Selim Hassan (Arabic: سليم حسن; born on 15 April 1886[1] – 1961) was an Egyptian Egyptologist.

He was the first native Egyptian to be appointed Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cairo, a post he held from 1936 to 1939.

[4] Hassan was the first Egyptian to be appointed as a professor of Egyptology at the University of Cairo, where he taught from 1928 to 1936.

[4] Inspired by the archaeological work of Newberry and Junker, Hassan began his career in excavation by clearing some mastabas in the Giza necropolis in 1929 and continued until 1939.

Hermann Junker, also working at Giza, concentrated in his publication very much on architecture with long chapters better placed in articles on different subjects, but not on his finds.

The publications of Selim Hassan concentrates on the find and the archaeology, including the pottery found, often only just mentioned by Junker.