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The university advanced in the Times Higher Education International Specialization Ranking 2024, including 8 academic disciplines at the university, including three disciplines that enter the ranking for the first time, and came among the top 601 global universities, as a continuation of the university's development efforts in all its academic programs.
The university's majors appeared in 8 of the 11 fields that fall under the Times ranking of majors and jumped to advanced ranks, namely; engineering majors to 251 globally after it was 601, computer science majors 301 globally after it was 601, medicine and health 401 after it was 601, life sciences 501 globally after it was 601, and pure basic sciences 601 internationally after it was 801, and the majors that were ranked for the first time came education and education and achieved 251 and the second locally, social sciences 501, and business and economics 501.
The Times Higher Education International University Ranking is based on five main criteria, starting with the educational environment criterion by evaluating the reality of education in the university in general and in the academic specialization in particular, using several sub-indicators such as its academic reputation, the percentage of faculty members, the percentage of graduate students, undergraduate students, and institutional income, the second criterion is based on the university's research environment through indicators of the number of research, research reputation, and income generated from the research process, and the third is the standard for measuring the quality of scientific research, including citation rates, strength and excellence of the research output of the university or specialization, and the
It is noteworthy that the university has achieved many achievements in various international rankings, including; advancing 400 positions in the Times Higher Education International University Rankings, achieving 801st place internationally, continuing its appearance in the rankings out of 1900 international universities.
