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The American University in Cairo was founded in 1919 by Americans devoted to education and service in the Middle East.Initially, AUC was intended to be both a preparatory school and a University. The preparatory school opened in October 1920 with 142 students in two classes that were equivalent to the last two years of an American high school. The first diplomas issued were junior college-level certificates given to 20 students in 1923.. At first an institution only for males, the University enrolled its first female student in 1928, the same year in which the first class graduated, with two Bachelor of Arts and one Bachelor of Science awarded. Master's degrees were first offered in 1950.Through subsequent reorganizations, the University currently has25 departments and institutes offering bachelor's, master'sand graduate diploma programs, in addition to 13 cross-discipline research centers. Today, AUCoffers 36 undergraduate, 44 master’s and two PhDprograms rooted in a liberal arts education that encourages students to think critically and find creative solutions to conflicts and challenges facing both the region and the world.
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