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British company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has published it annual list of QS World University Rankings, with no university from an Arab or Muslim country unsurprisingly making it to the top 100 universities in the world. The QS rankings are one of the three most widely observed and influential international university rankings, alongside the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Malaysia’s Universiti Malaya (UM) was the highest ranked university from the Muslim world, coming in at 151st on the list, with a score of 61. The institute was graded 5 stars for teaching, facilities, internationalization, access and innovation, 4 stars on specialist criteria and 3 stars on research.
Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals was the highest ranked university from the Arab world, ranked 225th with a score of 50.5. According to the publication, the “focused” university was of medium sized, capable of teaching less than 12,000 students, and had a “very high” research grade.
Kazakhstan’s Al-Farabi Kazakh National University was ranked 305 with a score of 41.3, while Indonesia’s Universitas Indonesia came in at rank 310 with a score of 40.9.
Other Muslim nations that did well include Turkey, with Bilkent University being the highest ranked Turkish university at 399, and Pakistan, with the National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST), Islamabad, ranking at 481-490.
In the Arab world, universities from Lebanon and Egypt were interspersed among universities from Gulf nations.
Lebanon’s American University of Beirut (AUB) came in at 249, while Egypt’s American University in Cairo ranked at 360. The United Arab Emirates University was ranked at 385, while Qatar’s Qatar University was ranked somewhere between 551 and 600.
The countries Turkey (10), Kazakhstan (9), Indonesia (8), Saudi Arabia (8) and Malaysia (7) had most representatives among Muslim nations on the list, with Malaysia doing particularly well, having five universities within the top 400.QS World University Rankings reveal no universities from Arab or Muslim nations among top 100
British company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has published it annual list of QS World University Rankings, with no university from an Arab or Muslim country unsurprisingly making it to the top 100 universities in the world. The QS rankings are one of the three most widely observed and influential international university rankings, alongside the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Malaysia’s Universiti Malaya (UM) was the highest ranked university from the Muslim world, coming in at 151st on the list, with a score of 61. The institute was graded 5 stars for teaching, facilities, internationalization, access and innovation, 4 stars on specialist criteria and 3 stars on research.
Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals was the highest ranked university from the Arab world, ranked 225th with a score of 50.5. According to the publication, the “focused” university was of medium sized, capable of teaching less than 12,000 students, and had a “very high” research grade.
Kazakhstan’s Al-Farabi Kazakh National University was ranked 305 with a score of 41.3, while Indonesia’s Universitas Indonesia came in at rank 310 with a score of 40.9.
Other Muslim nations that did well include Turkey, with Bilkent University being the highest ranked Turkish university at 399, and Pakistan, with the National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST), Islamabad, ranking at 481-490.
In the Arab world, universities from Lebanon and Egypt were interspersed among universities from Gulf nations. Lebanon’s American University of Beirut (AUB) came in at 249, while Egypt’s American University in Cairo ranked at 360. The United Arab Emirates University was ranked at 385, while Qatar’s Qatar University was ranked somewhere between 551 and 600.
The countries Turkey (10), Kazakhstan (9), Indonesia (8), Saudi Arabia (8) and Malaysia (7) had most representatives among Muslim nations on the list, with Malaysia doing particularly well, having five universities within the top 400.
