Khalifa University has become the first university in the UAE to rank among the top 200 of a global higher education league table.
The Abu Dhabi institution cemented its position as the best in the country after rising to 183rd in the 2022 QS World University Rankings, up from 211th in the previous list.
Last year, for the first time, the region had a seat of learning in the top 150 in the world as King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia reached 143rd spot.
Global higher education analysts Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) published the latest annual ratings on Wednesday, which was topped by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The United Arab Emirates has made highly impressive strides forward in the QS World University Rankings
This year QS World University Rankings assessed the world’s top 1,300 universities.
The universities are ranked on academic and employer reputation, citations for faculty, faculty-student ratio, international faculty ratio and international student ratio.
“Over the last five years, the United Arab Emirates has made highly impressive strides forward in the QS World University Rankings," said Ben Sowter, director of research at QS.
"As recently as 2017, not a single Emirati university ranked among the world’s top 400.
"Now, three universities feature among the top 400 and, for the first time, one of the nation’s institutions has broken into the top 200.
Top 20 universities in the world – in pictures
"This progress is due to the UAE’s highly internationalist outlook, with every single one of its ranked universities achieving a perfect score for our international faculty ratio metric.
"The next frontier for the UAE is expanding its research impact performance."
Khalifa University is the fastest rising young university, less than 50 years old, having moved up from the 451-460 range in the 2019 edition of the rankings.
Khalifa University's improved reputation in the global academic community helped to boost its position.
Graduates from the university are held in high regard, and it has improved its teaching capacity, number of citations for faculty and international faculty ratio.
New entrants from UAE in global list
Of the 10 UAE higher-education institutions listed in the rankings, two improved their positions while another two declined in rank and four retained their bands.
UAE University dropped from 284th to 288th, while American University of Sharjah slipped 35 places over the year to 383rd.
American University in Dubai, Abu Dhabi University and Ajman University held their spots.
Zayed University improved, going from the 701-750 band last year to the 651-700 band.
Canadian University of Dubai and Al Ain University featured in the QS World University Rankings for the first time.
The UAE's top 10 universities
1: Khalifa University (183rd overall)
2: UAE University (288)
3: American University of Sharjah (383)
4: American University in Dubai (601-650)
5: Canadian University of Dubai (601-650)
6: University of Sharjah (601-650)
7: Zayed University (651-700)
8: Abu Dhabi University (701-750)
9: Ajman University (701-750)
10: Al Ain University (701-750)
US and UK dominate global rankings
For the 10th consecutive year, Massachusetts Institute of Technology was named the best in the world.
The UK's top performer, the University of Oxford, fell to fifth last year but claimed second place for the first time since 2006.
Stanford University and the University of Cambridge share third spot.
Asia’s leading university is the National University of Singapore in 11th.
Two tertiary education institutions in Mainland China were listed in the world's top 20 universities for the first time.
The best university outside the UK and US is Switzerland's ETH Zurich, claiming eighth spot.
KILLING OF QASSEM SULEIMANI
WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE?
1. Black holes are objects whose gravity is so strong not even light can escape their pull
2. They can be created when massive stars collapse under their own weight
3. Large black holes can also be formed when smaller ones collide and merge
4. The biggest black holes lurk at the centre of many galaxies, including our own
5. Astronomers believe that when the universe was very young, black holes affected how galaxies formed
PULITZER PRIZE 2020 WINNERS
JOURNALISM
Public Service
Anchorage Daily News in collaboration with ProPublica
Breaking News Reporting
Staff of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
Investigative Reporting
Brian M. Rosenthal of The New York Times
Explanatory Reporting
Staff of The Washington Post
Local Reporting
Staff of The Baltimore Sun
National Reporting
T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose and Robert Faturechi of ProPublica
and
Dominic Gates, Steve Miletich, Mike Baker and Lewis Kamb of The Seattle Times
International Reporting
Staff of The New York Times
Feature Writing
Ben Taub of The New Yorker
Commentary
Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times
Criticism
Christopher Knight of the Los Angeles Times
Editorial Writing
Jeffery Gerritt of the Palestine (Tx.) Herald-Press
Editorial Cartooning
Barry Blitt, contributor, The New Yorker
Breaking News Photography
Photography Staff of Reuters
Feature Photography
Channi Anand, Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin of the Associated Press
Audio Reporting
Staff of This American Life with Molly O’Toole of the Los Angeles Times and Emily Green, freelancer, Vice News for “The Out Crowd”
LETTERS AND DRAMA
Fiction
"The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)
Drama
"A Strange Loop" by Michael R. Jackson
History
"Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America" by W. Caleb McDaniel (Oxford University Press)
Biography
"Sontag: Her Life and Work" by Benjamin Moser (Ecco/HarperCollins)
Poetry
"The Tradition" by Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon Press)
General Nonfiction
"The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care" by Anne Boyer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
and
"The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America" by Greg Grandin (Metropolitan Books)
Music
"The Central Park Five" by Anthony Davis, premiered by Long Beach Opera on June 15, 2019
Special Citation
Ida B. Wells
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
Edited by Sahm Venter
Published by Liveright
The specs
- Engine: 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8
- Power: 640hp
- Torque: 760nm
- On sale: 2026
- Price: Not announced yet
Jetour T1 specs
Engine: 2-litre turbocharged
Power: 254hp
Torque: 390Nm
Price: From Dh126,000
Available: Now
Getting there
The flights
Emirates and Etihad fly to Johannesburg or Cape Town daily. Flights cost from about Dh3,325, with a flying time of 8hours and 15 minutes. From there, fly South African Airlines or Air Namibia to Namibia’s Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport, for about Dh850. Flying time is 2 hours.
