19 universities in KSA ranked among top 100

Nineteen Saudi universities were ranked among the QS top 100 Arab Universities for the year 2015-2016.

The King Fahad University for Petroleum and Mineral Resources ranked first among Arab universities for the second year in a row, while American University in Beirut ranked second. King Saud University emerged third, King Abdulaziz University fourth and Um Al-Qura University ranked 18th.
QS is one of the most prestigious and famous institutions with respect to university classifications around the world, in addition to the Time Higher Education World University Ranking, and the Academic Ranking for World Universities.
This latest ranking comes after evaluation of 192 universities out of 270 in 21 countries. The ranking relies on a comprehensive evaluation and nine criteria, as well as opportunities and challenges facing regional and global universities, and excellence achieved.
The classification relies on criteria such as answers from academics around the world regarding the best universities for research in their fields, the ratio of faculty to students, publication of studies for members of the educational cadre and the quality of education, and the proportion of foreign students.
QS also looks at the university’s educational reputation and employment prospects for graduates, the university’s website, and the number of published studies and citations for such studies.