the german university in cairo, guc, is an egyptian private university founded by the presidential decree 27/2002, according to the law number 101/1992 and its executive regulations number 355/1996. guc is established in cooperation with the state universities of ulm and stuttgart, under the patronage of the egyptian ministry of higher education , the ministry of science, research and arts, state of baden-wuerttemberg, germany, and supported by the german academic exchange service (daad), the german embassy in cairo, the arab/german chamber of industry and commerce (ahk) and the federal ministry of education and research, germany.