Alexandria University was ranked as one of the best in the world according to the last classification issued by the Center for World University Rankings CWUR where 1000 universities were selected from 18000 universities in the ranking. Alexandria University came fourth among the local universities and 903 internationally.

Dr. Essam El-Kurdi the President of the university said that the university achieved great progress in the last ranking comparing with previous years which reflects an indication on the success of the strategy of supporting the scientific research as main requirement to enter the world rankings in addition to encouraging the researchers for the international publishing in governing periodicals.

It is worth to mention that the ranking of CWUR is based on several criteria such as learning quality, scientific research outputs, distinguished publications and graduates employment.