Collège Saint Marc is an all-male French Catholic school in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

, Egypt. The school is located in the

Shatby Shatby Beach Shatby ( ar, الشاطبي ') is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. Institutions Many important institutes are located in Shatby, such as: *Alexandria University *Bibliotheca Alexandrina *Collège Saint Marc *El Nasr Boys' School ...

neighborhood at the downtown

. Collège Saint Marc was founded in 1928 by the

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to be the second Lassalian school in Alexandria after École Saint Gabriel. Collège Saint Marc was inaugurated on 6 October 1928, by

King Fuad I Fuad I ( ar, فؤاد الأول ''Fu’ād al-Awwal''; tr, I. Fuad or ; 26 March 1868 – 28 April 1936) was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and the Sudan. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sulta ...

. Built on an area of 35,726 m2, it was at the time of its inauguration the largest educational institution in the Middle East. Collège Saint Marc is a private educational institution with French as its main teaching language. Students must be accepted beginning at KG1, and successful students remain in the school until they receive their high school diploma. The curriculum at Collège Saint Marc prepares the students for the Egyptian Baccalaureate examination.

Heads of school

# Br. Pierre Cyprien, FSC (1928–1931) # Br. Léonce Onésime, FSC (1931–1937) # Br. Hippolyte Itale, FSC (1937–1939) # Br. Gustave Astier, FSC (1939–1940) # Br. Hippolyte Itale, FSC (1940–1946) # Br. Antonin Louis, FSC (1946–1947) # Br. Léon André, FSC (1947–1948) # Br. Antonin Louis, FSC (1948–1956) # Br. Adrien Polycarpe, FSC (1956–1961) # Br. Castanié Ildefonse, FSC (1961–1962) # Br. Gabr Saadé, FSC (1961–1962) # Br. Emile El Masri, FSC (1962–1963) # Br. Jacques Boulad, FSC (1962–1979) # Br. Michel Andrejko, FSC (1979–1983) # Br. Régis Robbe, FSC (1983–1985) # Br. Jacques Boulad, FSC (1985–1992) # Br. Régis Robbe, FSC (1992–1995) # Br. Georges Absi, FSC (1995–2003) # Mr. Waguih Hanna Elias (2003–present)

Notable alumni

Dodi Al-Fayed Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em Fayed (; arz, عماد الدين محمد عبد المنعم الفايد, ʿImād ed-Dīn Muḥammad ʿAbd el-Munʿim el-Fāyid , 17 April 1955 – 31 August 1997), better known as Dodi Fayed ( ar, دودى ...

Esmat Abdel Meguid Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid ( ar, أحمد عصمت عبد المجيد‎; 22 March 1923– 21 December 2013) was an Egyptian diplomat. He served as the Foreign Minister of Egypt between 1984 and 1991, and as the Secretary-General of the Arab Lea ...

– former Foreign Minister of Egypt and former Secretary-General of the Arab League * Roshdi Abaza – Egyptian actor *

Mohamed El Shorbagy Mohamed ElShorbagy ( ar, محمد الشوربجي, born 12 January 1991 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He represented Egypt from a young age until June 2022, and is currently representing England. He reached ...

– World Champion and World No. 1 Squash player

College Bulletin

Lotus No 82 Collège Saint Marc, Alexandria LOTUS 1975–1976 p231
LOTUS No 82 1975–1976 P231

External links

* French international schools in Egypt International schools in Egypt

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Heads of school

Notable alumni

See also

College Bulletin

External links