The Thanaweya Amma, or General Secondary Education Certificate, is Egypt's national examination taken at the end of secondary school, and the principal determinant of admission to Egyptian public universities and their individual faculties through a centralized coordination system. Students typically follow either a scientific or a literary track in their final two years of secondary school, and their cumulative Thanaweya Amma score is used nationally to allocate university places by strict numerical cutoffs.
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Policy TypeAssessment or Standards Policy 1 Education LevelUpper Secondary Education (ISCED 3) 1 Policy Status
Policy Status (category) Key ProvisionServes as the entrance examination for Egyptian public universities 1 FAQs
Do private universities in Egypt admit students through the Thanaweya Amma coordination system?
Private universities sit outside the Tansiq coordination system and admit applicants directly.
No. Private universities sit outside the Tansiq coordination system that places students in public university seats. Applicants apply to each private university directly, and most of these universities set entry standards below the public cut-offs, especially outside medicine and engineering.
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1. Thanaweya Amma (Wikipedia)
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serves as the entrance examination for Egyptian public universities
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Thanaweya Amma (Arabic: ثانوية عامة ) is a series of standardized tests in Egypt that lead to the General Secondary Education Certificate for public secondary schools and serves as the entrance examination for Egyptian public universities.
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Thanaweya Amma (Arabic: ثانوية عامة ) is a series of standardized tests in Egypt that lead to the General Secondary Education Certificate for public secondary schools and serves as the entrance examination for Egyptian public universities.
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The Thanaweya Amma, or General Secondary Education Certificate, is Egypt's national examination taken at the end of secondary school, and the principal determinant of admission to Egyptian public universities and their individual faculties through a centralized coordination system.
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