Program Overview

University Program Information

The Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University is one of the largest educational medical institutions in Africa and the Middle East. It was founded in 1947, making it the third-oldest medical school in Egypt.

Programs Offered

• Stage of undergraduate studies (bachelor's degree)
  • Electronic learning
  • Programs
    • General program
    • Extended medical program
• Stage of postgraduate studies
  • Electronic learning
  • Postgraduate study regulations
  • Student guide
  • Admission requirements
  • Examination schedules

Research Areas

• Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) surveillance and standardized data collection
• Infection prevention and control
• Epidemiology and microbiology
• Clinical care and interprofessional collaboration

Workshops and Training

• A hands-on training for smarter infection control
• Targeted persons: Healthcare professionals involved in infection control, epidemiology, microbiology, and clinical care
• Objectives:
  1. Understand HAI definitions, especially pneumonia, UTIs, and BSIs
  2. Develop HAI surveillance skills using NHSN standards
  3. Foster interprofessional collaboration in HAI data collection and analysis

Faculty and Staff

• Prof. Dina Mohammad Erfan
• Prof. Noha Nagy

University Requirements

• All students must receive the COVID-19 vaccine to enroll in the university
• The vaccine is a mandatory requirement for all students, and no student will be allowed to enroll without it

Certificate Requests

• Students can request certificates, but the process is not specified in the provided context