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Alexandria University

October 22, 2023

Alexandria University (Arabic: جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university in Alexandria, Egypt. 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 after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, when its name was changed to the University of Alexandria. Taha Hussein was the founding rector of Alexandria University. It is now the second largest university in Egypt and has many affiliations to various universities for ongoing research.

Alexandria University
Former names
Farouk University (1938–1952)
TypePublic
Established1938
PresidentAbdelaziz Konsowa
Administrative staff
7,402
Students182,129
Undergraduates143,553
Postgraduates8,752
Location
Alexandria
,
Egypt
CampusUrban
Number Of Faculties23
Websitealexu.edu.eg

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. and International Branch in New Borg El Arab city.[4][5] Other branches have been set up outside Egypt in Juba, South Sudan,[6] and in N'Djamena,[7] the capital of the Republic of Chad.

Administration Edit

  • 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 Edit

 
Administration building, Alexandria University

At the time it became an independent institution in 1942, it had the following faculties:

In 1989, four faculties, located in Alexandria and administered by Helwan 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:

  • Faculty of Arts (1938)
  • Faculty of Law (1938)
  • Faculty of business (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) [8]
  • Faculty of Economic Studies & Political Science (2014)
  • Faculty of Computing and Data Science (2019)[9]

Branches Edit

Alexandria University also opened branches inside Egypt and African and Middle Eastern countries:

  • Chad branch (2010)
  • South Sudan branch (2014)

Notable alumni and faculty Edit

  • Fawzia Al-Ashmawi (College of Arts, 1965) – Egyptian academic at University of Geneva
  • Azer Bestavros (Faculty of Engineering, 1984) – Warren Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Boston University, Boston, US
  • Mervat Seif el-Din – classical archaeologist and egyptologist, former director of the Graeco-Roman Museum[10][11]
  • Mostafa El-Abbadi – professor and historian[12]
  • Mohamed Hashish (Faculty of Engineering) – research scientist best known as the father of the abrasive water jet cutter
  • Mohammed Aboul-Fotouh Hassab (1913–2000) – professor of gastro-intestinal surgery; creator of surgical procedure known as Hassab's decongestion operation
  • Mo Ibrahim (Faculty of Engineering) – Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire
  • Yahya El Mashad (Faculty of Engineering, 1952) – Egyptian nuclear physicist
  • Rebecca Joshua Okwaci (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
  • Tawfiq Saleh (English literature, 1949) – film director[13]
  • Boshra Salem – professor, founder and the Chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences[14]
  • William Linn Westermann (Visiting Professor 1948) – American papyrologist
  • Magdy Younes – Canadian physician, medical researcher and academic
  • Moustafa Youssef (Faculty of Engineering, 1997) – Egyptian computer scientist and engineer. First and only ACM fellow in the Middle East and Africa.
  • Ahmed Zewail (Faculty of Science, 1967) – Nobel Prize in chemistry, 1999[15]


Ranking Edit

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[16]701-800 (2020)
QS World[17]801-1000 (2021)
THE World[18]1001+ (2020)

Alexandria University was ranked 147th worldwide based on Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2010–2011.[19] The 2010 rankings were controversial, as a single professor'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.[20] Alexandria University is ranked 1001+ worldwide based on Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2020.[21] Alexandria University is ranked 801-1000+ worldwide based on QS World University Rankings 2021.[22] It is ranked 701-800 worldwide and 2nd in Egypt based on Shanghai ranking 2020.[23]

