation from the​ Middle States Commission on Higher Education).
- Small classes, professional development​ opportunities, and community​ engagement as part of the AUC​ graduate studies experience.
- The largest English-language​ academic library in Egypt.​
- University-based startup accelerator​ and incubator, AUC Venture Lab,​ accelerated more than ​4​00  startups​ and created more than 12,000 jobs.

## How to Apply?

- [### Program Selection

  Choose your program of interest from 50+ master’s and two PhD programs in addition to graduate diplomas. Applicants may apply for up to two programs per admission cycle.](https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/graduate-programs)
- [### Graduate Admission Requirements

  Learn the admission requirements and whether you fulfill them. Note that there are both general and program-specific requirements.](https://www.aucegypt.edu/admissions/graduate)
- [### Explore Funding Opportunities

  Identify fellowship and financial aid opportunities for which you are eligible. You may apply for three fellowships per application cycle. Deadlines for applications vary. Fellowship support and financial aid can be combined.](https://www.aucegypt.edu/admissions/graduate/tuition-and-financial-support)

## Success Stories

### Chemistry for a Cause: Finding Sustainable Alternative to Oils

AUC students won first place worldwide in a competition to develop sustainable alternatives to oils to reduce their carbon emissions.

[Learn More](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/chemistry-cause-finding-sustainable-alternative-oils)

### Chemistry for a Cause: Finding Sustainable Alternative to Oils

AUC students won first place worldwide in a competition to develop sustainable alternatives to oils to reduce their carbon emissions.

[Learn More](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/chemistry-cause-finding-sustainable-alternative-oils)

- [Graduate Studies: Explore, Innovate and Expand](https://youtu.be/nO4AxXcdLls)
- [Graduate Students Receive International Recognition for Documentary Films](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/graduate-students-receive-international-recognition-documentary-films)

## For Enrolled Students

- [Support Grants](https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/graduate-studies/support-grants)
- [Teaching Assistantships](https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/graduate-studies/teaching-assistantships)
- [Workshops](https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/graduate-studies/workshops)
- [Thesis Preparation](https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/graduate-studies/manual)
- [Graduate Studies Manual](https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/graduate-studies/manual)

Ahmed Yehia Hegazy

MBA, Fall 2025 Commencement Speaker

> AUC’s role in our region is unique. It is a place where individuals are not reduced to labels but lifted by possibility. It has taught us that leadership is not about authority; it is about empathy and purpose.

## Publications

[### Graduate Studies at AUC](https://aucegypt0.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/documents/IQA-0Y4DYWuBR56q-DJK-8iYAXzULV3okICrGde_Lr4BJKg?e=7gajdv)

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