Fez – Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in Fez still ranks as the best university in Morocco, according to the Times Higher Education 2022 World University Rankings.
The university is still the only Moroccan higher education institution in the top 1,000 global rankings, keeping its place in the 801-1,000 section.
Fez’s university was ranked the first university in Morocco for the fourth year in a row.
The 1,001+ section of the 2021 rankings included four other Moroccan universities: Ibn Tofail University in Kenitra, Hassan I University in Settat, Hassan II University in Casablanca, and Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech.
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University’s global rank declined in the past two years, compared to the 2020 World University Rankings when Fez’s university appeared in the 601-800 section.
The Times Higher Education ranking considers five different criteria when evaluating universities: Teaching, research, citations, industry income, and international outlook.
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University earned the highest score among Moroccan universities in terms of citations from the university’s work in other publications. Meanwhile, Ibn Tofail University scored the highest in industry income, and Cadi Ayyad University earned the best score in terms of international outlook.
On the global ladder, the University of Oxford remained in first place, followed by California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, and University of Cambridge.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, University of California Berkeley, Yale University, and University of Chicago complete, in order, for the top 10 of the 2022 World University Rankings.
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University was founded in 1975 and is named after a Sultan of Morocco from the 18th century.
The main campus is in Fez, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Morocco, that was once the final destination on the famous gold trading route from Timbuktu.
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