# AUC Tahrir Square
**Source**: https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus
**Parent**: https://www.aucegypt.edu/admissions/graduate
## About AUC Tahrir Square
In 1919, a landmark and cultural oasis was born in the heart of Cairo, laying the foundation for what would become the vibrant AUC Tahrir Square it is today.
[Learn more about AUC Tahrir Square](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus/about)
## Facilities and Venues
[More Venues](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus/venues)
[### School of Continuing Education (SCE)
With 90 years of experience, SCE provides certificate programs, noncredit term-length courses and variable-length, customized courses to fulfill the continuing education needs of individuals and organizations in Egypt and the Middle East.](https://sce.aucegypt.edu/)
[### AUC Bookstores
The AUC Bookstores deliver the highest quality of services to AUC students, faculty, and staff, as well as to the wider Cairo community and travelers to Egypt.](https://aucpress.com/auc-bookstores/)
[### Classrooms
There are multiple classrooms in the palace building, which vary in size and capacity.](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus/classrooms)
[### Cafeteria
The AUC Tahrir Square campus celebrated the opening of its cafeteria in September 2019.](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus/cafeteria)
[More Venues](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus/venues)
## Happening At AUC Tahrir Square
[Browse All Events](https://happening.aucegypt.edu/events/search?title=&field_event_venue_target_id=21)
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### Trading Patterns in Middle East History, 700-1900: Impacts, Ruptures and Continuities
Mar 27
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Mar 28
9:30 am
AUC Tahrir Square](https://auc-connect.aucegypt.edu/PUBLICEV/rsvp?id=300119849)
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### AUC Tahrir CultureFest 2026: FUTURE C-AI-RO
Apr 2
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Apr 4
2:00 pm
AUC Tahrir Square](https://auc-connect.aucegypt.edu/PUBLICEV/rsvp?id=300113977)
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Apr
### Naqlun: Life on the Fringes of Society and the Ecosystem
6:00 pm
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7:30 pm
AUC Tahrir Square](https://auc-connect.aucegypt.edu/PUBLICEV/rsvp?id=300119011)
[Browse All Events](https://happening.aucegypt.edu/events/search?title=&field_event_venue_target_id=21)
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## AUC TahrirCultureFest
Get ready to imagine Cairo's future at this year's AUC Tahrir CultureFest, **April 2 to 4**. Join us in exploring how tradition and technology will shape the city's next era, diving into topics like AI, tech, innovation, business, creativity and art.
- [AUC TahrirCultureFest 2026](https://tahrirculturefest.aucegypt.edu/)
- [AUC Tahrir CultureFest 2025](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus/culturefest-2025)
- [AUC Tahrir CultureFest 2024](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus/culturefest-2024)
## NEWS@AUC
[More News](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus/news)
### Writing in the Palace on the Square
The sound of pens scribbling on paper fills the wood-latticed windows of AUC Tahrir Square. Nina Ellis, assistant professor of English and c...
[Learn More](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/writing-palace-square)
- [Meet the Student Winners Behind the Look of the 2026 Tahrir CultureFest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEfyl77_xqY)
- [Sir Magdi Yacoub, A Surgeon and a Maverick, Speaks at AUC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96bTD8wo9P8)
[More News](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus/news)
## One University Two Campuses: Reviving AUC Tahrir Square
[Watch Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWNFwxU-rCo&t=1s "Watch Video")
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## AUC Tahrir Square in Photos
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[Take a Tour of AUC Tahrir Square Campus](https://www.youvisit.com/#/vte/?data-platform=v&data-link-type=immersive&data-inst=120190&data-loc=142458&data-stopid=270314&data-image-width=100%&data-image-height=300%&)
## Important Resources
- [Events Planning](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/events-planning)
- [Tahrir Operational Guidelines](https://aucegypt0.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/documents/Eajr8ljZXwZOksivptbPGUMBtYK17T4B2V83GLPoaJB6PA?e=A7kgXx)
- [Services in Tahrir](https://www.aucegypt.edu/about/tahrir-square-campus/services)
- [Tuesdays in Tahrir](https://www.aucegypt.edu/news/tuesdays-tahrir)
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