LONDON, PRNewswire: The Arab Region has a new top university, according to the latest edition of an independent ranking of the region's institutions. The 2019 QS World University Rankings: Arab Region, published by global higher education think tank QS Quacquarelli Symonds, sees Saudi Arabia's King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals take the regional top spot. It replaces Lebanon's American University of Beirut, which now places second.
The rankings provide students, governments, parents, and academic institutions with independent insight into university performance in ways that inform decision-making. The Arab Ranking is a constituent ranking of QS'sportfolio, which remain the world's most consulted university rankings.
QS use ten indicators to compile the ranking (https://www.topuniversities.com/arab-region-rankings/methodology).
- Saudi Arabia dominates with 23 ranked universities, and three of the region's top 10 institutions;
- King Abdul Aziz University (3rd) exchanges places with King Saud University (4th);
- Egypt's top university is the American University in Cairo, which falls from 6th to 8th;
- The UAE is home to two top-10 universities: United Arab Emirates University remains 5th, while American University of Sharjah rises from 8th to 7th;
- Oman and Jordan can lay claim to one of the region's top 10 institutions: University of Jordan maintains its rank of 9th, while Omar's Sultan Qaboos University is unchanged in 10th;
- Though Saudi Arabia is the dominant higher education system, Egypt's universities have made consistent progress, with seven in the top 50, five of which improve their rank this year;
- The UAE is also home to a number of upwardly-mobile universities, with Khalifa University (joint-15th) and the University of Sharjah rising into the regional top 20.
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Full table, 120 universities: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/arab-region-university-rankings/2019
Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds
Simona Bizzozero, simona@qs.com
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