IREG Observatory

Webometrics: USA Leads for Visibility, China for Excellence and Openess

Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics) in its limited version shows the top university in each country, is available on fig share. The full version can be obtained from the Cybermetrics Lab of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Approaches to Rankings and Internationalisation in the Arab World

Universities and governments in the Middle East have become increasingly concerned with international university rankings. An article in University World News, ‘What role do global university rankings play in HE reform?’

Constructing Computer Science Rankings with AI

A team of student researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of California Santa Cruz have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to construct a university ranking based on papers presented at top conferences on machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and information retrieval between 2020 and 2025.

New Ranking of Arab Universities

The Arab Ranking for Universities is published by the Arab Ranking for Universities Council in conjunction with the League of Arab States, the Association of Arab Universities, and the Arab League Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization.

Prof. Komiljon Karimov elected Vice President of IREG Observatory

The General Assembly of IREG Observatory meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 9 December 2025 elected Prof. Komiljon Karimov, Rector of Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as a member of IREG Executive Committee, this body in turn elevated him to the position of IREG Vice President.

Seven new members joins IREG family

The IREG General Assembly meeting in Abu Dhabi on 9 December admitted seven new members: An-Najah National University (Palestine), Independent Institute for Accreditation, Rating, and Certification IARC (Kyrgyzstan), Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University IAU (Saudi Arabia), American University of Ras Al Khaimah AURAK (United Arab Emirates), S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University KATRU (Kazakhstan), Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland)

GreenMetric Sustainability Ranking

The UI GreenMetric ranking is produced by Universitas Indonesia (UI) and is the first global ranking that assesses universities’ contributions to sustainability. It’s first edition was published in 2010, and it has expanded to include 1,745 institutions.

Engirank - Ranking of European Universities of Technology

The results of the European Ranking of Engineering Programmes (Engirank) were announced in Brussels on 01 December and also took center stage at the meeting of the General Assembly of IREG on 09 December, prior to the IREG conference on University Rankings and the Challenges of Sustainability in Abu Dhabi.

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