Alexandria University Explained

Alexandria University
Native Name Lang:ar
Established:1938
President:Abdelaziz Konsowa
Students:182,129
Undergrad:143,553
Postgrad:8,752
Former Names:Farouk University (1938–1952)
Free Label:Number Of Faculties
Free:23
Administrative Staff:7,402

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 (named after Farouk of Egypt) 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 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

Faculties

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:

Branches

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

Hospitals

Ranking

Arwu W:601–700
Arwu W Year:2023
Arwu W Ref:[10]
Qs W:901–950
Qs W Year:2024
Qs W Ref:[11]
The W:801–1000
The W Year:2024
The W Ref:[12]
Usnwr W:=611
Usnwr W Year:2023
Usnwr W Ref:[13]

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 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.[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]

Notable alumni and faculty

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexandria University جامعة الإسكندرية . 2024-06-02 . www.alexu.edu.eg.
  2. Web site: Historical abstract . 2024-05-10 . damanhour.edu.eg.
  3. Web site: 2017-09-25 . بالصور.. محافظ مطروح: افتتاح جامعة مطروح رسميا يناير المقبل . 2024-06-02 . اليوم السابع . ar.
  4. Web site: Dr. Essam Al-Kordi, inspected a land of 339-acre, facilities and university hospital in Borg Al-Arab. Alexandria University. 22 March 2022.
  5. Web site: Establishment of the Faculty of Al-Alsun and Applied Languages and an international branch in Borg El Arab . akhbarak.net. 29 October 2019 . 22 March 2022.
  6. https://www.jubamonitor.com/egypt-to-open-alexandria-university-branch-in-s-sudan/ Juba Branch
  7. Web site: Alexandria University جامعة الإسكندرية . 2024-06-02 . www.alexu.edu.eg.
  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. Web site: Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023. shanghairanking.com. 24 February 2023.
  11. Web site: QS World University Rankings: Alexandria University. 29 June 2023. Top Universities. 29 June 2023.
  12. Web site: Alexandria University. 28 September 2023. Times Higher Education (THE). 28 September 2023.
  13. Web site: Alexandria University. U.S. News. 27 February 2024.
  14. Web site: World University Rankings 2010–2011. Timeshighereducation.co.uk. 2013-02-04.
  15. News: Guttenplan . D. d . 2010-11-14 . Questionable Science Behind Academic Rankings . 2024-06-02 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  16. Web site: 2019-08-20. World University Rankings. 2020-08-15. Times Higher Education (THE). en.
  17. Web site: 2020-05-28. QS World University Rankings 2021. 2020-08-15. Top Universities. en.
  18. Web site: ARWU World University Rankings 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 Top 1000 universities Shanghai Ranking - 2020. 2020-08-15. www.shanghairanking.com. 2020-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200815135656/http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2020.html. dead.
  19. Web site: Alexandrian Art in Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period . 2021-01-28 . www.arce-nc.org.
  20. Web site: The Boubasteion and the first Greek immigrants to Alexandria .
  21. Web site: Who is Mostafa El-Abbadi? Google Doodle celebrates Egyptian historian . 10 October 2022 . Evening Standard . 10 October 2022.
  22. News: 2013-08-18. Egyptian renowned film director Tawfiq Saleh dies at 87. Al-Ahram. 2013-09-14.
  23. News: Dr. Boshra Salem inducted into U.S. Department of State's Women in Science Hall of Fame. International Council for Science. dead. 10 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160819171633/http://www.icsu.org/news-centre/news/dr.-boshra-salem-inducted-into-u.s.-department-of-state2019s-women-in-science-hall-of-fame. 19 August 2016.
  24. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999. Nobelprize.org. 2013-02-04.