By Carly Minsky
Times higher Education - January 28 2016
Saudi Arabia has triumphed in a snapshot ranking released on Thursday: the top universities in the Arab world.
Three of the top five universities were in Saudi Arabia, while Morocco and Egypt also secured three spots each in the top 15.
The ranking is an initial release before consultation with the sector to determine how best to evaluate the region.
Although none of the featured universities achieves a position higher
than the top 300 in the overall World University Rankings, the two best
universities in the Arab World – King Abdulaziz University in Saudi
Arabia and the American University of Beirut in Lebanon – achieved high
scores for their international outlook.
The United Arab Emirates University and the American University of
Sharjah, both in the United Arab Emirates, achieved high enough scores
for international outlook to also make it into the top 15 of a recent
World’s Most International Universities ranking.
At the top of that ranking, and at position six in the Arab world
snapshot, is Qatar University. Its extremely high international score is
based on proportions of international students, staff and
collaborations – unsurprisingly high in a country where only 13 per cent
of the population are Qatari nationals.
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