Enrollment and Registration

Instructions for Foreign Students:

1. Foreign students can join Al-Azhar University (Arabic and religious studies colleges) if their high school certificate is equivalent to the certificate offered by Al-Azhar Secondary Institutes for Muslim Envoys (Buʿouth).
2. Foreign students can join Al-Azhar Secondary Institutes if their preparatory school certificate is equivalent to the certificate offered by Al-Azhar Preparatory Schools for Muslim Envoys.
3. Foreign students can join Al-Azhar University (non-religious studies colleges: science and humanities) if their high school certificate is not equivalent to the certificate offered by Al-Azhar Secondary Institutes for Muslim Envoys. However, the certificate must be acceptable by the universities in the applicants’ own country and certified by its embassy and the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
4. Applicants, under the age of 30 who cannot speak Arabic, and who have no study certificates, have to join Al-Azhar Institute of Arabic for up to two years. Then they can join a preparatory school institute (1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd year) or a secondary school institute (1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd year) at Al-Azhar according to a placement test that determines their levels.    
5. Applicants, under the age of 30, who can speak Arabic, yet they have no study certificates, can join a preparatory institute (1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd year) or a secondary institute (1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd year) at Al-Azhar according to a placement test that determines their levels.