Top 100 Arab World Universities - The Orange Room

Rami*

1 King Saud University 197 Saudi Arabia

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2 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals 303 Saudi Arabia

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3 Imam Muhammad bin Saud University 636 Saudi Arabia

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4 King Faisal University 993 Saudi Arabia

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5 King Abdulaziz University 1,072 Saudi Arabia

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6 Cairo University 1,219 Egypt

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7 King Khalid University 1,268 Saudi Arabia

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8 American University in Cairo 1,334 Egypt

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9 United Arab Emirates University 1,646 UAE

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10 American University of Beirut 1,716 Lebanon

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11 Umm Al-Qura University 1,968 Saudi Arabia

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12 Kuwait University * 1,978 kuwait

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13 College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences 2,255 Saudi Arabia

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14 Islamic University of Gaza * 2,392 Palestine

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15 Sultan Qaboos University 2,621 Oman

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16 Ain Shams University 2,785 Egypt

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17 Higher Colleges of Technology 2,801 UAE

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18 Al Quds University the Arab University in Jerusalem 2,831 Palestine

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19 An-Najah National University 2,838 Palestine

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20 Mansoura University 2,943 Egypt

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21 Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth 2,947 Lebanon

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22 Birzeit University 3,228 Palestine

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23 University of Sharjah 3,342 UAE

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24 Yarmouk University 3,520 Jordan

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25 Al Akhawayn University Ifrane 3,653 Morocco

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26 University of Qatar 3,729 Qatar

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27 Jordan University of Science & Technology 3,732 Jordan

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28 Université Cadi Ayyad 3,956 Morocco

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29 Université Djillali Liabes 4,116 Algeria

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30 Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen 4,143 Algeria

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31 Prince Sultan University * 4,203 Saudi Arabia

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32 Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport 4,347 Egypt

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33 University of Khartoum 4,371 Sudan

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34 American University of Sharjah 4,378 UAE

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35 Lebanese American University 4,463 Lebanon

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36 École Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs 4,618 Morocco

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37 Taibah University 4,663 Saudi Arabia

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38 Islamic University of Al Madinah 4,733 Saudi Arabia

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39 Faculté des Sciences Rabat 4,759 Morocco

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40 German University in Cairo 4,772 Egypt

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41 Université Abdelmalek Essaadi * 4,866 Morocco

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42 Helwan University 4,872 Egypt

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43 University of Jordan 4,874 Jordan

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44 Bethlehem University 4,999 Palestine

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45 Zayed University 5,140 UAE

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46 Assiut University 5,281 Egypt

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47 Zagazig University 5,383 Egypt

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48 Hashemite University 5,413 Jordan

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49 Institute of Public Administration 5,476 Saudi Arabia

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50 Université de Batna 5,548 Algeria

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51 University of Ha'il 5,734 Saudi Arabia

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52 Philadelphia University at Jordan Amman 5,794 Jordan

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53 Université Virtuelle de Tunis 5,806 Tunis

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54 Université Mohammed Premier Oujda * 5,950 Morocco

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55 Naif Arab University for Security Sciences 5,972 Saudi Arabia

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56 King Abdullah University of Science & Technology 6,031 Saudi arabia

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57 Yemeni University of Science & Technology 6,073 Yemen

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58 Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II 6,268 Morocco

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59 Arab Open University Saudi Arabia 6,362 Saudi arabia

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60 International University of Africa 6,482 Sudan

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61 University of Bahrain * 6,485 Bahrain

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62 University of Balamand 6,505 Lebanon

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63 Mutah University 6,545 Jordan

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64 Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi 6,550 UAE

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65 Sudan University of Science & Technology 6,556 Sudan

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66 Al Al-Bayt University 6,730 Jordan

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67 Université Mentouri de Constantine 6,766 Algeria

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68 University of Garyounis 6,781 Libya

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69 Balqa' Applied University Salt Jordan 6,797 Jordan

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70 Arab American University 6,841 Palestine

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71 Alexandria University 7,002 Egypt

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72 Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene 7,008 Algeria

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73 Université Mohammed V Souissi 7,042 Morocco

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74 Al Jouf University 7,046 Saudi arabia

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75 Al Quds Open University 7,057 Palestine

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76 Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem 7,205 Algeria

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77 Al Azhar University of Gaza 7,227 Palestine

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78 Université Senghor d'Alexandrie 7,279 Egypt

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79 Dubai School of Government 7,286 UAE

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80 Arab Open University Jordan 7,413 Jordan

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81 Notre Dame University Lebanon 7,414 Lebanon

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82 Princess Sumaya University for Technology 7,444 Jordan

