Saudi Gazette report
ABHA — King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals was ranked at 189 among the top 800 universities in the world in 2016, according to the QS World University Rankings. The rankings included 6 other Saudi universities that was not part of the top 100 and three American universities made the list of the top 10 universities in the same year.
7 Saudi universities
The QS World University Rankings included 7 Saudi universities which are: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz University, King Khalid University, Umm Al Qura University, Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University and the University of King Faisal.
Massachusetts in the lead
According to the rating, Cambridge University deteriorated this year and is no longer among the top three universities in the world for the first time in more than a decade. Despite it being the first among British universities, it dropped from third to fourth among the world's universities on the list, thus achieving the lowest rating since the list began publishing in 2004.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology was ranked as the best university for the fifth consecutive year.
The reasons for decline
Head of research at QS Ben Swoter said that the reason for the decline in British universities performance may be due to a lack of clarity in the situation of the United Kingdom Immigration and financing issues in the long term.
He added, "The ability to recruit and attract young talent from around the world may affect the reputation of the higher education sector in the United Kingdom."
However, the City of London still has more than 40 educational institutions, where there are 16 institutions, included in the list.
