Dr. Mokhtar Youssef, Vice President of Alexandria University for Graduate Studies and Research, stressed the University's interest in establishing a committee for the ethics of care and use of experimental animals in education and scientific research according to the international standards in the Faculty of Medicine (which was established in 2005 and obtained the international figures since 2008). This Symposium based on ethical controls for the care and use of animals in scientific research on 15/3/2018 which organized by the Faculty of Science in collaboration with the Faculty of Science, Cairo University in the presence of Dr. Alaa Ramadan, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Alexandria University and Dr. Khadija Gaafar, Chairman of the Committee. The Vice President of Alexandria University said that those sub-committees will be formed in the faculties and institutes concerned with this subject, as well as the establishment of a unified list of the university on the ethics of care and use of experimental animals in education and scientific research as a guide for all rules in the organization. Dr. Khadija Gaafar talked about some points related to dealing with experimental animals and reviewed the international conventions in this regard. The seminar was attended by a number of specialists from faculty members and researchers at the university.