The National Research Centre is an Egyptian research and development center for multiple disciplines including agriculture, chemistry, biology, medicine, engineering and genetics.

[1] It was established in 1956 "to foster basic and applied scientific research, particularly in industry, agriculture, public health and other sectors of national economy".

The NRC is the largest institution affiliated with the ministry of Scientific Research.

[3][4] The NRC is divided into 14 institutes and 109 departments, concentrated in four sectors.

[1] Institutes related to the industrial sector: Institutes related to basic sciences: Institutes related to the environment and public health sectors: Institutes related to the agricultural sector: The Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses is an affiliated research center in Egypt that focuses on the threat to humans from influenza viruses of animals.