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Alexandria University 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 until 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 with various universities for ongoing research.

Alexandria University has 21 faculties and 3 institutes that teach different types of social, medical, engineering, mathematics and other science. The university had other branches in Egypt outside Alexandria in Damanhour and Matrouh which later became two independent universities. and International Branch in New Borg El Arab city. Other branches have been set up outside Egypt in Juba, South Sudan, and in N'Djamena, the capital of the Republic of Chad.

The first high school for fine arts was established in 1908 in Cairo and the faculty of fine arts was established in Alexandria in 1957 by Dr. Ahmed Osman (one of the pioneers of contemporary sculpture and its first Dean). In 1962 the first batch of students graduated after obtaining a bachelor's degree in arts. In 1964 the first batch of students graduated after obtaining a bachelor's degree in architecture. In 1989 the Faculty of Fine Arts was included in the University of Alexandria.