New QS University Rankings Reveals Academic Excellence in the Arab Region
09 Jun, 2015, 22:00 BST
LONDON, June 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
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The QS University Rankings: Arab Region 2015 in association with ADLAS, features 100 universities from 15 Arab League countries. Saudi Arabia has the largest number of universities at 19, while Egypt has 15 and the United Arab Emirates 13.
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Top 10 universities
2015 2014 Institution Name Country
1 1 KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS SA
2 2 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT LB
3 3 KING SAUD UNIVERSITY SA
4 5 KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY SA
5 4 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO EG
6 6 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY AE
7 7 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH AE
8 8 UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN JO
9 9 CAIRO UNIVERSITY EG
10 10 JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JO
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King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, emerges as the region's top institution.
The American University of Beirut is less than a point behind and is the favourite choice of employers.
The methodology is the product of lengthy consultation with experts in the region.
Indicators of the QS University Ranking: Arab Region 2015
Weightings
Academic Reputation 30%
Employer Reputation 20%
Faculty Student 20%
International Faculty 2.5%
International Students 2.5%
Staff with PhD 5%
Web Impact 10%
Papers per Faculty 5%
Citations per Paper 5%
3720 academics and 2489 employers have contributed views for the new ranking, which also takes into account staffing levels, the proportion of academics with a PhD, the number of research papers per faculty member and the number of citations per paper, as well as the proportions of international faculty and students, and web impact.
Almost 260 institutions were evaluated during the exercise and 194 had enough data to be ranked. Of these, 100 appear in the published ranking.
Country Top 50 Top Total universities by country
51-100
Saudi Arabia 9 10 19
Egypt 8 7 15
United Arab Emirates 9 4 13
Lebanon 7 4 11
Iraq 3 7 10
Jordan 6 3 9
Tunisia 2 3 5
Oman 1 3 4
Bahrain 2 1 3
Morocco - 3 3
Palestine 3 - 3
Sudan 1 1 2
Kuwait 1 - 1
Qatar 1 - 1
Yemen - 1 1
Nunzio Quacquarelli, CEO of QS says: "We are proud of the level of engagement we have established with universities in the Arab region and we trust the rankings will spark a higher degree of involvement and cooperativeness among universities regionally and internationally."
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