Mission and Vision 

Mission: Alexandria Faculty of Medicine is committed to provide the community with physicians who are competent in diagnosis and treatment of its health problems and who are applying professional ethics and caring for essential social values The faculty is also aspiring to enrich medical sciences with scientific researches that participate in solving community problems and providing integrated medical care that cope with modern technologies through the University Hospitals. 

Vision: Alexandria Faculty of Medicine is aspiring to be an excellence and creativity model in medical education, scientific research and effectiveness in community participation that will position it in the top level between its peers on the national, regional and international levels. Historical background (The Old Alexandria Medical Faculty): IN 332 BC, Alexander the great conquered Egypt and started building the city of Alexandria. His followers Ptolemy the first (Soter) and Ptolemy the second (Philadeiphus) established the old Alexandria medical Faculty as a part of the old Alexandria University. Famous teachers and scientists of the old medical Faculty were Herophilus (called father of anatomy) who was the first person to systematically dissect the human body and Erasistratus (called father of pathology) who first coined the term “pathology”. 

Famous graduates of the Alexandria medical Faculty are Soranus of Ephesus and Rufus of Ephesus. The famous physician Galen (called Galinus by the Romans and Arabs) studied and practised in Alexandria before travelling to Rome to establish his medical reputation there. Other famous scientists of the old Alexandria University were Ptolemy the geographer, Archimedes of buoyancy fame and Erastothenes who accurately calculated the perimeter of the planet earth by measuring the shadow of a stick in Alexandria and Aswan (see Appendix I). Establishment of the (Modern Alexandria Medical Faculty): The Faculty of Medicine of Alexandria University was established following the Royal Decree No. 32 pronounced in August 1942 by His Majesty King Farouk the first. Teaching started in the academic year of 1942/1943. 

The establishment of the Faculty was the culmination of the efforts of many Alexandrian scholars and physicians headed by Mi Ibrahim Pacha (Professor of Surgery, born in Alexandria) and Dr. Mohamed Mahfouz Bey (a famous Alexandrian ophthalmologist and head of the Alexandria Eye Hospital). The pre-clinical teaching took place on the premises of the Abbaseya Secondary Faculty, while the clinical teaching took place in the Municipal (Amireya) Hospital the largest hospital in Alexandria built by Khedeve Ismail in 1876. A new hospital was subsequently established to house all the clinical departments of the Faculty. Four new buildings were also added with four large amphitheatres to house the academic departments. Strategic Plan 

The Faculty of Medicine – outstanding tradition and an exciting future. Our purpose is to provide intellectual leadership in medicine and the wider health professions, research and innovation in medicine and other associated sciences, education, and service to the community. We achieve this through rigorous commitment to the safety and quality of patient care, research excellence, excellence in teaching, and the development and support of future generations of medical and medical research leaders. 

As leaders within Egypt, the Arab and African regions and beyond, we aim for the highest professional standards in research, teaching and practice, and this is reflected in our achievements. We depend heavily upon and acknowledge our alumni and colleagues within the hospital sector, the community and independent medical research institutes. 

We also recognize the need to invest in people and infrastructure, and we place great value on the collegiality of our Faculty and affiliated staff. University Departments Anatomy, Anesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care ,Biochemistry, Critical Medicine, Clinical Pathology, Community, Chest diseases, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Diagnostic Radiology, Forensic, Histology, Internal Medicine, Microbiology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Oncology, Physiology, Pediatric, Surgery, Physical Medicine, Parasitology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Urology, Critical Care