Study in Egypt for Non-Egyptian Arab Students: Cost and Admission
A direct guide for non-Egyptian Arab students: the official application route, annual tuition and living budgets, documents, language and degree recognition.
Quick answer: studying in Egypt as a non-Egyptian Arab student
This guide covers Sudanese, Libyan, Iraqi, Syrian, Yemeni, Gulf, North African and other non-Egyptian Arab students applying for an undergraduate degree in Egypt.
Start with the government’s Study in Egypt admissions portal. Some private and ahleya universities also require an application on their own website. An ahleya university is state-established and non-profit. A form, payment receipt or preliminary nomination is not final registration; the university still checks the original certificate, subjects, identity documents, payment and any placement test.
Using two official public-university fee tables and a stated living budget, current annual examples are:
Broad fieldTuition + housing and daily livingHumanities, commerce, law and several education fieldsUSD 9,000–17,300Science, agriculture, veterinary medicine and nursingUSD 10,000–18,800Engineering and computingUSD 11,000–19,800MedicineUSD 12,000–21,800
Add the published USD 1,500 first-registration fee, government application fees, flights, legalisation, residence costs, a laptop and an emergency reserve. Private universities use different prices and currencies; one published example ranges from GBP 7,300 to GBP 21,500 a year after adding its housing and daily-living assumptions.
Before paying, confirm the teaching language, certificate eligibility, complete invoice and degree recognition. Check the institution through Egypt’s Supreme Council of Universities, then ask the professional regulator in the country where the graduate intends to work about the exact degree and campus.
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