22 Papers Published by Khalifa University Indicate High-Quality Research in Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physical Sciences Ìý

Khalifa University has announced it is ranked top in the UAE and second among Arab institutions in terms of research output by the latest Nature Index 2021 Ranking. With a total of 22 research papers, and a ‘share’ of (6.53), Khalifa University remains ahead of all other contenders in the UAE.Ìý

Among the Arab institutions, Khalifa University jumped seven places to become the second in the Nature Index 2021 ranking for research.

Khalifa University has a total of 11 research papers in Earth and Environmental Sciences, 9 in Physical Sciences and 4 in Chemistry, for the 1 May 2020 – 1 April 2021 assessment period. The UAE, as a country, had a total of 122 research papers from 10 institutions.

The Nature Index is a database of author affiliations and institutional relationships. It is an indicator of high-quality research in the Natural and Physical Sciences, including Chemistry, Life Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Physical Sciences. The Index tracks contributions to research articles published in 82 high-quality natural-science journals, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The latest rankings were based on the Nature Index data from 1 May 2020 – 1 April 2021.Ìý

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24 August 2021

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New Ranking Indicates Emphasis on Locally and Globally-Relevant Research, World-Class Faculty Experts and Quality Education Ìý

Khalifa University has announced that it is top-ranked in the UAE and has remained among the top 10 out of 125 Arab institutions in the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Arab Universities Ranking that was announced at the THE Arab Universities Forum.

Khalifa University ranked sixth overall in the THE list that assessed universities from 14 Arab countries. The ranking is THE’s most comprehensive assessment of higher education in the Arab region to date.

The methodology behind the Arab ranking is based on the same framework as the global table, but some adjustments have been made and some new metrics have been included to reflect the features and missions of universities in the Arab region. There are regional measures on reputation and collaboration as well as metrics related to social impact.

The performance indicators are grouped into five areas: Teaching (the learning environment); Research (volume, income and reputation); Citations (research influence); International outlook (staff, students and research); and Industry income (knowledge transfer).

Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi, Executive Vice-President, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, said: “Our ranking in the latest 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Arab Universities listings rankings once again establishes the emphasis we place on locally and globally-relevant research, world-class faculty experts and our quality of education. We believe this ranking will encourage us further to seek even greater heights in the future.�

THE University Ranking Forum: Arab University Rankings 2021 also featured the launch of the inaugural THE Arab University Rankings. Leaders and managers from institutions across the Arab World convened for the one-day forum to reconsider performance and to examine how measuring university impact can provide a framework for building and enhancing reputation.

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27 July 2021

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5-Star Rating Reflects Khalifa University’s High Reputation, Cutting-Edge Facilities, and Internationally-Renowned Research and Teaching Faculty Ìý

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Khalifa University of Science and Technology announced it has achieved the coveted 5-Star rating with QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) Stars, in seven categories including teaching, employability, research, internationalization, facilities, innovation, and in the subject of Petroleum Engineering.

Khalifa University was honored during a special ceremony organized by QS, which was attended by Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi, Executive Vice President of Khalifa University.

A typical 5-Star university is generally world-class in a broad range of areas, enjoys a high reputation and has cutting-edge facilities and internationally-renowned research and teaching faculty. Khalifa University has met all these thresholds to achieve the QS 5-Star rating.

The QS Stars is a rating system that provides a detailed look at an institution, and identifies which universities are the best in specific areas. The system allows students to get a wider picture of the qualities of universities around the world, looking at everything from the teaching and research qualities to employability of graduates, sports facilities and community engagement. The QS Stars audit evaluates an institution against more than 50 different indicators.

In order to achieve the 5-Star rating, a university must obtain an overall score of at least 700 out of 1000 points. A university must have at least 5% international faculty, and 5% international students, a score of 70 points or more in the learning environment category and 85 points or more in the employability category. In the Research category, the university must have 150 academic references or three citations per faculty member. If assessed in the Academic Development category, it must have 105 points in Teaching.

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31 March 2021

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Khalifa University of Science and Technology has announced it has been ranked among the Top 20 globally and top in the UAE in the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies Rankings 2021.

Khalifa University is ranked 20^th among 606 emerging economies universities from 48 countries and regions in the most recent THE rankings, the only global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across all their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. Though the rankings use the same 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments, the weightings are specially recalibrated to reflect the characteristics of the emerging economy universities.

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14 March 2021

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Khalifa University Ranks 214th Internationally in ‘Engineering and Technology’ in 2021 QS World University Rankings by Subject Leaping 67 Notches Ìý

Khalifa University has leapt 67 notches to be ranked 214th globally in the ‘Engineering and Technology’ category, top in the UAE and in six subjects in the most recent 2021 QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Rankings by Subject.