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83 Palestine Polytechnic University 7,530 Palestine

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84 Université Ibn Zohr Agadir 7,597 Morocco

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85 Qassim University 7,609 Saudi Arabia

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86 Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla 7,612 Qatar

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87 Tishreen University 7,621 Syria

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88 Damascus University 7,654 Syria

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89 Université Libanaise 7,660 Lebanon

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90 Prince Mohammad University 7,690 Saudi Arabia

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91 British University in Egypt 7,781 Egypt

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92 Université Mohammed V Agdal 7,841 Morocco

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93 Université d'Alger 7,849 Algeria

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94 Gulf University for Science & Technology 7,903 Kuwait

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95 South Valley University 8,010 Egypt

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96 Faculté de Medécine & Pharmacie 8,024 Morocco

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97 Institut Français du Proche-Orient Damas 8,164 Syria

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98 Arabian Gulf University 8,238 Bahrain

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99 Institut National des Postes et Telecommunications Maroc 8,285 Morocco

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100 Université de Bejaia 8,376 Algeria

source: World Universities' ranking on the Web: Home

FBM

ok how'd they come up with those numbers...

shevchenco

This ranking is completely absurd.

from their website:

their website

The original aim of the Ranking was to promote Web publication, not to rank institutions. Supporting Open Access initiatives, electronic access to scientific publications and to other academic material are our primary targets. However web indicators are very useful for ranking purposes too as they are not based on number of visits or page design but global performance and visibility of the universities.

As other rankings focused only on a few relevant aspects, specially research results, web indicators based ranking reflects better the whole picture, as many other activities of professors and researchers are showed by their web presence.

The Web covers not only only formal (e-journals, repositories) but also informal scholarly communication. Web publication is cheaper, maintaining the high standards of quality of peer review processes. It could also reach much larger potential audiences, offering access to scientific knowledge to researchers and institutions located in developing countries and also to third parties (economic, industrial, political or cultural stakeholders) in their own community.

The Webometrics ranking has a larger coverage than other similar rankings (see table below). The ranking is not only focused on research results but also in other indicators which may reflect better the global quality of the scholar and research institutions worldwide.

We intend to motivate both institutions and scholars to have a web presence that reflect accurately their activities. If the web performance of an institution is below the expected position according to their academic excellence, university authorities should reconsider their web policy, promoting substantial increases of the volume and quality of their electronic publications.

6. Methodology used to create the rankings. The unit for analysis is the institutional domain, so only universities and research centres with an independent web domain are considered. If an institution has more than one main domain, two or more entries are used with the different addresses. About 5-10% of the institutions have no independent web presence, most of them located in developing countries. Our catalogue of institutions includes not only universities but also other Higher Education institutions following the recommendations of UNESCO. Names and addresses were collected from both national and international sources including among others:

University activity is multi-dimensional and this is reflected in its web presence. So the best way to build the ranking is combining a group of indicators that measures these different aspects. Almind & Ingwersen proposed the first Web indicator, Web Impact Factor (WIF), based on link analysis that combines the number of external inlinks and the number of pages of the website, a ratio of 1:1 between visibility and size. This ratio is used for the ranking but adding two new indicators to the size component: Number of documents, measured from the number of rich files in a web domain, and number of publications being collected by Google Scholar database. As it has been already commented, the four indicators were obtained from the quantitative results provided by the main search engines as follows:

Size (S). Number of pages recovered from four engines: Google, Yahoo, Live Search and Exalead. For each engine, results are log-normalised to 1 for the highest value. Then for each domain, maximum and minimum results are excluded and every institution is assigned a rank according to the combined sum.
Visibility (V). The total number of unique external links received (inlinks) by a site can be only confidently obtained from Yahoo Search, Live Search and Exalead. For each engine, results are log-normalised to 1 for the highest value and then combined to generate the rank.
Rich Files (R). After evaluation of their relevance to academic and publication activities and considering the volume of the different file formats, the following were selected: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Adobe PostScript (.ps), Microsoft Word (.doc) and Microsoft Powerpoint (.ppt). These data were extracted using Google and merging the results for each filetype after log-normalising in the same way as described before.
Scholar (Sc). Google Scholar provides the number of papers and citations for each academic domain. These results from the Scholar database represent papers, reports and other academic items.

