Zagazig University hospitals

Zagazig University is one of the Egyptian universities which was established to contribute side by side with its counterparts in the renaissance of Egypt and raising its position. The university started as a branch of Ain Shams University in the academic year 1969/1970. Zagazig University is the seventh university in Egypt in terms of its inception. The university has chosen the image of the great national leader Ahmed Orabi son of Sharqia as its slogan who stood lofty in front of the brutal colonization calling for the freedom of our dear Egypt. The law No. 18 was issued on 14/4/1974 to establish Zagazig University which was composed of six colleges as a branch of Ain Shams University. Those are the colleges of agriculture, trade, veterinary medicine, human medicine, education and science. Establishing more colleges continued later till the number of colleges became 33 colleges and institutes in different specialties spreading over a wide regional area in Sharkia and Qalyubia provinces. In August 1, 2005 a presidential decree has been issued to establish the University of Benha. Thus, Zagazig University came to include 19 colleges as follows: 1) Faculty of Education. 2) Faculty of Commerce. 3) Faculty of Agriculture. 4) Faculty of Medicine. 5) Faculty of Veterinary medicine. 6) Faculty of Science. 7) Faculty of Law. 8) Faculty of Pharmacy. 9) Faculty of Arts. 10) Faculty of Engineering. 11) Faculty of Specific Education. 12) Faculty of nursing. 13) Faculty of physical education for males. 14) Faculty of physical education for females. 15) Faculty of Computers and Informatics. 16) Institute of Productive Efficiency. 17) Higher Institute of Civilizations. 18) Institute of Asian Studies. 19) Mubarak Institute of Oncology. The University plans in the future expansions to have a branch in the 10th of Ramadan City to ensure the maintenance of the green areas and to serve the community of businessmen and the growth of the industrial activities in that city.