A total of 520 mathematics programmes were ranked this year, including ten at Arab universities.
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz University made it into the top 100, ranking 65th, while King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals was in the group ranked 151-200.
Two other Saudi universities ranked 201-250: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and King Saud University.
They were followed by Cairo University (301-350) and the University of Jordan (351-400).
Three Arab universities were in the group ranked 401-450: Qatar University, Khalifa University, and the United Arab Emirates University. The American University of Beirut was in the block ranked 501-520.
Physics and Astronomy
Of the 610 programmes in physics and astronomy ranked this year, two at Saudi universities were among the 250: King Abdulaziz University and KAUST, both ranked 201-250.
Four other Arab universities were ranked: Cairo University and KFUPM, both ranked 351-400; King Saud University was in the 401-450 group, and Ain Shams University ranked 451-500.
Earth and Marine Sciences; Environmental Sciences
Among the 220 programmes in earth and marine sciences ranked this year, Saudi Arabia stands alone in the Arab region. The three Saudi programmes listed were King Abdulaziz University and KAUST, both ranked 151-200, and KFUPM, ranked 201-220.
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Four programmes in environmental sciences at Arab universities were among the 460 that were listed this year. They included King Abdulaziz University (101-150), KAUST (151-200), Khalifa University (301-350), and Qatar University (351-400).
Geophysics; Geology; Geography
Arab institutions were not well represented in these three subjects.
The listings compare some 220 programmes in geophysics, and only two Arab universities were among them: King Abdulaziz University and KAUST, both ranked 151-200.
Of the 220 geology programmes ranked this year, only one was at an Arab university. That was King Abdulaziz University, ranking 151-200.
No Arab institutions were among the geography programmes ranked this year.
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