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      Historic background

    The Faculty of Agriculture had its beginning in 1889 as a junior school of agriculture with a class of five students. The school curriculum and student body expanded gradually until 1911 when it became a higher school of agriculture. In 1935, the school was incorporated in the Egyptian University, which then began to offer the B.Sc. degree in agriculture. Until that time only male students could get admission to the faculty. On 1945 a group of 12 female students were able to fight their ways to gain admission and graduated in 1949 and were the first agriculture female graduates in the country. Ever since, male and female students shared classrooms and laboratories.

     The Faculty of Agriculture has approximately 766 faculty members serving in 18 academic departments and devoted to the development of the faculty programs and the instruction of about 3356 undergraduate and 1300 graduate students. It is the oldest faculty of agriculture and major one of Cairo University, nearly all faculty members are actively involved in national and international research projects.

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