Alexandria University
President Abdelaziz Konsowa | | |
Administrative staff | 7,402 | |
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Students | 182,129 | |
Undergraduates | 143,553 | |
Postgraduates | 8,752 | |
Location | , | |
Campus | Urban | |
Number Of Faculties | 23 | |
Website | alexu |
Alexandria University (
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
Administration
- Abdelaziz Konsowa, president of Alexandria University
- Ashraf Elghandour, vice president for graduate studies and research
- Wael Nabil, vice president for education and student affairs
- Mohamed Abdel Azim Aboul Naga, vice president for community service and environmental development
Faculties
At the time it became an independent institution in 1942, it had the following
- 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)
In 1989, four faculties, located in Alexandria and administered by
Alexandria University now holds 24 faculties and 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 for Girls (1954)
- Faculty of Physical Education for 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 and Research (1972)
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (1975)
- Institute of Medical Research (1975)
- Faculty of Tourism and Hotels (1982)
- Faculty of Specific Education (1988)
- Faculty of Education for Early Childhood (1989) [8]
- Faculty of Economic Studies & Political Science (2014)
- Faculty of Computing and Data Science (2019)[9]
Branches
Alexandria University also opened branches inside Egypt and African and Middle Eastern countries:
- Chad branch (2010)
- South Sudan branch (2014)
- Alexandria International University in New Borg El Arab city (2019)
- Alexandria National University (2021)
- Iraq branch
Hospitals
Ranking
University rankings | |
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Global – Overall | |
ARWU World[10] | 601–700 (2023) |
QS World[11] | 901–950 (2024) |
THE World[12] | 801–1000 (2024) |
USNWR Global[13] | =611 (2023) |
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
- Fawzia Al-Ashmawi (College of Arts, 1965) – Egyptian academic at 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 and egyptologist, former director of the Graeco-Roman Museum[19][20]
- Mostafa El-Abbadi – professor and historian[21]
- Mohamed Hashish (Faculty of Engineering) – research scientist best known as the father of the abrasive water jet cutter
- Mohammed Aboul-Fotouh Hassab (1913–2000) – professor of gastro-intestinal surgery; creator of surgical procedure known as Hassab's decongestion operation
- Mo Ibrahim (Faculty of Engineering) – Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire
- Yahya El Mashad (Faculty of Engineering, 1952) – Egyptian nuclear physicist
- Rebecca Joshua Okwaci (English language, literature, and translation) – South Sudanese politician, and the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services in the Government of the Republic of South Sudan
- Tawfiq Saleh (English literature, 1949) – film director[22]
- Boshra Salem – professor, founder and the Chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences[23]
- William Linn Westermann (Visiting Professor 1948) – American papyrologist
- Magdy Younes – Canadian physician, medical researcher and academic
- Moustafa Youssef (Faculty of Engineering, 1997) – Egyptian computer scientist and engineer. First and only ACM fellow in the Middle East and Africa.
- Ahmed Zewail (Faculty of Science, 1967) – Nobel Prize in chemistry, 1999[24]
See also
- List of Islamic educational institutions
- Borg El Arab University Hospital
- Educational institutions in Alexandria
- Education in Egypt
- List of universities in Egypt
References
- ^ https://www.alexu.edu.eg/index.php/en/faculties-centers Alexandria University's faculties
- ^ http://damanhour.edu.eg/En/Pages/Page.aspx?id=15 Damanhour Branch
- ^ https://www.youm7.com/story/2017/9/25/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84/3428922 Matrouh separated from Alexandria University and turned into an independent university-Arabic source
- ^ "Dr. Essam Al-Kordi, inspected a land of 339-acre, facilities and university hospital in Borg Al-Arab". Alexandria University. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Establishment of the Faculty of Al-Alsun and Applied Languages and an international branch in Borg El Arab". akhbarak.net. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ https://www.jubamonitor.com/egypt-to-open-alexandria-university-branch-in-s-sudan/ Juba Branch
- ^ https://www.alexu.edu.eg/index.php/en/2015-11-24-10-38-07/au-media/au-news/4665-n-djamena-branch-celebrates-the-graduation-of-a-new-batch N'djamena branch
- ^ http://kindg.alexu.edu.eg/index.php/en/ The Faculty of Kindergarten changed its name to the Faculty of Education for Early Childhood
- ^ 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
- ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023". shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings: Alexandria University". Top Universities. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Alexandria University". Times Higher Education (THE). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ U.S. News. "Alexandria University". Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "World University Rankings 2010–2011". Timeshighereducation.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Questionable Science Behind Academic Rankings, The New York Times 14 November 2010.
- ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings 2021". Top Universities. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ "ARWU World University Rankings 2020 | Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 | Top 1000 universities | Shanghai Ranking - 2020". www.shanghairanking.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ "Alexandrian Art in Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period". www.arce-nc.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ^ "The Boubasteion and the first Greek immigrants to Alexandria".
- ^ "Who is Mostafa El-Abbadi? Google Doodle celebrates Egyptian historian". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Egyptian renowned film director Tawfiq Saleh dies at 87". Al-Ahram. 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
- ^ "Dr. Boshra Salem inducted into U.S. Department of State's Women in Science Hall of Fame". International Council for Science. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2013-02-04.