"Dr. Moustafa Elgammal" (born September 4, 1943), is an Egyptian scientist in the field of marine corrosion and oil spills. Elgammal is a former head of the Marine Engineering Department at Alexandria University.
 Dr. Elgammal received his bachelor's degree in marine engineering with distinction in 1967 from Alexandria University.
 He pursued his academic career by completing his master's degree in Welding Technology in 1969 and was offered a Ph.D.scholarship at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne’s Shipbuilding Department.
 He successfully completed his Ph.D. in Fatigue Life Estimation of Welded ship structural details by 1976.
The higher education system in India include both private and public universities.
 Public universities are supported by the Government of India and the state governments, while private universities are mostly supported by various bodies and societies.
 Universities in India are recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which draws its power from the "University Grants Commission Act, 1956".
 In addition, 15 Professional Councils are established, controlling different aspects of accreditation and coordination.
 Private universities in India are regulated under the UGC (Establishment and Maintenance of Standards in Private Universities) Regulations, 2003.
 Per the UGC act and these regulations, private universities are established by an act of a local legislative assembly and listed by the UGC in the Gazette upon receiving the act.
 As confirmed by ruling of the Supreme Court of India, recognition by the UGC is required for the university to operate.
 Also per the 2003 regulations, the UGC sends committees to inspect the private universities and publishes their inspection report.
Alexandria University (Arabic: جامعة الإسكندرية‎ ‎ ) is a public research 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 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.
The International Forum of Public Universities (IFPU) is a consortium of twenty-three public universities.
 The forum's permanent secretariat currently resides at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
 Bringing together a limited number of universities from diverse countries, the forum was founded on October 11, 2007, with the mission of "promoting the expression of values that underlie the mission of public universities in an era of internationalization".
 In 2008, the consortium included 13 of the world's 200 top universities according to "Times Higher Education" rankings.
 Each year, a specialized summer school is hosted by one of its member universities.
The Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences (BUFHS), also known as the Busitema University Medical School (BUMS) and the Busitema University School of Medicine (BUSM), is the school of medicine of Busitema University, one of Uganda's public universities.
 The medical school is one of the newer medical schools in the country, having been part of university since 2013.
 The school provides medical education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Busitema University (BU) is a university in Uganda.
 It is one of the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country.
Francis Gervase Omaswa, MBChB, MMed, FRCS (Edin), FCS (ECSA), is a Ugandan cardiovascular surgeon, academic and administrator.
 He is the chancellor of Busitema University, a public university, one of the 41 licensed universities in the country, as at February 2015.
 He has served in that capacity since June 2009.
The Oregon Office of University Coordination is the agency designated by the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC), established in 2013 under ORS § 352.002, to provide academic and fiscal coordination for seven public universities in Oregon.
 Beginning 2015–2016, the Office of University Coordination was authorized to process academic program approval through the HECC, make budget recommendations for public universities in Oregon, and allocate funds using a model for student success and completion.
 Effective July 1, 2014, three universities (University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and Portland State University) broke away from the Oregon University System.
 Effective July 1, 2015, the remaining four universities (Eastern Oregon University, Oregon Institute of Technology, Southern Oregon University and Western Oregon University) also became independent.
Mary Jossy Nakhanda Okwakol (born 1951) is a Ugandan university professor, academic administrator, zoologist and community leader.
 She is the current Vice Chancellor of Busitema University, one of the nine public universities in Uganda.
 She has served in that position since October 2006.
Busitema is a settlement in eastern Uganda.
 It is the location on the Main Campus of Busitema University, one of the five (5) public universities in Uganda.

Question: Are Busitema University and Alexandria University both public universities?
Answer: yes