Arab world in the 2025 edition of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

It was a very impressive performance from the Arab world in the 2025 edition of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings – which assess universities’ contribution to all of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Saudi Arabia leaped into the top 50 of the overall ranking – King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals – KFUPM is now in joint 25th place, up from joint 81st, and King Faisal University is in 40th place, up from 99th. Six universities from the Arab world are in the overall top 100; four universities in Saudi Arabia, one in Palestine and one in United Arab Emirates (UAE). An Najah National University in Palestine is in joint 82nd place, up from band 201-300, and Al Ain University in UAE is ranked joint 90th, up from joint 92nd.

Iraq is world number one for hashtag#SDG7 (clean energy) and the most represented Arab country across all the tables with 92 universities ranked, followed by Algeria with 72 and Egypt with 52. Globally, Iraq is the fifth most represented country in the Impact Rankings. Overall, Arab world countries have 394 universities ranked from 20 countries.

Congratulations to the overall top ten and all participants

25th – King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals – KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
40th – King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
82nd – An Najah National University, Palestine
90th – Al Ain University, United Arab Emirates
90th – KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), Saudi Arabia
98th – Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
101-200 – Al Ahliyya Amman University, Jordan
101-200 – Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt
101-200 – Holy Spirit University of Kaslik – USEK, Lebanon
101–200 –Lebanese American University, Lebanon
101–200 – Qatar University, Qatar
101–200 – United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates

The full tables are here: https://lnkd.in/eYFgvUJE

The Impact Rankings are changing….

Read here about how the Impact Rankings are transforming to a new Ratings and Network: https://lnkd.in/eEc_x-Ee

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Phil BatyPhil Baty   • 1stVerified • 1stChief Global Affairs Officer, Times Higher Education (T