UAE universities rise in global education rankings

UAE universities rise in global education rankings

Three UAE universities, led by Khalifa University, feature this year in the 2023 edition of the Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings.

Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa University has risen 23 spots to 892nd with an improvement in research performance.

Al Ain’s United Arab Emirates University climbs 5 places to 1178th, while University of Sharjah improves 121 spots to 1399th. These figures are according to CWUR, which is the publisher of the largest academic ranking of global universities. It analysed 62 million outcome-based data points to rank universities from around the world.

Overall, the UAE is improving against rivals worldwide, with its three leading universities all rising in the standings on the back of a stronger showing in research performance.

There were several yardsticks like quality of education, employability, quality of faculty, and research performance, against which these universities have been ranked.

25 per cent is attributed to quality of education; another 25 per cent has been attributed to employability, with 10 per cent and 40 per cent given to the faculties' quality and research performance respectively.

This year, 20,531 universities were ranked, and those placed at the top made the Global 2000 list – which includes institutions from 95 countries.

The methodology

CWUR uses seven