The United Arab Emirates University records a new achievement by being ranked 1st in UAE, 2nd in GCC, and 38th globally according to Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2023.

UAEU jumped 37 positions from the previous year’s ranking and this remarkable achievement is attributed to the Improvement in research productivity and quality. Six Universities in the UAE are featured in the list, in support to UAE Centennial 2071 specially the pillar of Excellence in education.

The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings list the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger, or in other words institutions that were founded between 1973 and the present. The 2023 ranking edition includes 605 universities from 78 countries compared to 539 Universities in 2022. 

THE uses 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators grouped under five areas: teaching, research, citations, international outlook, and industry income.