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Alexandria University
Established	1938
Type	Public university
Staff	18,450
Undergraduates	175,591
Postgraduates	19,510
Location	Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
Campus	Urban
Former names	Farouk University (1938–1952)
Colours	Blue and White
Website	[1]

Alexandria University (Arabic: جامعة الإسكندرية‎) is a university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fuad 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.

[edit] Faculties

At the time it became an independent institution in 1942, it had the following faculties:

Faculty of Arts (1938)
Faculty of Law (1938)
Faculty of Engineering(1941)
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Commerce
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Agriculture

A number of institutional entities were established as follows:

Faculty of Nursing (formerly the High Institute of Nursing) (1954)
Faculty of Pharmacy (1956) Faculty of Pharmacy
High Institute of Public Health (1963)
Faculty of Education (1969)
Faculty of Dentistry: founded in 1971 and serves the city of Alexandria. It is located in El Azareta near the famous Alexandria Library.
Medical Research Institute (1971)
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (1974)
Institute of Graduate Studies & Research (1983)
Faculty of Tourism and Hotels (1983)

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.

[edit] University Leadership for academic year 2009 / 2010

[edit] President

Prof. Hind Mamdouh Hanafi

[edit] Vice Presidents

Graduate Studies and Research: Prof. Essam Khamis El-Hanash
Education & Student Affairs: Prof. Okasha Abd El Aal
Community Service and Environment Development: Prof. Rouchdy Zahran
Damanhour Branch: Prof. Saaid Nafea

[edit] Famous alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b http://www.alex.edu.eg/FacultyStaff.jsp

[edit] External links

[FacultyStaff-0] ttp://www.alex.edu.eg/FacultyStaff.jsp

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