IREG Ranking News
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).
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?’
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
The Global Innovations Index (GII) is published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation. It is derived from 80 indicators measuring innovation inputs and outputs. The current edition covers 139 countries and 100 innovation clusters.
Clarivate have published the latest edition of the highly cited researchers list. This is regarded as comprising the elite of the world’s researchers and is an indicator in the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
QS Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) have released the latest edition of their Asian university rankings. The biggest change since last year is the rise of the University of Hong Kong to first place, overtaking Peking University.
Emerging is a French consulting company specializing in graduate employability. It has published global university employability rankings since 2010. These were published in the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times, and more recently Times Higher Education.
The CWTS Leiden Ranking is published by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, Netherlands. It provides tables of publications by universities including data on collaboration, open access, and gender equity. All metrics are based on objective and publicly accessible data. The latest edition was released on October 29th, 2025.
QS Quacquarelli Symonds have just published the latest edition of their Arab Region University Rankings. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, remains at the top, followed by Qatar University.
The latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings has just been announced. There are few dramatic changes this year. Oxford remains in first place, as it has for the last decade, while the rise of leading Mainland Chinese universities appears to have levelled off.