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.
These rankings use a methodology that is rather different from the QS world rankings, using the following indicators: Academic reputation, Employer reputation, Faculty student ratio, International research network, Web impact, Staff with PhD, Citations per paper, Papers per faculty, International faculty, and International students.
The current top five universities are:
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Qatar University
- Khalifa University, UAE
- King Saud, University, Saudi Arabia
- United Arab Emirates University.
The top fifty universities contain several universities that have risen unexpectedly. These include Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University and Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University, both in Saudi Arabia, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait, the Canadian University Dubai, and Applied Science University, Bahrain.
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar, leads for Papers per Faculty, International Students, and Faculty Student Ratio, King Saud University is top for International Research Network and Web Impact, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, for Academic Reputation, Beni Suef University, Egypt, for Staff with PhDs, Al Ain University, UAE, for International Faculty, and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals for Employer Reputation.
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QS