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ https://www.alexu.edu.eg/index.php/en/faculties-centers Alexandria University's faculties
  2. ^ http://damanhour.edu.eg/En/Pages/Page.aspx?id=15 Damanhour Branch
  3. ^ https://www.youm7.com/story/2017/9/25/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84/3428922 Matrouh separated from Alexandria University and turned into an independent university-Arabic source
  4. ^ "Dr. Essam Al-Kordi, inspected a land of 339-acre, facilities and university hospital in Borg Al-Arab". Alexandria University. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Establishment of the Faculty of Al-Alsun and Applied Languages and an international branch in Borg El Arab". akhbarak.net. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ^ https://www.jubamonitor.com/egypt-to-open-alexandria-university-branch-in-s-sudan/ Juba Branch
  7. ^ https://www.alexu.edu.eg/index.php/en/2015-11-24-10-38-07/au-media/au-news/4665-n-djamena-branch-celebrates-the-graduation-of-a-new-batch N'djamena branch
  8. ^ http://kindg.alexu.edu.eg/index.php/en/ The Faculty of Kindergarten changed its name to the Faculty of Education for Early Childhood
  9. ^ https://akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/2890665/1/%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9 Establishment of the Faculty of Computing and Data Science-Arabic source
  10. ^ "Alexandrian Art in Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period". www.arce-nc.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  11. ^ "The Boubasteion and the first Greek immigrants to Alexandria".
  12. ^ "Who is Mostafa El-Abbadi? Google Doodle celebrates Egyptian historian". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Egyptian renowned film director Tawfiq Saleh dies at 87". Al-Ahram. 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  14. ^ . International Council for Science. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  15. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  16. ^ [Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2020.html 2020-08-15 at the Wayback Machine]
  17. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2021". Top Universities. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  18. ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  19. ^ "World University Rankings 2010–2011". Timeshighereducation.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  20. ^ Questionable Science Behind Academic Rankings, The New York Times 14 November 2010.
  21. ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  22. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2021". Top Universities. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  23. ^ . www.shanghairanking.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2020-08-15.

External links Edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandria University.
  • Alexandria University official website

