Qatar University (QU) has jumped 90 places and entered the club of the best 350 International Universities according to Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2021. The results showed that QU has jumped up to the 301-350 band.
The THE World University Rankings 2021 includes 1,527 universities across 93 countries and regions, standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever to date. The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
This achievement consolidates QU's recent results in rankings as the institution moved from 276 in the QS World University Ranking in 2020 to 245 in the 2021 ranking, effectively jumping 31 places, and becoming one of the most improved universities.
QU president Dr Hassan al-Derham, said, “This is a prestigious moment for QU to be ranked among top 350 Universities globally. This jump signifies the commitment of QU towards its five-year strategy (2018-2022) which maps out the routes to achieving continuing performance excellence.”
"The participation in worldwide rankings brings a positive competition; it raises participants’ international standing and improves job market for graduates of those universities. For QU, international ranking is a result and not a goal. Our main goal is to prepare national leaders and develop the national human capital towards building a knowledge-based economy.”
Phil Baty, chief knowledge officer at THE said, “Qatar University has always been one of the most internationally connected universities in the world – leading the world for our “international outlook” category in the World University Rankings, with strong international connections and a diverse campus community. So it is great to see the university rise significantly up the rankings for 2021. This is driven by an excellent score for research impact – a sign of how influential the university’s research is among scholars globally, based on our analysis of more than 80 million citations across more than 13 million research publications.”
Roland Hancock, partner at PwC Middle East said, “Qatar continues to invest in its education system, its research strength and the caliber of its higher education institutions, capabilities and partnerships, reflected in Qatar University being recognised for its ongoing contribution in education and research and its increasing relevance and impact. This strong achievement has been made during a period when the rules of higher education are being re-written by Covid-19 and the resultant changes to delivery and collaboration models.”
The performance in the THE World University Rankings 2021 is a great achievement for QU and is a testament to the efforts QU has undertaken to gain international recognition. The University stands today as a beacon of academic and research excellence, and embraces a student body of around 20,000 female and male students enroled in its various academic programmes.
