Qena University

Qena University (QU) is a university in Egypt that provides teaching and research facilities. The President of the University is Prof. Dr. Ahmed Akkawy Abdulaziz. Initially a branch of Assiut University, QU was established in 1995.

The university has a second campus in the coastal city of Hurghada, just south of where the Gulf of Suez meets the Red Sea. It has 16 faculties split between the two campuses. Hurghada is home to the faculty of education. Other faculties include Arts, Law, Science, Special Education, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Nursing, Engineering, Commerce, Agriculture and Physical Education. Its former campus in the city of Sohag became the separate Sohag University in 2006.