Alexandria University

Alexandria University

Former names	Farouk University (1938–1952)
Type	Public
Established	1938
President	Abdelaziz Konsowa
Administrative staff	7,402
Students	182,129
Undergraduates	143,553
Postgraduates	8,752
Location	Alexandria , Egypt
Campus	Urban
Number Of Faculties	23
Website	alexu.edu.eg

Alexandria University (Arabic: جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an independent entity in 1942. It was known as Farouk University (named after Farouk of Egypt) until after 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.

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^[1] that teach different types of social, medical, engineering, mathematics and other science. The university had other branches in Egypt outside Alexandria in Damanhour^[2] and Matrouh^[3] which later became two independent universities. and International Branch in New Borg El Arab city.^[4][5] Other branches have been set up outside Egypt in Juba, South Sudan,^[6] and in N'Djamena,^[7] the capital of the Republic of Chad.