The Alexandria University Council in its session on Tuesday 29^th of December 2015 approved headed Dr. Rushdy Zahran approved the nominations of university faculties and institutes for the State Awards granted by the Supreme Council for Culture in 2016 as follows :

* For the Nile Prize (in Arts), Dr. Ahmed Abd Al-Wahab; Professor Emeritus at Faculty of Arts was nominated.
* For State Appreciation Awards (in Arts), Dr. Medhat Mohammed Metwalli; Professor Emeritus at Faculty of Fine Arts was nominated, while Dr. Zeinab Raafat was nominated in the field of literature and Dr. Said Abdul Aziz Othman was nominated in the field of social sciences. * For State Awards of Excellence (in Arts): Dr. Zeinab Murad Demerdash was nominated.

The Council also approved the nominations of university faculties and institutes for the State Awards granted by the Academy of Scientific Research for 2015 as follows:
* First: - State Appreciation Awards, Dr. Mamdouh Saad Massoud was nominated in basic sciences, while Dr. Abdul Aziz Moussa Nour was nominated in the area of agricultural science.
* Secondly: State Awards of Excellence, Dr. Amr Abdul Moneim El Masry; the Professor at Faculty of Engineering was nominated in the area of engineering science.

During the session the Council reviewed the annual report of the University for the academic year 2014/2015 which was prepared by the committee formed for this purpose under chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ismail Abdu; Dean of the Faculty of Science .