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Alexandria University Arabic جامعة الإسكندرية is a public university in Alexandria Egypt 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 after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 when its name was changed to the University of Alexandria Taha Hussein was the founding rector of Alexandria University It is now the second largest university in Egypt and has many affiliations to various universities for ongoing research Alexandria UniversityFormer namesFarouk University 1938 1952 TypePublicEstablished1938PresidentAbdelaziz KonsowaAdministrative staff7 402Students182 129Undergraduates143 553Postgraduates8 752LocationAlexandria EgyptCampusUrbanNumber Of Faculties23Websitealexu wbr edu wbr egAlexandria 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 and International Branch in New Borg El Arab city 4 5 Other branches have been set up outside Egypt in Juba South Sudan 6 and in N Djamena 7 the capital of the Republic of Chad Contents 1 Administration 2 Faculties 3 Branches 4 Notable alumni and faculty 5 Ranking 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksAdministration EditAbdelaziz 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 developmentFaculties Edit nbsp Administration building Alexandria UniversityAt 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 1941 Faculty of Law 1938 Faculty of Science 1942 In 1989 four faculties located in Alexandria and administered by Helwan 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 Faculty of Arts 1938 Faculty of Law 1938 Faculty of business 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 8 Faculty of Economic Studies amp Political Science 2014 Faculty of Computing and Data Science 2019 9 Branches EditAlexandria University also opened branches inside Egypt and African and Middle Eastern countries Chad branch 2010 South Sudan branch 2014 Alexandria International University in New Borg El Arab city 2019 Alexandria National University 2021 Iraq branchNotable alumni and faculty EditFawzia Al Ashmawi College of Arts 1965 Egyptian academic at University of Geneva Azer Bestavros Faculty of Engineering 1984 Warren Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Boston University Boston US Mervat Seif el Din classical archaeologist and egyptologist former director of the Graeco Roman Museum 10 11 Mostafa El Abbadi professor and historian 12 Mohamed Hashish Faculty of Engineering research scientist best known as the father of the abrasive water jet cutter Mohammed Aboul Fotouh Hassab 1913 2000 professor of gastro intestinal surgery creator of surgical procedure known as Hassab s decongestion operation Mo Ibrahim Faculty of Engineering Sudanese British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire Yahya El Mashad Faculty of Engineering 1952 Egyptian nuclear physicist Rebecca Joshua Okwaci 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 Tawfiq Saleh English literature 1949 film director 13 Boshra Salem professor founder and the Chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences 14 William Linn Westermann Visiting Professor 1948 American papyrologist Magdy Younes Canadian physician medical researcher and academic Moustafa Youssef Faculty of Engineering 1997 Egyptian computer scientist and engineer First and only ACM fellow in the Middle East and Africa Ahmed Zewail Faculty of Science 1967 Nobel Prize in chemistry 1999 15 Ranking EditUniversity rankingsGlobal OverallARWU World 16 701 800 2020 QS World 17 801 1000 2021 THE World 18 1001 2020 Alexandria University was ranked 147th worldwide based on Times Higher Education s World University Rankings 2010 2011 19 The 2010 rankings were controversial as a single professor 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 20 Alexandria University is ranked 1001 worldwide based on Times Higher Education s World University Rankings 2020 21 Alexandria University is ranked 801 1000 worldwide based on QS World University Rankings 2021 22 It is ranked 701 800 worldwide and 2nd in Egypt based on Shanghai ranking 2020 23 See also EditBorg El Arab University Hospital Educational institutions in Alexandria Education in Egypt List of universities in EgyptReferences Edit https www alexu edu eg index php en faculties centers Alexandria University s faculties http damanhour edu eg En Pages Page aspx id 15 Damanhour Branch https www youm7 com story 2017 9 25 D8 A8 D8 A7 D9 84 D8 B5 D9 88 D8 B1 D9 85 D8 AD D8 A7 D9 81 D8 B8 D9 85 D8 B7 D8 B1 D9 88 D8 AD D8 A7 D9 81 D8 AA D8 AA D8 A7 D8 AD D8 AC D8 A7 D9 85 D8 B9 D8 A9 D9 85 D8 B7 D8 B1 D9 88 D8 AD D8 B1 D8 B3 D9 85 D9 8A D8 A7 D9 8A D9 86 D8 A7 D9 8A D8 B1 D8 A7 D9 84 D9 85 D9 82 D8 A8 D9 84 3428922 Matrouh separated from Alexandria University and turned into an independent university Arabic source Dr Essam Al Kordi inspected a land of 339 acre facilities and university hospital in Borg Al Arab Alexandria University Retrieved 22 March 2022 Establishment of the Faculty of Al Alsun and Applied Languages and an international branch in Borg El Arab akhbarak net 29 October 2019 Retrieved 22 March 2022 https www jubamonitor com egypt to open alexandria university branch in s sudan Juba Branch https www alexu edu eg index php en 2015 11 24 10 38 07 au media au news 4665 n djamena branch celebrates the graduation of a new batch N djamena branch http kindg alexu edu eg index php en The Faculty of Kindergarten changed its name to the Faculty of Education for Early Childhood https akhbarelyom com news newdetails 2890665 1 D8 A5 D9 86 D8 B4 D8 A7 D8 A1 D9 83 D9 84 D9 8A D8 A9 D9 84 D9 84 D8 AD D8 A7 D8 B3 D8 A8 D8 A7 D8 AA D9 88 D8 B9 D9 84 D9 88 D9 85 D8 A7 D9 84 D8 A8 D9 8A D8 A7 D9 86 D8 A7 D8 AA D8 A8 D8 AC D8 A7 D9 85 D8 B9 D8 A9 D8 A7 D9 84 D8 A5 D8 B3 D9 83 D9 86 D8 AF D8 B1 D9 8A D8 A9 Establishment of the Faculty of Computing and Data Science Arabic source Alexandrian Art in Egypt in the Graeco Roman Period www arce nc org Retrieved 2021 01 28 The Boubasteion and the first Greek immigrants to Alexandria Who is Mostafa El Abbadi Google Doodle celebrates Egyptian historian Evening Standard Retrieved 10 October 2022 Egyptian renowned film director Tawfiq Saleh dies at 87 Al Ahram 2013 08 18 Retrieved 2013 09 14 Dr Boshra Salem inducted into U S Department of State s Women in Science Hall of Fame International Council for Science Archived from the original on 19 August 2016 Retrieved 10 July 2016 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999 Nobelprize org Retrieved 2013 02 04 Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 http www shanghairanking com ARWU2020 html Archived 2020 08 15 at the Wayback Machine QS World University Rankings 2021 Top Universities 2020 05 28 Retrieved 2020 08 15 World University Rankings Times Higher Education THE 2019 08 20 Retrieved 2020 08 15 World University Rankings 2010 2011 Timeshighereducation co uk Retrieved 2013 02 04 Questionable Science Behind Academic Rankings The New York Times 14 November 2010 World University Rankings Times Higher Education THE 2019 08 20 Retrieved 2020 08 15 QS World University Rankings 2021 Top Universities 2020 05 28 Retrieved 2020 08 15 ARWU World University Rankings 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 Top 1000 universities Shanghai Ranking 2020 www shanghairanking com Archived from the original on 2020 08 15 Retrieved 2020 08 15 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandria University Alexandria University official website 31 12 07 N 29 54 19 E 31 20194 N 29 90528 E 31 20194 29 90528 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alexandria University amp oldid 1177504153, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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