[2] The university's academic structure includes 21 faculties, and 1 high institutes plus 12 centers and special units.

The opposite Campus houses the faculty of Commerce, Alsun, pharmaceutical Science and Dentistry.

In 2012, Misr International films was producing a television series based on the novel Zaat by Sonallah Ibrahim.

Filming of scenes set at Ain Shams University was scheduled to occur that year, but Muslim Brotherhood student members and some teachers at the school protested, stating that the 1970s era clothing worn by the actresses was indecent and would not allow filming unless the clothing was changed.

Gaby Khoury, the head of the film company, stated that engineering department head Sherif Hammad "insisted that the filming should stop and that we would be reimbursed ... explaining that he was not able to guarantee the protection of the materials or the artists.