جامعة الإسكندرية | |
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| Latin:Universitas Alexandrina | |
Former names | Farouk I University (1938–1952) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1938; 87 years ago (1938) |
| Founder | Farouk I |
| President | Abdelaziz Konsowa |
Administrative staff | 7,402 |
| Students | 182,129 |
| Undergraduates | 143,553 |
| Postgraduates | 8,752 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Number Of Faculties | 23 |
| Website | alexu |
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Alexandria University (Arabic:جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university inAlexandria,Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite ofFouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an independent entity in 1942. It was known as Farouk University (named afterFarouk of Egypt) until after theEgyptian Revolution of 1952, when its name was changed to the University of Alexandria.Taha Hussein was the foundingrector of Alexandria University. It is now the second largest university in Egypt and has many affiliations to various universities for ongoing research.
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[1] that teach different types of social, medical, engineering, mathematics and other science. The university had other branches in Egypt outside Alexandria in Damanhour[2] and Matrouh[3] which later became two independent universities. andAlexandria National University inSmouha area. Other branches have been set up outside Egypt in Juba, South Sudan,[4] and in N'Djamena,[5] the capital of the Republic of Chad.
The idea to establish a branch ofFouad I University inAlexandria was approved by the university's council on 4 August 1938, with the decision ratified by the Council of Ministers two days later.
The "Zarfoudaki Palace" was leased as the branch's initial location, and studies began on 15 October 1938, with the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Law. The Faculty of Engineering was established in 1941. On 2 August 1942, Royal Decree No. 32 officially established King Farouk I University in Alexandria, which included the faculties of Arts, Law, Medicine, Science, Engineering, Agriculture, and Commerce. At the time of its establishment, the university had 1,171 students and 134 faculty members.[6]
The new Faculty of Law was initially housed in a secondary school building. In 1942, the Faculty of Agriculture was established inDamanhour. Following the 1952 revolution, the university's name was officially changed to Alexandria University.
The university continued to expand, adding several new faculties and institutes over the following decades, including the Faculty of Fine Arts in 1957 and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 1975. In the 1980s and 1990s, the university added branches and integrated several faculties from Helwan University. In the 21st century, the university began to expand internationally, establishing branches inN'Djamena,Chad (2010), andJuba,South Sudan (2014).[7]
At the time it became an independent institution in 1942, it had the followingfaculties:
In 1989, four faculties, located in Alexandria and administered byHelwan University, were annexed to Alexandria University. These are the faculties of agriculture,fine arts, physical education for boys and physical education for girls.
Alexandria University now holds 24 faculties and institutes as follows:
Alexandria University also opened branches inside Egypt and African and Middle Eastern countries:
| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World[10] | 601–700 (2023) |
| QS World[11] | 781-790 (2026) |
| THE World[12] | 801–1000 (2024) |
| USNWR Global[13] | =611 (2023) |
Alexandria University was ranked 147th worldwide based on Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2010–2011.[14] The 2010 rankings were controversial, as a singleprofessor'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.[15] Alexandria University is ranked 1001+ worldwide based on Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2020.[16] Alexandria University is ranked 801-1000+ worldwide based on QS World University Rankings 2021.[17] It is ranked 701-800 worldwide and 2nd in Egypt based on Shanghai ranking 2020.[18]
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