Alexandria University ( ar, جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university 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
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. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of
Fouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an independent entity in 1942. It was known as Farouk University until the
1952 when its name was changed to the University of Alexandria.
Taha Hussein was the founding
rector
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of Alexandria University. It is now the second largest university in Egypt and has many affiliations to various universities for ongoing
research
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.
Alexandria University is one of the largest universities in Egypt, and the third university established after Cairo University and the American University in Cairo. Alexandria University has 21 faculties and 3 institutes that teach different types of social, medical, engineering, mathematics and other science. The university had other branches in Egypt outside Alexandria in Damanhour and Matrouh which later became two independent universities. and
International Branch in
New Borg El Arab
New Borg El Arab ( ar, برج العرب الجديدة ' is a new Egyptian city of the first generation, located in Alexandria Governorate, and administratively affiliated to the New Urban Communities Authority. It was established by decree of t ...
city. Other branches have been set up outside Egypt in Juba, South Sudan, and in N'Djamena, the capital of the Republic of Chad.
Administration
* Abdelaziz Konsowa, president of Alexandria University
* Ashraf Elghandour, vice president for graduate studies and research
* Wael Nabil, vice president for education and student affairs
* Mohamed Abdel Azim Aboul Naga, vice president for community service and environmental development
Faculties
At the time it became an independent institution in 1942, it had the following
faculties:
* Faculty of Agriculture
* Faculty of Medicine (1942)
* Faculty of Arts (1938)
* Faculty of Commerce
*
Faculty of Engineering
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* Faculty (instrument), an instrument or warra ...
(1941)
* Faculty of Law (1938)
*
Faculty of Science
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* Faculty (academic staff), the academic staff of a university (North American usage)
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(1942)
In 1989, four faculties, located in Alexandria and administered by
Helwan University
Helwan University is a public university based in Helwan, Egypt, which is part of Greater Cairo on over . It comprises 23 faculties and two higher institutes in addition to 50 research centers.
Overview
Helwan University is a member of the E ...
, were annexed to Alexandria University. These are the faculties of
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
,
fine arts
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,
physical education
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for boys and physical education for girls.
Alexandria University now holds 24 faculties and institutes as follows:
* Faculty of Arts (1938)
* Faculty of Law (1938)
* Faculty of Commerce (1942)
* Faculty of Engineering (1942)
* Faculty of Science (1942)
* Faculty of Agriculture (1942)
* Faculty of Medicine (1942)
* Faculty of Pharmacy (1947)
* Faculty of Nursing (1954)
* Faculty of Physical Education for Girls (1954)
* Faculty of Physical Education for Boys (1955)
* High Institute of Public Health (1956)
* Faculty of Fine Arts (1957)
* Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha) (1959)
* Faculty of Education (1966)
* Faculty of Dentistry (1970)
* Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (1972)
* Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (1975)
* Institute of Medical Research (1975)
* Faculty of Tourism and Hotels (1982)
* Faculty of Specific Education (1988)
* Faculty of Education for Early Childhood (1989)
* Faculty of Economic Studies & Political Science (2014)
* Faculty of Computing and Data Science (2019)
Branches
Alexandria University also opened branches inside Egypt and African and Middle Eastern countries:
* Chad branch (2010)
* South Sudan branch (2014)
*
International Branch in
New Borg El Arab
New Borg El Arab ( ar, برج العرب الجديدة ' is a new Egyptian city of the first generation, located in Alexandria Governorate, and administratively affiliated to the New Urban Communities Authority. It was established by decree of t ...
city (2019)
* Alexandria National University (2021)
* Iraq branch
Notable alumni and faculty
*
Azer Bestavros (Faculty of Engineering, 1984) – Warren Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Boston University, Boston, US
*
Mervat Seif el-Din
Mervat Seif el-Din, Arabic: ميرفت سيف الدين (born 1954) is a classical archaeologist from Egypt, who was Director of the Graeco-Roman Museum of Alexandria from 2004 to 2010. A specialist in the archaeology of Alexandria, el-Din is an ...
– classical archaeologist and egyptologist, former director of the
Graeco-Roman Museum
The Graeco-Roman Museum is an archaeological museum located in Alexandria, Egypt.
History
Erected in 1892, it was first built in a five-room apartment, inside one small building on Rosetta Street (later Avenue Canope and now Horriya). In 1895, ...
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Mostafa El-Abbadi
Mostafa Abdel-Hamid el-Abbadi ( ar, مصطفى العبادي; 10 October 1928 – 13 February 2017) was a prominent Egyptian historian, public intellectual and professor specialized in Greco-Roman world, Greco-Roman studies. He died on 13 Febru ...
