Overview

Key facts

Pharmacy and Biotechnology from the German University in Cairo are highly multidisciplinary; they have their roots in many fields including biology, especially microbiology, molecular biology and genetics, as well as chemistry, biochemistry, chemical and process engineering. Historically, biotechnology was primarily the art of manufacturing fermented foods in baking, brewing, cheese making and other bio-products.

Modern biotechnology not only wishes to understand and improve such processes from a scientific standpoint but also to extend them to problems such as wastewater treatment or pollution control. Moreover, innovations brought about by molecular biology and genetic engineering allowing unprecedented changes to be made to bio-components as well as to complete living systems. This includes protein and enzyme engineering or transgenic plants and animals.

Programme Structure

Courses Overview

The Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology is offering an Egyptian Bachelor program in Pharmacy & Biotechnology. This program consists of 10 semesters which take 5 years to complete.

The Faculty is also offering an international Master of Science in Pharmacy. In addition to the already taken courses, students have to achieve successfully experimental research work and to write a thesis with duration of 6 months after the 10th semester.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-07 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-27 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

300 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cairo, Egypt

Disciplines

Pharmacy Biotechnology View 3 other Bachelors in Biotechnology in Egypt

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

The student must complete the online application.

After filling in the online application, the student will get an application number.

Once the student fills in the online application , s/he will receive an email “ admission test invitation email “ , where s/he will be required to reserve the admission test session online ( Please note that the German Schools’ graduates as well as students graduated from Germany are exempted from the admission tests )

The student will receive a confirmation for her/his test session date and time.

The student MUST follow the instructions written in the test confirmation email very carefully.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

7600 EUR / year

≈ 7600 EUR / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

4244 EUR / year

≈ 4244 EUR / year

Additional Details

National: EGP 123,625

Living costs

Cairo

Egypt

5312 - 6846 EGP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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