King Saud University in the City of Riyadh has been ranked number 1 in the CEOWORLD magazine’s best universities in the Arab world for 2018. United Arab Emirates University came in second in the Arab region followed by the American University of Beirut (AUB) at the third position.
Other Universities that made the top-10 include King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (No. 4), King Abdulaziz University (No. 5), University of Jordan (No. 6), Qatar University (No. 7), American University of Sharjah (No. 8), Jordan University of Science and Technology (No. 9), and Khalifa University.
Universities in Saudi Arabia dominate the upper echelons of a university ranking that looks at the best institutions in the Arab World (also known as the Arab nations or the Arab states). There are 53 universities that make the cut.
CEOWORLD magazine has published its 2018 best universities in the Arab World ranking, and Saudi institutions – namely King Saud University, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, and King Abdulaziz University – claim three of the top five places.
They are joined in the top five by United Arab Emirates University in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and American University of Beirut (AUB).
The most-represented nation in the table goes to Saudi Arabia, with ten universities altogether. Egypt is next, with nine institutions. Egypt was followed by United Arab Emirates (7), Jordan (5), Iraq (4), Lebanon (4), Morocco (4), Bahrain (3), Kuwait (2), and Tunisia (2).
Only one university made the rankings from Algeria, Oman, and Qatar.