23 Egyptian universities listed on Times World University Rankings 2022

31 / 12 / 2021

By Marwa Nassar - -

Twenty-three Egyptian universities were listed on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 which included more than 1,600 universities across 99 countries and territories, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date.

The list comprised the Aswan University (401–500), Kafrelsheikh University (501–600), Mansoura University (501–600), Suez Canal University (501–600), Cairo University (601–800), and American University in Cairo (801–1000).

The list also included Benha University (801–1000), Beni-Suef University (801–1000), Menoufia University (801–1000), South Valley University (801–1000), Zagazig University (801–1000), Zewail City of Science and Technology (801–1000), Ain Shams University (1001–1200), Al-Azhar University (1001–1200), and Alexandria University (1001–1200).

Assiut University (1001–1200) was also included on the list alongside Fayoum University (1001–1200), Minia University (1001–1200), Tanta University (1001–1200), the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (1201+), German University in Cairo (1201+), Helwan University (1201+), and Port Said University (1201+).

Assessment indicators of Times Rankings:

The table of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

This year’s ranking analyzed more than 108 million citations across over 14.4 million research publications and included survey responses from almost 22,000 scholars globally.

Overall, the table collected over 430,000 datapoints from more than 2,100 institutions that submitted data.

Trusted worldwide by students, teachers, governments and industry experts, this year’s league table reveals how the Covid-19 pandemic has started to shift global higher educational performance.

Top-ranking world universities:

The University of Oxford tops the ranking for the sixth consecutive year, while mainland China has two institutions in the top 20 for the first time: Peking University and Tsinghua University share 16th place.

Institut Polytechnique de Paris is the highest new entry at 95th place, following a merger of five institutions.

The US is the most-represented country overall with 183 institutions, and also the most represented in the top 200 (57), although its share of universities in this elite group is falling.

Mainland China now has the joint fifth highest number of institutions in the top 200 (up from joint seventh last year), overtaking Canada and on a par with the Netherlands.

Six new countries feature in the table compared with last year: Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Palestine and Tanzania.

Harvard University tops the teaching pillar, while the University of Oxford tops the research pillar and Macau University of Science and Technology leads the international pillar.

Overall, 1,662 universities are ranked. A further 452 universities are listed with “reporter” status, meaning that they provided data but did not meet the Times eligibility criteria to receive a rank.