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Doha: Qatar University (QU) has made countless achievements and realised impressive results in global universities rankings including being a recipient of QS Quacquarelli Symonds internationalisation award, due to its global impact in 2022.
The award is based on a score for 'internationalisation' – the average of international student ratio, international faculty ratio, and international research network.
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QS World University Rankings ranked QU 208 in the latest 2023 edition, an improvement of 16 places from the previous year. In addition, QU continues to place among the top six universities in the International Outlook indicator, for the seventh year in a row, according to the overall The World University Rankings. QU is also among the Global Top 25 performers, in the U-Multirank 2021 indicator 'international joint publications'.
QU was ranked second in Times Higher Education (THE) Arab University Rankings 2021 and second in the QS Arab Region University Rankings 2022. QU also ranks among the top 600 universities globally, according to 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.
QU President Dr. Hassan Al Derham commented on the recent accomplishments saying,“We are proud of the advanced positions achieved recently by the University in international rankings of academic institutions, which positively reflect the prestigious global position Qatar University has reached with the help of its faculty, students, researchers and staff. We are on the path of excellence and raising the bar, leading to more global positions.”
Cesar Wazen, Director of the International Affairs Office at QU also commented saying,“Qatar University continues to advance in various global rankings. There has been tremendous progress by QU, signifying its competitiveness at a local and global level. The University has been supported by an ambitious strategy to transform higher education in the country, prioritising research excellence and focusing on students.”
QU Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Dr. Khalid Al Khanji commented,“At the start of a new academic year, it's important to reflect on QU's most recent accomplishments, noting the hard work and efforts that have gone into receiving these accolades. The University has also launched a new college, The College of Nursing as well as a number of new programmes and projects that will help boost our rankings further up the charts.”
This semester, QU welcomed 28,000 students, including 4,700 new students, on the first day of the new academic year.
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