Alexandria University (Arabic: جامعة الإسكندرية ) is a university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fouad I University, becoming an independent entity in 1942. It was known as Farouk University until it became the University of Alexandria in 1952. 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. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... This article is about the city in Egypt. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Arabic ( or just ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... This article is about the city in Egypt. ... Cairo University the biggest and the oldest in Africa and the Middle East Cairo University (formerly Egyptian University) is an institute of higher education located in Giza, Egypt. ... Taha Hussein (Arabic: طه حسين ) (November 14, 1889—October 28, 1973) was an Egyptian writer and Arabic literary scholar. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting, and revising facts. ...

Faculties

At the time it became an independent institution in 1942, it had the following faculties: A faculty is a division within a university. ...

• 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: The arts is a broad subdivision of culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. ... Equality and the balancing of interests under law is symbolised by a blindfold and weighing scales For other senses of this word, see Law (disambiguation). ... Engineering is the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... Commerce is the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money between two or more entities. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

• Faculty of Nursing (formerly the High Institute of Nursing) (1954)
• Faculty of Pharmacy (1956)
• High Institute of Public Health (1963)
• Faculty of Education (1969) [www.edalex.com]
• Faculty of Dentistry (1971)
• 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. Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. ... For other uses, see Pharmacy (disambiguation). ... Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. ... A Dentist and Dental Assistant perform surgery on a patient. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... A graduate school is the school that a college student may attend after completion of his or her undergraduate education in order to obtain a degree higher than a Bachelors degree. ... Tourists at Oahu island, Hawaii Tourism is the act of travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ... The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... Helwan University (established in July 26, 1975) is a public university based in Helwan suburb, Cairo, Egypt. ...

University Leadership for academic year 2006 / 2007:

President

• Prof. Hassan Nadeer Kayr Allah

Vice Presidents

• Graduate Studies and Research: Prof. Hend Mohamed Mamdouh
• Education & Student Affairs: Prof. Okasha Abd El Aal
• Environment Affairs and Community Development: Prof. Adel Mohamadein
• Damanhour Branch: Prof. Saaid Nafea

Famous alumni

• Ahmed Zewail
• Gamal El-Din Abdel Rehim

Ahmed Hassan Zewail (Arabic: أحمد زويل) (born February 26, Egyptian chemist, and the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Gamal Abdel-Rahim. ...

See also

• Educational institutions in Alexandria
• Education in Egypt
• Egyptian universities
• List of Egyptian universities.

This article is about the city in Egypt. ... The Egyptian educational system is highly centralized, and is divided into three stages: * Basic Education - (Arabic:Marhalet Al-Taaleem Al-Asassi) * Primary Stage * Preparatory Stage * Secondary Education (Arabic:Marhalet ElTaaleem Al-Thanawi) * Post-Secondary education Since the extension of the free compulsory education law in 1981 to include the preparatory... Universities in Egypt are generally either state-funded or privately funded. ... Universities in Egypt: Public Universities : Ain Shams University(established in 1950) Alexandria University (established in 1942) Al-Azhar University (established in 988 AD)(The Second Oldest University in the World) Al-Fayyum University (established in 2005) Al-Minya University (established in 1976) Assiut University (established in 1957) Bani Suwayf University...

External links

• Alexandria University official website
• Human Rights Watch: The Repression of Academic Freedom in Egyptian Universities