Background

Menofia University (MU) was founded in 1976. It started with four faculties with nearly 9500 students, 214 staff members and 372 assisting members. It has steadily and remarkably developed to be one of the largest universities in Egypt. Today the University includes 22 faculties & institutes with about 80000 students and 3500 teaching staff members.

The University has two campuses. The main cam­pus is located in the city of Shebin EL-koum, thecap­ital of Menofia Governorate, which is 75 Km from Cairo.

The University’sother branch has been recently established in accordance with presidential decree No 267, for the year 2006. It is located in SadatCity, 60 Km from Shebin EL-koum, and 90 Km from Cairo.

Vision

Menoufia University, as one of the institutions of higher education in Egypt, hopes to be among the leading Arab and African universities in the development of Knowledge and the welfare of society.

Mission

Contributing to building the academic and moral structure of people and developing both the local and national societies by providing specialized knowledge and skill, particularly those that are related to the rural and new industrial communities through high quality educational, research and societal services that can help the university to achieve a competitive advantage at the national, regional and international levels.