– professor and historian
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Mohamed Hashish
Mohamed Hashish (born May 22, 1947) is an Egyptian-born research scientist best known as the father of the abrasive water jet cutter.
Youth and schooling
Mohamed Hashish was born in Alexandria, Egypt to Ahmed Hashish and Zeinab Amin. Mohamed ...
(Faculty of Engineering) – research scientist best known as the father of the abrasive water jet cutter
*
Mohammed Aboul-Fotouh Hassab
Mohammed Aboul-Fotouh Hassab was an Egyptian gastro-intestinal surgeon. He is known for the description of his operation Hassab's decongestion operation for the treatment of oesophageal varices as a result of portal hypertension
Portal hypert ...
(1913–2000) – professor of gastro-intestinal surgery; creator of surgical procedure known as
Hassab's decongestion operation
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Mo Ibrahim
Mohammed "Mo" Ibrahim ( ar, محمد إبراهيم; born 3 May 1946) is a Sudanese-British billionaire businessman. He worked for several telecommunications companies, before founding Celtel, which when sold had over 24 million mobile phone s ...
(Faculty of Engineering) – Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire
*
Yahya El Mashad
Yahya El Mashad ( ar, يحيى المشد; 1932 – 14 June 1980) was an Egyptian nuclear scientist who headed the Iraqi nuclear program. He was killed in a Paris hotel room in June 1980, in an operation generally attributed to the Mossad.
Ear ...
(Faculty of Engineering, 1952) – Egyptian nuclear physicist
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Rebecca Joshua Okwaci
Rebecca Joshua Okwaci is a South Sudanese politician, and a member of Parliament and the Chief Whip of the Ruling SPLM Party in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly as of 2022. She was the former Minister of Telecommunications and Postal ...
(English language, literature, and translation) – South Sudanese politician, and the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services in the Government of the Republic of South Sudan
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Tawfiq Saleh
Tewfik Saleh ( ar, توفيق صالح) was an Egyptian film director and writer. His name has also been written as Tawfik Saleh and Tewfiq Salah.
Biography
Saleh was born on 27 October 1926, in Alexandria. Although his father was against his in ...
(English literature, 1949) – film director
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Boshra Salem – professor, founder and the Chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences
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William Linn Westermann
William Linn Westermann (September 15, 1873 – October 4, 1954) was an American historian and papyrologist who served as the president of the American Historical Association in 1944. He was regarded as an expert on the economy of the ancient wo ...
(Visiting Professor 1948) – American papyrologist
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Magdy Younes – Canadian physician, medical researcher and academic
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Moustafa Youssef (Faculty of Engineering, 1997) – Egyptian computer scientist and engineer. First and only ACM fellow in the Middle East and Africa.
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Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Hassan Zewail ( ar, أحمد حسن زويل, ; February 26, 1946 – August 2, 2016) was an Egyptian-American chemist, known as the "father of femtochemistry". He was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry ...
(Faculty of Science, 1967) – Nobel Prize in chemistry, 1999
Ranking
Alexandria University was ranked 147th worldwide based on Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2010–2011. The 2010 rankings were controversial, as a single
professor
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's practice of publishing a great number of articles in a journal of which he himself was the editor was identified as a crucial contributing factor for the high rating of Alexandria University.
[Questionable Science Behind Academic Rankings](_blank)
''The New York Times'' 14 November 2010. Alexandria University is ranked 1001+ worldwide based on Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2020. Alexandria University is ranked 801-1000+ worldwide based on QS World University Rankings 2021. It is ranked 701-800 worldwide and 2nd in Egypt based on Shanghai ranking 2020.
See also
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Borg El Arab University Hospital
Borg El Arab University Hospital ( ar, مستشفي برج العرب الجامعي) is a teaching hospital One of Alexandria University Hospitals, its included on the first governmental center specialized in treating children cancer free of char ...
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Educational institutions in Alexandria
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Education in Egypt
In the 21st century, the Government of Egypt has given greater priority to improving the education system. According to the Human Development Index (HDI), Egypt is ranked 115 in the HDI, and 9 in the lowest 10 HDI countries in the Middle East ...
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List of universities in Egypt
This is a list of universities in Egypt. The higher education sector of Egypt includes a number of state-funded, national and private universities.
State-funded
National universities
Private universities
See also
*Education in Egypt
*Li ...
References
External links
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Educational institutions established in 1938
Forestry education
Universities in Egypt
Organisations based in Alexandria