Two UAE universities among world's top institutions

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Two UAE universities among worlds top institutions

Abu Dhabi - Khalifa University (KU) placed 49th out of 300 institutions rated in the THE Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), while the United Arab Emirates University came in 57th position.

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Published: Tue 13 Dec 2016, 4:00 PM

Last updated: Tue 13 Dec 2016, 6:36 PM

Two UAE universities and one Qatar varsity from the Arab world were among the top 100 universities listed in the World University Rankings 2017 by Times Higher Education (THE).
Khalifa University (KU) placed 49th out of 300 institutions rated in the THE Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), while the United Arab Emirates University came in 57th position.
Qatar University (QS) was ranked 75 in the list while American University of Sharjah at 132. The three universities made it to the extended list of 300 institutions.
The 2017 Rankings are the first time that the list has been extended to 300 universities, up from 200 institutions last year, and 100 institutions in the previous two years.
This ranking follows announcements made earlier in the year that the KU was ranked No.1 in the UAE according to THE and QS World Rankings. In addition, the university continues to be the youngest institution to be named one of the top 100 universities under the age of 50 by QS, moving up into the top 60 position on the list.
THE World University Rankings 2017 only includes institutions in countries classified as "advanced emerging", "secondary emerging" or "frontier" by the Financial Times Stock Exchange, including the Brics.
"Our rising position in international ranking is demonstrative of the hard work and ingenuity of our faculty and students," said Dr Tod Laursen, president of Khalifa University.
"Our faculty and students are some of the most prolific publishers in the Arab World, consistently publishing research papers and findings in prestigious international journals and receiving a high number of citations as well. In addition, we lead the UAE in patent production. This high level of intellectual property creation and knowledge transfer is a driving factor in our success, as is our level of commitment to our students and to innovation."
Phil Baty, Editor, THE World University Rankings, said, "It is no easy task to appear in the 2017 Brics& Emerging Economies Rankings, which use the same 13 rigorous and demanding performance indicators as the overall World University Rankings.
"Institutions must demonstrate high standards of performance across teaching, research, international outlook and knowledge transfer and compete with other leading research universities across 50 emerging economy countries. We only rank the very best universities from this cohort so to make the top 300 list is a great achievement in itself and Khalifa University should be heartily congratulated."


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