Education is the most important aspect in the progress and development of the nation. The majority of Egyptian society is dominated by Muslims who are almost the same as people in Indonesia. Although it has a majority Muslim community, in the aspect of education Egypt is more developed than Indonesia. Although it has similarities from the level of the education system, there are several different structures of the education system. This study was conducted to explain the education systems of Egypt and Indonesia. The method used in this research is a systemic review based on a literature review of ten national journal reviews that examine the Egyptian and Indonesian education systems. The results showed that there are differences between Egyptian and Indonesian education systems lying in the type of education system. The type of Egyptian education system consists of two, namely the secular type and Al Azhar which has education levels from primary, secondary, and high. The Al Azhar type focuses on religious schools which based on facts on the ground, religious schools are more accepted in higher education than secular types. While in Indonesia, adheres to a centralized education system supervised by the government as a policy maker which is divided into elementary (kindergarten and elementary school), secondary level (junior high, high school, and vocational), and higher education (universities of all majors).