Alexandria University President Dr. Essam El-Kurdi declared that the university is ready to receive 170,000 students on Saturday 16th of September 2017 in the new academic year as the maintenance are almost done for buildings and laboratories. He added that a new payment system was developed for the tuition fees using "Fawry" service and post offices. Dr. Kurdi said that the study tables will be published in the first week and will be available via the web site of each faculty. In addition, the electronic gates and security cameras will be used to secure the students and the education process. He added that there will be more student activities in the new academc year.

In the health care field, the Rector stated that the medical examination is carried out on the new students especially for Virus-C, and a health card will be issued for all students by specialized doctors and equipped pharmacies.

Alexandria University Deputy for Education and Students affairs Dr. Hisham Gaber declared that the university cities is near to finish all preparations to receive the students before the starting date of the new academic year. The suitability of all buildings and facilities of the university cities were reviewed including restaurants, activity halls, playgrounds and libraries. Dr. Gaber confirmed that all maintenance works were carried out for all the facilities to insure its validity to serve the students.

It is worth to note that the capacity of AU cities is 7000 students distributed in Smouha, Saba Basha, Merghem and El Shatby in addition

to the university cities attached to the Faculty of Physical Education and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine with a capacity of 500 students.