Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning

"Planning for a better Future"




Prof. Mohamed Refaat

Dean of the Faculty

The Faculty of Regional and Urban Planning strives for quality and excellence, to maintain its position as the planning house in Egypt in the fields of regional urban development, city planning, urban design, landscaping and environmental planning. In order to be a cultural and intellectual radiation center for society, a leader of change, and an address for progress, the faculty has been working hard to obtain a prestigious position and a high reputation, to be the most distinguished and the most creative in the fields of education, scientific research and community service, by providing an appropriate academic environment for students; its goal is to nurture creativity, excellence and innovation in all fields.

Everyone in the faculty administration, faculty members, support staff, administrative staff and students are one family united by respect, friendliness, work and sincerity and because they believe that the centre of the educational process is the student, they spare no effort in pushing students towards excellence and creativity to build a generation of urban planners who carry the future of the nation on their shoulders, and to be bright stars in the sky of the nation, and to maintain the values, principles, norms and traditions of the academic and professional community.

 Since the faculty has a role to play in upgrading the education system in Egypt, enabling students to possess the tools of systematic thinking, and developing the queen of criticism and scientific analysis, the faculty is keen to be a learning environment characterized by a broad cognitive horizon by providing students with communication through modern electronic systems, stimulating them to think properly.

 Finally, we hope that your period of study at the faculty will be full of events and beautiful memories.



The Dean and The Minister of Housing Meeting

In light of the new work policy by Prof. Mohamed Refaat, Dean of the Faculty of Regional and Urban Planning, to promote full cooperation with all governmental and non-governmental bodies and institutions, he visited today Dr. Assem El-Gazzar, Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, who is a student of the Faculty (Batch 8) For more Click Here



Digital Transformation

Within the cooperation between the Faculty and the Faculty of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, we are proud of announcing the transformation of the Faculty into a Paperless Institution.


International GIS Diploma

Within the framework of the cooperation protocol between Cairo University and ESRI, the Faculty of Regional and Urban Planning announces the organisation of the first ESRI North Africa professional diploma internationally accredited by Cairo University and ESRI North Africa.

The diploma aims to prepare a generation of graduates for the labour market with scientific and applied expertise in the digital environment and participatory information systems on the latest platforms ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Pro GIS software.

# The first professional diploma accredited by Cairo University and Esri International.