{"id":74289,"date":"2026-06-18T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/?p=74289"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:32:27","slug":"the-university-continues-its-progress-in-the-qs-world-university-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/news\/74289\/","title":{"rendered":"The university continues its progress in the QS World University Rankings 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The university continues its progress in various global rankings, achieving the rank of (781-790) globally in the QS World University Rankings 2027, advancing from (801-850) last year. This reflects the quality of its academic and research outcomes, and its continuous efforts in institutional performance development and enhancing its competitiveness nationally and internationally.<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This advancement in the rankings comes as a result of the university's achievements during the year. The university achieved the highest category, \u00ab5 Stars Plus,\u00bb in the QS international evaluation, for its excellence in academic, research, and institutional aspects, becoming the first Saudi university to receive this rating. Additionally, six specializations from the university's colleges were included for the first time in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. This academic achievement reflects the university's commitment to developing its academic and research programs and enhancing its position among the world's top universities.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u00abQS\u00bb ranking relies on several evaluation criteria, including academic reputation, scholarly publications, research citations, international research partnerships, and graduate employability. This contributes to improving the quality of education, fostering research and innovation, expanding the scope of international academic collaboration, enhancing the university's global reputation, and increasing employment opportunities for its graduates.<\/p><\/p> <p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#1578;&#1608;&#1575;&#1589;&#1604; &#1575;&#1604;&#1580;&#1575;&#1605;&#1593;&#1577; &#1578;&#1602;&#1583;&#1605;&#1607;&#1575; &#1601;&#1610; &#1605;&#1582;&#1578;&#1604;&#1601; &#1575;&#1604;&#1578;&#1589;&#1606;&#1610;&#1601;&#1575;&#1578; &#1575;&#1604;&#1593;&#1575;&#1604;&#1605;&#1610;&#1577;&#1548; &#1581;&#1610;&#1579; &#1581;&#1602;&#1602;&#1578; &#1575;&#1604;&#1580;&#1575;&#1605;&#1593;&#1577; &#1575;&#1604;&#1605;&#1585;&#1578;&#1576;&#1577; (790&ndash;781) &#1593;&#1575;&#1604;&#1605;&#1610;&#1611;&#1575; &#1601;&#1610; &#1578;&#1589;&#1606;&#1610;&#1601; QS &#1575;&#1604;&#1593;&#1575;&#1604;&#1605;&#1610; &#1604;&#1604;&#1580;&#1575;&#1605;&#1593;&#1575;&#1578; 2027&#1605;&#1548; &#1605;&#1578;&#1602;&#1583;&#1605;&#1577;&#1611; &#1605;&#1606; &#1575;&#1604;&#1605;&#1585;&#1578;&#1576;&#1577; (801 &ndash; 850) &#1582;&#1604;&#1575;&#1604; &#1575;&#1604;&#1593;&#1575;&#1605; &#1575;&#1604;&#1605;&#1575;&#1590;&#1610;&#1548; &#1576;&#1605;&#1575; &#1610;&#1593;&#1603;&#1587; &#1580;&#1608;&#1583;&#1577; &#1605;&#1582;&#1585;&#1580;&#1575;&#1578;&#1607;&#1575; &#1575;&#1604;&#1571;&#1603;&#1575;&#1583;&#1610;&#1605;&#1610;&#1577; &#1608;&#1575;&#1604;&#1576;&#1581;&#1579;&#1610;&#1577;&#1548; &#1608;&#1575;&#1587;&#1578;&#1605;&#1585;&#1575;&#1585; &#1580;&#1607;&#1608;&#1583;&#1607;&#1575; &#1601;&#1610; &#1578;&#1591;&#1608;&#1610;&#1585; &#1575;&#1604;&#1571;&#1583;&#1575;&#1569; &#1575;&#1604;&#1605;&#1572;&#1587;&#1587;&#1610; &#1608;&#1578;&#1593;&#1586;&#1610;&#1586; &#1578;&#1606;&#1575;&#1601;&#1587;&#1610;&#1578;&#1607;&#1575; &#1593;&#1604;&#1609; &#1575;&#1604;&#1605;&#1587;&#1578;&#1608;&#1610;&#1610;&#1606; &#1575;&#1604;&#1608;&#1591;&#1606;&#1610; &#1608;&#1575;&#1604;&#1583;&#1608;&#1604;&#1610;.&#1608;&#1610;&#1571;&#1578;&#1610; &#1607;&#1584;&#1575; &#1575;&#1604;&#1578;&#1602;&#1583;&#1605; &#1601;&#1610; &#1575;&#1604;&#1578;&#1589;&#1606;&#1610;&#1601; &#1606;&#1578;&#1610;&#1580;&#1577; &#1604;&#1605;&#1575; &#1581;&#1602;&#1602;&#1578;&#1607; &#1575;&#1604;&#1580;&#1575;&#1605;&#1593;&#1577; &#1605;&#1606; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":74287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"topofweek-line":[],"sdgs":[117],"post-setting":[49],"departments-list":[],"class_list":["post-74289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","sdgs-sdg17","post-setting-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74291,"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74289\/revisions\/74291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74289"},{"taxonomy":"topofweek-line","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topofweek-line?post=74289"},{"taxonomy":"sdgs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sdgs?post=74289"},{"taxonomy":"post-setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-setting?post=74289"},{"taxonomy":"departments-list","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qu.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departments-list?post=74289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}