Several Egyptian universities’ rankings dropped in the 2019 QS World University rankings with AUC coming in at 420, down from 395 in 2018. This decline came despite mentions in the 2018 rankings for featuring in the “top 200 for architecture/built environment, as well as the top 250 for modern languages and business and management studies, and the top 300 for arts and humanities.” Cairo University was ranked in the 521-530 bracket (down from 481-490), while Ain Shams University remained in the 701-750 bracket.