Tanta University is an Egyptian university based in the city of Tanta in Gharbia Governorate, it became independent as a university in 1972, after it was a branch of the University of Alexandria since its inception under Republican Decree No. 1468 of 1962, a decision that established the Faculty of Medicine in Tanta. The university currently has 14 technical colleges and institutes, which are human medicine colleges - science - education - trade - pharmacy - dentistry - arts - law - nursing - engineering - agriculture - physical education - specific education - college of computers and information, in addition to the technical institute For Nursing and 37 units of a special nature.