9 Middle East universities, 3 in Saudi Arabia make world’s top 300 schools

9 Middle East universities, 3 in Saudi Arabia make world’s top 300 schools

BEIRUT — Dozens of universities in the Middle East and North Africa region were featured in a global university ranking released this week, with nine of them making it to the top 300 universities worldwide. 

The 2024 edition of the QS World University Rankings ranked 1,500 universities in 104 locations around the globe based on various metrics including employability, sustainability and international research networking.

In the Middle East and North Africa region, 121 universities from 18 countries featured in the ranking, with nine universities making it into the top 300 institutions. While Saudi Arabia dominated the list with three universities, institutions from Israel, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates also made their way to the top 300. 

The list of the universities in the Middle East and North Africa region in the top 300 and their global rankings are as follows:

143. King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia)

173. Qatar University (Qatar)

180. King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (Saudi Arabia)

203. King Saud University (Saudi Arabia)

215. Tel Aviv University (Israel)

226. American University of Beirut (Lebanon)

230. Khalifa University (UAE)

251. Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

290. United Arab Emirates University (UAE)

In Turkey, 25 universities made it on the list. The Middle East Technical University in Ankara came in