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Alexandria National University

Egyptian national university

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ111307163 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alexandria National University is an Egyptian national university, considered part of Alexandria University, It was established by decree of the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt No. 425 dated ٍ 5 September 2022. It is located in the new Smouha area on an area of 30 acres.

A committee was formed to conduct the necessary studies for the university, determine its faculties, scientific departments, and regulatory bylaws. The university includes 14 faculties in various disciplines. Construction work for the university began in November 2021, and studies commenced in six faculties in September 2022.

Faculties

The university comprises 7 faculties:

Faculty of Medicine.

Faculty of Dentistry.

Faculty of Pharmacy.

Faculty of Engineering.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Alexandria National University” as egyptian national university. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022, 2021—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2021. The account is most persuasive where Alexandria, National and University can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as egyptian national university. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q111307163. Authority coordinates are 31.214, 29.976. None of the 3 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2022 and 2021.

Critical limits

Institutional narratives can privilege the records that survived while minimizing voices that were never formally collected. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Institutional context
  • Locating named record creators
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Alexandria National University”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Alexandria National University primary sources, Alexandria National University archive and Alexandria research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Alexandria National University” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.