English important news
Alexandria University in the British Times Classification of Arab Countries for the year 2021
Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, stated that the result of the British THE 2021 classification of the best universities in the member states of the League of Arab States has been announced, and 35 Egyptian universities have been included in this classification, and Alexandria University ranked sixth locally and nineteenth at the level of Arab universities from A total of 155 Arab universities.
Dr. Konsowa stated that this classification uses 16 performance indicators, and the performance indicators are grouped into five areas: teaching (learning environment) with a rate of 33%; Scientific research (volume, income and reputation) by 33%; citations (research impact) 20%; Society (knowledge transfer and its impact) by 6%, and international expectations (staff, students and research) by 8%, and Dr. Konsowa said that the data is obtained through three axes: bibliometric data taken from (Elsevier, Scopus), the results of the international reputation study, and data provided by each university.
22 of the following Arab countries participated in this year's classification: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa discusses with the delegation of the University of N'Djamena in Chad ways to develop the branch
Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, and Dr. Hisham Gaber, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, received a delegation from the University of N'Djamena in Chad, headed by Dr. Mohamed Saleh Dosa, to discuss ways to develop the branch in order to achieve sustainability and provide a good educational service for the students of the branch.
During the meeting, the president of the university confirmed that Alexandria University will work on developing the branch and realizing the partnership between the two sides in a real way, pointing to the need for cooperation to ensure sustainability and achieve the quality of the educational service provided to the students of the branch in N’Djamena, stressing that the branch will have an enlightening and developmental role to preserve and develop the continent, and a gateway Attracting students from the Central African region, he also called for the development of new specializations in the branch that are needed by the community in Chad, explaining that Alexandria University seeks to keep pace with global thought and enter the era of fourth-generation universities. global universities.
Dr. Hisham Jaber pointed to the university's goal in developing human cadres in Chad to complete the performance of the scientific mission there. He also stressed the university's keenness to support the branch academically, scientifically and technically, which would have an impact on the sister country of Chad.
The President of the University of N'Djamena also praised the strong relations between the two countries, which opened up prospects for cooperation between the two universities, explaining that the State of Chad is concerned with agricultural aspects and the development of livestock, and the University of Alexandria, through the branch, had a major role in achieving these development goals.
Alexandria University is ranked second locally for the fifth year in a row in the Webometrics classification
Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, stated that Alexandria University maintained its rank as the second university among Egyptian universities for the fifth year in a row after Cairo University and achieved the 764th rank at the level of world universities in the Spanish Webometric classification for the year 2021, and it is worth mentioning that the number of Egyptian public and private universities This year, 73 Egyptian universities were included in the classification.
President of Alexandria University receives two American Universities delegations from Ocean County and New Jersey City
Alexandria University wins a seat in the Alliance of Francophone Universities working on the fifth goal of sustainable development
Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, stated that the University Francophone Agency (AUF) chose Alexandria University among 11 member institutions of the agency worldwide to form an alliance of universities that wish to participate in a concrete and cooperative way in achieving gender equality. This alliance consists of A number of French-speaking member universities from different regions of the world are the Universities of Tirana in Albania, Abdelhamid Ben Badis University in Algeria, the Royal University of Law and Economics in Cambodia, the University of Montreal in Canada, the University of Cergy in France, the University of Kiskia in Haiti, the Lebanese University in Lebanon, the University of Toamasina in Madagascar, and the Euro-Mediterranean University in Morocco, Makerere University in Uganda and Alexandria University in Egypt, represented by Dr. Ghada El-Khayat, Professor at the Faculty of Commerce.
This alliance was established with the support of the UN Women program with the aim of raising awareness and taking concrete actions in order to achieve noticeable and measurable changes in the member institutions of the alliance with the dissemination and dissemination of its experiences and recommendations on the network of francophone universities in the world.
The selection committee for this alliance was composed of members from UN Women and HeForShe and members from the University Francophone Agency, these institutions will work together to promote gender equality at several levels (students, faculty, researchers and administrators), and this alliance will be supported by the AUF It will work in a network and in a collaborative, participatory and collective manner with the aim of advancing gender equality and each institution will be able to play the role that best suits it in this alliance.
It is worth noting that Alexandria University is working to achieve the sustainable development goals, as it obtained an advanced position in the Times Higher Education 2021 classification in terms of achieving these goals.