| Alexandria University | |
|---|---|
| جامعة الإسكندرية | |
| Established | 1938 |
| Type | Public |
| President | Prof. Dr. Osama Ibrahim |
| Admin. staff | 18,450 |
| Undergraduates | 175,591 |
| Postgraduates | 19,510 |
| Location | Alexandria, Egypt |
| Campus | Urban |
| Former names | Farouk University (1938–1952) |
| Website | http://www.alexu.edu.eg/ |
Alexandria University (Arabic: جامعة الإسكندرية) is a university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fuad 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 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.
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At the time it became an independent institution in 1942, it had the following faculties:
A number of institutional entities were established as follows:
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.
Prof. Dr. Osama Ibrahim Al-Sayed Ahmad have been elected President of Alexandria University in December 2011 . This was the first time in Egypt to have presidency elections .
The Damanhour branch of the University was separated from the University by Presidential decree in 2010, and is now the independent Damanhour University.
Alexandria University is ranked 147th world wide based on Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2010-2011.[1]. Also, according to webometrics Ranking of World Universities it comes 5882nd world wide and 2nd in Egypt.[2]