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Rabat – Mohammed V University in Rabat is the best in the Maghreb, according to the latest annual ranking by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).
The CWUR listed 2,000 universities out of more than 19,000 academic institutions worldwide in its 2022-23 “Global 2000 list”
This is the second year in a row that Mohammed V University has been put in first place in the Maghreb..
The Rabat-based university comes 11th place in the MENA region and 950th globally, according to the report.
Last week, Mohammed V University ranked as the 28th best in Africa and 1201th worldwide in the QA World University Rankings 2022.
In CWUR’s ranking, Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakech comes in 1024th position worldwide, and second nationally, followed by Hassan II University of Casablanca (1068th), and Mohammed I University in Oujda (1090th).
The international ranking is based on four key indicators, namely the quality of research, the quality of training, employability of alumni, and faculty that have obtained international academic distinctions.
In North Africa, Egypt dominates the list with 20 universities, with Cairo University (531st), Ain Shams University (784th), and Mansoura University (932nd) occupying the top 3 positions in the country.
In Algeria, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene and University of Djillali Liabes, Sidi Bel-Abbes feature at the bottom of the ranking, 1909th and 1993rd respectively.
Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University occupy the top 3 positions globally, with an A+ in all the four key indicators.
The UK’s University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford come fourth and fifth worldwide, followed by Princeton University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the California Institute of Technology.
The five universities at the bottom of the ranking are India’s Bharathidasan University (1996th), Brazil’s Federal University of Maranhao, China’s Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Chile’s University of Tarapaca, and India’s National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (2000th).
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