This article describes Muhammad Ali's educational endeavors since he came
to power in 1805. Muhammad Ali built schools and brought in European
teachers to teach, and he aimed to take advantage of scientific developments
in European countries to create a modern Egypt. By conducting a literature
study and a qualitative approach, we analyze the sources obtained and
describe them historically using a qualitative approach. Muhammad Ali had
strong ambitions to become the sole ruler of the Middle East and his
descendants. For this reason, a strong army is needed for this ambition. A
strong military cannot come without medicine, chemistry, physics, civil
engineering, and language education. His efforts succeeded brilliantly after
experiencing obstacles almost on par with all European countries. However,
this effort is detrimental to Islamic Education and Al-Azhar by building
schools that sometimes do not follow Islamic teachings and rule out Arabic as
the language of the Koran. Even so, public Education did not continue and run
as it should because Western countries stopped Muhammad Ali's ambition to
build a modern state. After all, the interests of the West and Russia were
disrupted.