Description

Students enrolled in the AMIDEAST Education Abroad Program in Cairo carry a 17 credit hour load per semester. All students are required to enroll in Arabic and three elective courses which are offered from a variety of disciplines. AMIDEAST prioritizes the high quality instruction of both Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial to beginning through advanced speakers of Arabic. Students also select from a variety of area studies courses related to both ancient and modern Egypt that are taught in English.

Egyptians refer to Cairo as “Um al-Dunya,” or “Mother of the World.” Culturally and politically, it is at the heart of the Arab world. Very few students live and study in cities as politically important and historically significant as Cairo. In the center of the Arab world, students on our Arabic & Area Studies program in Cairo have the opportunity to study both Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic and learn first-hand from leading Egyptian faculty about the critically important Middle East region. In addition to academics, our students benefit from an on-site orientation, opportunity to live in the center of bustling Cairo, structured ways to meet local Egyptian students, and organized excursions to mind-blowing locations such as upper Egypt and the Valley of the Kings.

Subject Areas

• Arabic
• International Policy And Diplomacy
• International Relations
• Internship Programs
• Middle Eastern Studies
• Political Science/politics

Cost in US$:

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Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

American, European, Canadian and Australian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 month

AMIDEAST's Mission Statement

America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST), founded in 1951, is a private, nonprofit organization that strengthens mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and the people of the Middle East and North Africa. AMIDEAST has been involved with Education Abroad Programs since the mid-1980s. AMIDEAST Education Abroad Programs are student-centered and structured to maximize students' Arabic language acquisition, development of their knowledge of the host country and region through exposure to the host culture, and development of their intercultural sensitivity and global competence.

Year Founded

1951