Under the auspices of his Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the annual “QS” World Universities Rankings report 2014 for the rankings of the world university was launched.
His Highness said during a meeting with the Executive Director of the authority, that selection of the UAE to launch one of the most important reports in the world university rankings, reflects our ambitions in enhancing the educational competitiveness of the state in particular, and the competitiveness of the Arab universities in general, and that the upgrade of the classification of universities and the development of research centers and the capacities of educational institutions are the basis to improve our capabilities and to achieve the highest economic benefits from our human resources.
His Highness added that UAE is seeking to consolidate a diverse and strong academic environment in the state and has strengthen its regional role in attracting the best educational competencies and student’s talent in order to achieve its goal of building a national economy based on knowledge.
The launch of the report was attended by Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gargawi, Minister for Cabinet Affairs.
The rankings prepared by the QS depend on a set of key criteria in the classification of universities such as academic reputation and fame enjoyed by universities with recruitment companies and index productivity of research, the proportion of professors to students and the proportion of the attractiveness of universities for foreign professors and students and other common indicators.
The report includes a list of the top 200 Universities, Colleges and institutions from 31 countries, the United States topped the list with a number of (51 University), followed by the United Kingdom (29), Germany (13), Netherlands (11), Canada (10), Japan (10) and Australia (8).
Here are the top 10 universities according to the “QS” ranking:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Harvard University, United States of America
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
University College London, United Kingdom
Stanford University, United States
California Institute of Technology, United States
Princeton University, United States
Yale University, United States
