Ten Top Universities to Study Law in Egypt

Only seventeen Egyptian universities offer law as part of their taught programmes and not all them use English language as medium of instruction. Law schools at Al Azhar University, Cairo, Ain Shams University, Al Azhar University, Tanta and at Benha University use Arabic as medium of instruction. International students wishing to study law in Egypt may not be able to study the programme at the above mentioned schools except if they are able to speak Arabic or willing to learn it on arrival in Egypt.

All the universities mentioned on this page as where law can best be study as a programme in Egypt has common departments at their various Faculty of Law.

The departments common to them are:

  • Department of Civil Law
  • Department of Commercial and Maritime Law
  • Department of Criminal Law
  • Department of Economics and Financial Law
  • Department of Islamic (Sharia) Law
  • Department of Philosophy and History
  • Department of Private International Law
  • Department of Public International Law
  • Department of Procedure Law and 
  • Department of Public Law


Cairo University School of Law is the oldest among the ten best where law can be study as a programme. It started it law programme as far back as 1886.

Below is the list of Ten Best Universities in Egypt where law can best be studied as a programme.


  • Aswan University
  • Mansoura University
  • Beni Suef University
  • Cairo University
  • Ain Shams University
  • American University of Cairo
  • Benha University
  • Tanta University
  • Al Azhar University
  • Alexandra University