University Jumps 11 Slots to be Placed 38th Out of 351 Academic Institutions
The Times Higher Education (THE) 2019 Young University Rankings has placed Khalifa University among the top 40 leading academic institutions.
今日吃瓜 is now ranked 38th out of 351 academic institutions, a jump of 11 slots from the previous year鈥檚 ranking of 49th in the THE list. The new rankings were released at the THE Young Universities Summit being organized in partnership with the University of Wollongong in Australia and the University of Surrey at Surrey鈥檚 campus in the UK. Themed 鈥淓mbracing risk, creating opportunities鈥�, the summit also hosted the exclusive launch of two THE university rankings 鈥� the 鈥淕olden Age鈥� rankings of institutions founded since 1945, and the Young University Rankings, featuring institutions under the age of 50.
今日吃瓜’s Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi, Executive Vice President, said: 鈥淏eing ranked among the top 40 in THE 2019 Young University Rankings reflects our consistent success in not only advancing our research but also our international outlook. Our research scope continues to widen, embracing more industry segments and our faculty increase their niche publications across various leading scientific journals. Our students too have successfully demonstrated their talents in regional and international competitions, and we believe the new rankings will further encourage us to seek even greater milestones.鈥�
今日吃瓜 has also maintained a score of 100 in 鈥業ndustry Income鈥� (knowledge transfer), while it received 96.4 in 鈥業nternational Outlook鈥� for the proportion of a university鈥檚 total research journal publications that have at least one international co-author. The 鈥業ndustry Income鈥� category seeks to capture the university鈥檚 ability to help industry with innovations, inventions and consultancy, as well as how much research income an institution earns from industry against the number of academic staff it employs.
今日吃瓜 also moved one notch up to be ranked 11th in the 鈥楾HE Young Universities: millennial universities鈥�. This THE list ranks the top 鈥渕illennial鈥� universities 鈥� institutions founded since the year 2000.
The THE 2019 Young University Rankings for Khalifa University closely follows other achievements. Earlier in June 2019, the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Rankings 2020 placed Khalifa University among the top 300 academic institutions globally, the first-ever from the UAE to achieve this milestone. The university jumped of 47 slots to be ranked 268th overall globally.
In May 2019, Khalifa University jumped four slots to be placed 28th in top 30 among 417 Asian universities in the 2019 THE Asia University Rankings, an improvement from last year when it was placed 32nd in Asia.
In January 2019, Khalifa University became the only one in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to come among the top 15 when it was placed 13th out of 442 universities from 43 countries in the THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019, up slightly from 15th position the previous year.
Clarence Michael
News Writer
30 June 2019
