Al Azhar English Language Resource Center

Al Azhar English Language Resource Center (ELRC) was founded in 2007 at the Nasr City, Cairo campus of Al Azhar University as a result of collaboration between Al Azhar University and the United States Embassy in Cairo. The US Embassy provides the ELRC with American English Language Fellows with master's degrees in teaching English as a second language through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is overseen by the Cairo Regional English Language Office. In 2017, the center was moved to Al Azhar University, Darrasa branch - a few meters away from Al-Azhar Mosque.

AMIDEAST administers the English Language Resource Center (ELRC) at Al-Azhar University. The center provides intensive English language instruction to junior faculty members from Islamic and Arabic Studies, among other faculties, as well as teacher training to select Al-Azhar graduates from the Faculty of Language and Translation. The English Language Resource Center (ELRC) at Al-Azhar University began in 2007 as a joint initiative between the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and Al-Azhar University to increase the English proficiency levels of junior faculty members.

The ELRC offers general English classes for up to 100 students at a time. Each student is given the opportunity to study for a maximum of two years in order to complete all four stages (beginner, high-beginner, low-intermediate, and intermediate), which are aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Academic English skills are integrated in stage 4, and participants in this stage are given the ITP TOEFL exam upon successful completion of the course. Students are also involved in a variety of professional and academic workshops.