The central and faculty libraries serve faculty, graduate and under-graduate students and research workers from the University of Alexandria as well as research workers from Institutes allover the country. Training Together with regular under graduate and graduate education, special training programs are offered to Egyptian, Arab and African trainees. These programs are designed to promote the knowledge, professional and technical capabilities of the trainees. Training programs are usually tailored according to the needs of the applicants and may include lectures, laboratory studies, field visits and selected readings. Post experience courses specially tailored to the needs of various scientific and technical organizations are also carried out.
Onsite training is also available upon the demand of the service and production sectors.
Community Services University of Alexandria plays an important role is utilizing applicable research results for the benefit of the community. This is carried outhromextension units, on-farm demonstration units, national specific campaigns and central laboratories located in several faculties. University of Alexandria also provides consultations for various sectors. The main objective of the housing system is to provide an environment conductive to both personal development and academic achievement. University of Alexandria offers heavily subsidized housing facilities to about 5150 students.