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Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, reviewed during the university council meeting in its session, the main axes of the strategic plan of Alexandria University to achieve its vision, which comes within the framework of achieving Egypt's vision 2030, to become a leading university with global competitiveness that contributes to sustainable community development, and the creation of a smart environment that stimulates innovation and creativity. Where he explained that Alexandria University seeks to become a center for cross-border higher education through partnerships for branches of foreign universities and the expansion of the establishment of programs and dual degrees with the most prestigious international universities, as well as the establishment of international partnerships to support the technology park within Alexandria University, and he also announced the signing of the joint degree in dentistry between the University of Alexandria and the University of Manchester, Britain, during this month, and the start of studies in this program next October. He stressed that the university seeks, through this trend, to provide high educational services with global competitiveness in various disciplines to attract students from different countries of the world and to make Alexandria University a regional and international center in providing services in the field of higher education, scientific research, technology and training. Its main objectives are to improve the quality of education in free programs and to provide its graduates with the necessary skills for the local and global labor market at a global level of quality and competitiveness without burdening the public budget with additional burdens.
* The council honored the deans of the faculties of medicine, engineering, pharmacy, science, the Institute of Medical Research, the Higher Institute of Public Health, and the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, for the efforts of the faculty members of these faculties in raising the university’s ranking in the British QS classification of universities. The council also confirmed that the deans of the Faculties councils should honor the heads of scientific departments distinguished in the international rankings and hand over certificates for their departments..
* The council approved the accreditation of two credit hour system programs at the Faculty of Pharmacy, which are the Diploma in Quality Assurance and Excellence in Health Care, and the Master’s in Quality Assurance and Excellence in Health Care.
* The council also approved the establishment of a credit hours system master's program in Regenerative Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry.
* The council approved the memorandum of understanding between Alexandria University (Faculty of Physical Education for Women) and its counterpart at Mutah University in Jordan, the memorandum of understanding between Alexandria University (Faculty of Nursing) and the College of Health Sciences at Fort Hare University in South Africa, and the cooperation agreement between Alexandria University and Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China. The council also approved the memorandum of understanding between Alexandria University (Faculty of Fine Arts) and Irbid Private University in Jordan, and the memorandum of understanding between Alexandria University and the University of Airlangga, Indonesia.
* The council approved the promotion of 22 faculty members, 13 to the position of professor, and 9 to the position of associate professor, and the appointment of 15 lecturers, the granting of 46 PhD degrees and 84 master's degrees in various scientific disciplines.
