The School of Business at the American University in Cairo is recognized as the top private Business School in Egypt and one of the top in the Arab and Africa regions ranked second in 2009 and 2010 by Eduniversal. The MBA program was ranked second in Africa and the Middle East by Top MBA in 2011. The school attracts the best students, faculty and staff and regularly opts for continuous improvement and integrating its programs and services within a global context while catering for local culture and needs. The school prides itself on building these programs on a solid liberal arts foundation, which provides graduates with the background needed to understand the world in which they will live and to allow them to bring this perspective into their professional lives.