UAEU in world’s ‘top 3.5%’ universities

UAE University (UAEU) has been ranked in the top 3.5 per cent in the 2017 list of the world’s top 1,000 universities by the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR).

The rankings also placed the Al Ain-based government university at top position in the UAE.

“In addition to its highquality research output, the two key factors that were fundamental to UAEU’s success were alumni employment and research innovation and technology transfer,” CWUR said.

Dr Nadim Mahassen, president of CWUR, said: “For the 2017 edition of the rankings, 27,770 degree-granting institutions of higher education worldwide were evaluated, among which the top 1,000 research-intensive institutions received rankings based on eight objective indicators covering education, alumni employment, and research.”

The world rank for UAEU is 957.