La IYunivesithi yaseCairo Ime eGiza, ithathwa njengeziko lokufunda elililo eliye laqhuba ngempumelelo injongo yalo yokunikezela ngemfundo, uphando kunye namalungelo enkcubeko kule minyaka idlulileyo. Iqwalaselwa njengeyunivesithi kanina phakathi kwezinye iiyunivesithi ezincinci ezise-Egypt.
IYunivesithi yaseCairo ikwabonelela ngeenkonzo zayo zemfundo kunye nophando kubafundi baseArabhu nabangaphandle kunye nososayensi, kwaye sele isaziwa kwihlabathi liphela.
Kufuneka iqatshelwe ukuba inamaziko ophando lwezenzululwazi ali-100 kunye neeyunithi zabucala. Kukwakho nesibhedlele sabafundi, umatshini wokushicilela, ilayibrari esembindini kunye neelayibrari zeFakhalthi.
Okwangoku, iYunivesithi yaseCairo ibandakanya iiFakhalthi ezingama-23 kunye namaziko agubungela malunga ne-155.000 yabafundi abaneeprofesa ezingama-3.158, oonjingalwazi abayi-2.361 kunye nabaqhankqalazi abancedisayo kunye nabasebenzi abayi-12.233
Yayisungulwa ngoDisemba 21, 1908, njengesiphumo somzamo wokuseka iziko lesizwe lokucinga ngemfundo. Iiyunivesithi ezininzi ezikhoyo zandulela ukuyilwa kwale yunivesithi kubandakanya neKholeji yezobuNjineli e1816, eyavalwa yiKhedive yase-Egypt ne-Sudan, u-Said Pasha, e-1854.
Inyani yeyokuba iYunivesithi yaseCairo yasekwa njengeyunivesithi yoluntu yokuphefumlelwa kwaseYurophu, ngokuchaseneyo neyunivesithi yezenkolo yase-al-Azhar, kwaye yaba yimodeli yokuqala yemveli kwezinye iiyunivesithi zikarhulumente.