The stay
Wilderness Little Kulala offers stays from £460 (Dh2,135) per person, per night. It is one of seven Wilderness Safari lodges in Namibia; www.wilderness-safaris.com.
Skeleton Coast Safaris’ four-day adventure involves joining a very small group in a private plane, flying to some of the remotest areas in the world, with each night spent at a different camp. It costs from US$8,335.30 (Dh30,611); www.skeletoncoastsafaris.com
FIGHT INFO
Men’s 60kg Round 1:
Ahmad Shuja Jamal (AFG) beat Krisada Takhiankliang (THA) - points
Hyan Aljmyah (SYR) beat Akram Alyminee (YEM) - retired Round 1
Ibrahim Bilal (UAE) beat Bhanu Pratap Pandit (IND) - TKO Round 1
Men’s 71kg Round 1:
Seyed Kaveh Soleyman (IRI) beat Abedel Rahman (JOR) - RSC round 3.
Amine Al Moatassime (UAE) walk over Ritiz Puri (NEP)
The Lowdown
Kesari
Rating: 2.5/5 stars
Produced by: Dharma Productions, Azure Entertainment
Directed by: Anubhav Singh
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Parineeti Chopra
Turkish Ladies
Various artists, Sony Music Turkey
Company%C2%A0profile
%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3ECompany%20name%3A%20%3C%2Fstrong%3EOutsized%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EStarted%3A%20%3C%2Fstrong%3E2016%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EFounders%3A%20%3C%2Fstrong%3EAzeem%20Zainulbhai%2C%20Niclas%20Thelander%2C%20Anurag%20Bhalla%20and%20Johann%20van%20Niekerk%20%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EBased%3A%20%3C%2Fstrong%3EIndia%2C%20South%20Africa%2C%20South-East%20Asia%2C%20Mena%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3ESector%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20Recruitment%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EInvestment%20raised%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20%241%20million%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3ECurrent%20staff%20count%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%2040%0D%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EInvestors%3A%20%3C%2Fstrong%3ESeed%20and%20angel%20investors%0D%3Cbr%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A
The specs
Engine: 1.5-litre turbo
Power: 181hp
Torque: 230Nm
Transmission: 6-speed automatic
Starting price: Dh79,000
On sale: Now
'Worse than a prison sentence'
Marie Byrne, a counsellor who volunteers at the UAE government's mental health crisis helpline, said the ordeal the crew had been through would take time to overcome.
“It was worse than a prison sentence, where at least someone can deal with a set amount of time incarcerated," she said.
“They were living in perpetual mystery as to how their futures would pan out, and what that would be.
“Because of coronavirus, the world is very different now to the one they left, that will also have an impact.
“It will not fully register until they are on dry land. Some have not seen their young children grow up while others will have to rebuild relationships.
“It will be a challenge mentally, and to find other work to support their families as they have been out of circulation for so long. Hopefully they will get the care they need when they get home.”
The years Ramadan fell in May
WOMAN AND CHILD
Director: Saeed Roustaee
Starring: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi
Rating: 4/5
Red Sparrow
Dir: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Egerton, Charlotte Rampling, Jeremy Irons
Three stars
