9 UAE institutions ranked among top Arab universities

  • Date: 30-Nov-2022
  • Source: Khaleej Times
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:UAE
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9 UAE institutions ranked among top Arab universities

The Emirates performs highly in terms of proportion of international students, staff, co-authorship, collaboration among Arab nations

Khalifa University. Supplied photo

Published: Wed 30 Nov 2022, 10:42 AM

Nine UAE universities have been ranked among the top higher education institutions from the Arab World with three of them listed in the top ten, according to a Times Higher Education (THE) report.

Khalifa University, the UAE University and the University of Sharjah made it to the top 10 list along with five institutions from Saudi Arabia and one each from Qatar and Egypt.

The other Emirati universities that were listed among the top regional institutions include Al Ain University, the American University of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi University, Ajman University, Zayed University and the American University of Ras Al Khaimah.

The UAE performed highly in terms of the proportion of international students, international staff, international co-authorship and collaboration among the Arab nations.

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