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Victoria College

school, Alexandria, Egypt

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Victoria College was an elite British institution founded in 1902 in Alexandria, Egypt. It was a notable private school supported by various national and religious communities prior to 1952. Many famous students attended Victoria College, including the Arab nationalist historian George Antonius and King Hussein of Jordan. The state supervises education in Egypt, with a system divided into primary, preparatory, and secondary schools, as well as university faculties and technical institutes. Alexandria University, founded in 1942, is the main public university in the city.1

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