Good, but would be better in Tahrir

The level of education here is very good. My professors are great and I am learning a lot. Staff and administration are very competent post-enrollment, though there were quite a few issues prior to my arrival.

Frequent, inexpensive, inclusive trips are arranged by the university to various parts of the country, which is nice for international students.

If your parents are worrying about security, tell them not to. You have to go through two security gates to enter campus, including a metal detector and X-Ray for your bag. To enter the dorms, it's other one to two ID checkpoints depending on whether a door is left open or not. As for the city, I feel safer walking around Cairo alone at night than any city in the United States. As literally the most 24 hour city in the world, you will very rarely be walking down dark streets alone and people here have a tendency to look out for each other.

It may be convenient, but I highly advise against staying in the dorms. The office acts as if they are our parents, with a curfew, requiring use of ID to enter (they do track who goes in and out in order to enforce the curfew), and a total prohibition on visitors of the opposite sex, alcohol, and smoking. I literally had more freedom when I was 15.