The four ranks were combined according to a formula where each one has a different weight:

7. Relevance and validity of the indicators. The choice of the indicators was done according to several criteria (see note), some of them trying to catch quality and academic and institutional strengths but others intending to promote web publication and Open Access initiatives. The inclusion of the total number of pages is based on the recognition of a new global market for academic information, so the web is the adequate platform for the internationalization of the institutions. A strong and detailed web presence providing exact descriptions of the structure and activities of the university can attract new students and scholars worldwide . The number of external inlinks received by a domain is a measure that represents visibility and impact of the published material, and although there is a great diversity of motivations for linking, a significant fraction works in a similar way as bibliographic citation. The success of self-archiving and other repositories related initiatives can be roughly represented from rich file and Scholar data. The huge numbers involved with the pdf and doc formats means that not only administrative reports and bureaucratic forms are involved. PostScript and Powerpoint files are clearly related to academic activities.

8. Measure outcomes in preference to inputs whenever possible. Data on inputs are relevant as they reflect the general condition of a given establishment and are more frequently available. Measures of outcomes provide a more accurate assessment of the standing and/or quality of a given institution or program. We expect to offer a better balance in the future, but current edition intend to call the attention to incomplete strategies, inadequate policies and bad practices in web publication before attempting a more complete scenario.

9. Weighting the different indicators: Current and future evolution. The current rules for ranking indicators including the described weighting model has been tested and published in scientific papers. More research is still done on this topic, but the final aim is to develop a model that includes additional quantitative data, especially bibliometric and scientometric indicators.

C) Collection and Processing of Data

10. Ethical standards. We identified some relevant biases in the search engines data including under-representation of some countries and languages. As the behaviour is different for each engine, a good practice consists of combining results from several sources. Any other mistake or error is unintentional and it should not affect the credibility of the ranking. Please contact us if you think the ranking is not objective and impartial in any way.
11. Audited and verifiable data. The only source for the data of the Webometrics Ranking is a small set of globally available, free access search engines. All the results can be duplicated according to the describing methodologies taking into account the explosive growth of the web contents, their volatility and the irregular behaviour of the commercial engines.
12. Data collection. Data are collected during the same week, in two consecutive rounds for each strategy, being selected the higher value. Every website under common institutional domain is explored, but no attempt has been done to combine contents or links from different domains.
13. Quality of the ranking processes. After automatic collection of data, positions are checked manually and compared with previous editions. Some of the processes are duplicated and new expertise is added from a variety of sources. Pages that linked to the Webometrics Ranking are explored and comments from blogs and other fora are taken into account. Finally, our mailbox receives a lot of requests and suggestions that are acknowledged individually.
14. Organizational measures to enhance credibility. The ranking results and methodologies are discussed in scientific journals, and presented in international conferences. We expect international advisory or even supervisory bodies to take part in future developments of the ranking.

and for God's sake, how the heck "Imam Muhammad bin Saud University" is ahead of AUB by almost a 1000 places!!!!!!! only hardcore Wahhabis graduate from this university. Most of the theses are about which hand should we use to eat breakfast and which leg should go first when we step into a washroom.

LebanonUSA

Since their universities are that superior to ours, let their ugly faces get [] out of Lebanon and Lebanon universities and let them pursue their "education" there.

Rami*

Thank you all for the replies, hayedi awal replyet btoselni in this fourm :D

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Since their universities are that superior to ours, let their ugly faces get [] out of Lebanon and Lebanon universities and let them pursue their "education" there.

This is also applies to all students who are studying outside their country:)

anyway, King Saud University welcomes all students of the world ;)

Boris

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Originally Posted by Rami*

anyway, King Saud University welcomes all students of the world ;)

loooool!! nice one mate!

can't wait to apply and meet all the gorgeous ladies there !!

Rami*

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Originally Posted by Boris

loooool!! nice one mate!

can't wait to apply and meet all the gorgeous ladies there !!

yes i know that you can't wait, because this is what you are looking for loll

Robin Hood

7aje ba2a, most Arab universities are worthless, better learn in the modern West. The best universities in the ME are Israeli and Turkish, not Arab. ut if you want to study in the Arab world, go to AUB or LAU. Btw, if non-Lebanese univs are better than the Lebanese ones, lech kell l 3arab byejo yet3allamo (w yeflato) 3enna?

TripolySunni

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Originally Posted by Rami*

yes i know that you can't wait, because this is what you are looking for loll

I'm sorry you had to go through this but you gotta understand that anything related to the "king" of your country is rejected here because of many reasons (Many are good reasons and many arn't).

All I have to say is let's keep on improving ourselves and our educational systems and never lose hope.

Danny Z

Engineering programs at American university of Cairo are ABET approved, those of AUB are not. AUB has fallen behind a lot since the mid-late nineties, other universities in the middle east have risen to replace it as the center of middle east universities. It is all marketing AUB programs are still good, they are just not getting enough accreditation to prove it, and this is what these rankings look for