Alexandria University

Alexandria University (Arabic: جامعة الإسكندرية‎) is a public research 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.

Faculties

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

A number of institutional entities were established as follows: