Charles McPhedran
Al-Fanar Media / 15 Oct 2013
The associate education professor’s program was one of the winners in this year’s rankings.
King Saud University’s education faculty was the only one in the Arab
world to achieve a top 100 rating in its discipline in the 2013 QS
rankings.
A key contributor to the department’s success, Alshamrani explains,
are the “excellence clusters” that the university has set up, including
his group, the Excellence Centre for Science and Mathematics Education.
“We have a clear focus,” he says, with evident pride. “It’s about
improving our research and that will improve our situation in science
and mathematics education in Saudi Arabia.”
The major rankings – those done by Times Higher Education, QS and
Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Center for World-Class Universities –
give the impression that Saudi Arabia’s best universities, King Saud
University and King Abdulaziz, comprise a minor Arab Ivy League.
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