Alexandria University

**Alexandria University** be public varsity insyd Alexandria, Egypt. Na dem establish am insyd 1938 as satellite of Fouad University (de name of wich dem later change to Cairo University), wey cam turn independent entity insyd 1942. Na ebe known as Farouk University til after de Egyptian Revolution of 1952, wen dem change ein name to de University of Alexandria. na Taha Hussein be de founding rector of Alexandria University. E now be de second largest varsity insyd Egypt wey eget chaw affiliations to various varsities for ongoing research.

Alexandria University be one of de largest varsities insyd Egypt, den de third varsity dem establish after Cairo University den de American University insyd Cairo. Alexandria University get 21 faculties den 3 institutes wey dey teach different types of social, medical, engineering, mathematics den oda science. De varsity get oda branches insyd Egypt outside Alexandria for Damanhour den Matrouh wich later cam turn two independent varsities den International Branch insyd New Borg El Arab city. Dem set up oda branches outside Egypt insyd Juba, South Sudan, den insyd N'Djamena, de capital of de Republic of Chad.

## Administration

* Abdelaziz Konsowa, presido of Alexandria University
* Ashraf Elghandour, vice pee give graduate studies den research
* Wael Nabil, vice pee give education den student affairs
* Mohamed Abdel Azim Aboul Naga, vice pee give community service den environmental development

## Faculties
For de tym e cam turn independent institution for 1942 insyd, e get de faculties wey dey follow:

* 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)

Insyd 1989, four faculties, dey locate insyd Alexandria wey dem administer by Helwan University, na dem be annex to Alexandria University. Dese be de faculties of agriculture, fine arts, physical education give boys den physical education for girlies.

Alexandria University now dey hold 24 faculties den 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 give Girliess (1954)
* Faculty of Physical Education give 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 den Research (1972)
* Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (1975)
* Institute of Medical Research (1975)
* Faculty of Tourism den Hotels (1982)
* Faculty of Specific Education (1988)
* Faculty of Education give Early Childhood (1989)
* Faculty of Economic Studies & Political Science (2014)
* Faculty of Computing den Data Science (2019)

## Branches

Alexandria University sanso gbele branches for Egypt den African den Middle Eastern countries insyd:

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

* Alexandria International University insyd New Borg El Arab city (2019)
* Alexandria National University (2021)
* Iraq branch

## Hospitals

* Al Hadra University Hospital.
* Borg El Arab University Hospital.

## Ranking

Dem rank Alexandria University 147th worldwide base for Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2010–2011 top. Na de 2010 rankings be controversial, as single professor ein practice of he dey publish great number of articles for journal insyd of wich na he ein self be de editor dem identify as crucial contributing factor give de high rating of Alexandria University. Dem rank Alexandria University 1001+ worldwide base for Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2020 top. Dem rank Alexandria University 801-1000+ worldwide base for QS World University Rankings 2021 top. Dem rank am 701-800 worldwide den 2nd insyd Egypt base for Shanghai ranking 2020 top.

## Notable alumni den faculty

* Fawzia Al-Ashmawi (College of Arts, 1965) – Egyptian academic for 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 den egyptologist, former director of de Graeco-Roman Museum
* Mostafa El-Abbadi – professor den historian
* Mohamed Hashish (Faculty of Engineering) – research scientist dem know best as de father of de abrasive water jet cutter
* Mohammed Aboul-Fotouh Hassab (1913–2000) – professor of gastro-intestinal surgery; creator of surgical procedure dem know as Hassab ein decongestion operation
* Mo Ibrahim (Faculty of Engineering) – Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur den billionaire
* Yahya El Mashad (Faculty of Engineering, 1952) – Egyptian nuclear physicist
* Rebecca Joshua Okwaci (English language, literature, den translation) – South Sudanese politician, den de Minister of Telecommunications den Postal Services insyd de Government of de Republic of South Sudan
* Tawfiq Saleh (English literature, 1949) – film director
* Boshra Salem – professor, founder den de Chair of de Department of Environmental Sciences
* William Linn Westermann (Visiting Professor 1948) – American papyrologist
* Magdy Younes – Canadian physician, medical researcher den academic
* Moustafa Youssef (Faculty of Engineering, 1997) – Egyptian computer scientist den engineer. First den ACM fellow per insyd de Middle East den Africa.
* Ahmed Zewail (Faculty of Science, 1967) – Nobel Prize insyd chemistry, 1999

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