The milestone achievement comes as Khalifa University has been ranked 21st in Petroleum Engineering internationally, a jump of seven notches, in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi, Executive Vice-President, Khalifa University, said: “The international acknowledgement of Khalifa University’s academic status through the 2021 QS World University Rankings by Subject further consolidates our status as a top-ranked institution renowned for world-class quality education. In a year beset with a global pandemic that brought major challenges to academic institutions, Khalifa University has again vindicated its primary status globally, regionally and in the UAE, because of our expert and dedicated faculty members and the level of research produced at the University. We believe this milestone recognition will motivate us even further to reach bigger heights in the coming years.â€�Ìý

Khalifa University has also performed better in other subjects with Civil and Structural Engineering ranked within the top-200 band globally, while Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering coming among the ‘top-250 band’ in the 2021 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject is an extensive independent comparative analysis on the performance of 13,883 individual university programs, taken by students at 1,440 universities in 85 locations across the world, across 51 academic disciplines.Ìý

Four components – academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per paper, and the H-index – are used to rank universities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021. Apart from academic and employer reputation, the QS World University Rankings by Subject measures ‘citations per paper’ rather than ‘citations per faculty member’ for more reliability in statistics. The H-index is a way of measuring both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or scholar. It is based on the set of the academic’s most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications.Ìý

Khalifa University already ranks at #211 in the QS World University Rankings 2021, which features 1,029 of the most prestigious universities in the world.

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7 March 2021

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University Remains Among Top 200 in 2021 THE World University Rankings by Subject and US News & World Report’s 2021 Edition of Best Global Universities Rankings by Subject

Khalifa University has announced it is ranked first in the UAE by two international university rankings – the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject: Engineering and Technology, and the US News & World Report’s 2021 edition of the Best Global Universities ranking.

Khalifa University was also placed among the Top 200 in Engineering (within the 176–200 band) out of nearly 1,000 universities assessed in the THE World University Rankings by Subject: Engineering and Technology, while the US News & World Report’s 2021 edition of the Best Global Universities ranking placed the university among the Top 200 (144th) in Asia, out of nearly 1,500 universities spread across 86 countries globally. This also puts Khalifa University ahead of any other university in the UAE in this ranking by about 200 places.

The US News & World Report’s ranking is based on ‘Web of Science’ data and InCites metrics provided by Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation. The Best Global Universities methodology also weighs factors that measure a university’s global and regional research reputation and academic research performance.

In addition to the criteria of the minimum threshold of at least 1,250 papers published from 2014 to 2018, the US News & World Report’s ranking also used 13 indicators and weights to measure global research performance.Ìý

The ‘THE World University Rankings 2021 by Subject: Engineering and Technology’ includes a range of subject areas covering Chemical Engineering, General Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Civil Engineering.

The subject tables employ the same range of 13 performance indicators used in the overall World University Rankings 2020, brought together with scores provided under five categories. However, the overall methodology is recalibrated for each subject, with the weightings changed to suit the individual fields.

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3 November 2020

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Khalifa University of Science and Technology today announced that it is ranked 15th in the 2021 QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) Top 50 Under 50 rankings. Khalifa University is also ahead of any other institution in the Arab world to achieve this remarkable distinction in the QS ranking.
The QS Top 50 Under 50 listing ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ the world’s top 50 universities established within the last 50 years, based on the most recent edition of the QS World University Rankings. The exclusive QS table for the world’s younger academic institutions aims to recognize a university’s reputation, resources, and world-class outcomes that are typically built over time.
Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi, Executive Vice-President, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, said: “Another honor has come our way as Khalifa University has become the only institution to stay ahead of other universities in the Arab world with this distinction in the QS Top 50 Under 50 rankings. We are ranked 15th among the top universities in the world, which reflects our steady progress and the sincere efforts of our faculty, staff and students, especially in the research and academic arena. We believe our global recognitions and achievements are in line with our mission to be at the forefront in contributing to the UAE’s knowledge economy drive.�
Only recently, Khalifa University was ranked 211 in the QS World University Rankings 2021, a massive jump of 57 notches, reiterating the university’s increasingly impactful status as a research-based institution, leading in the creation of knowledge and human capital.
Khalifa University is already ranked top in the UAE and 114th globally in ‘Engineering’ subject in the US News & World Report’s, 2020 Best Global Universities rankings that was published in November 2019. The university is also ranked second in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and among the top 200 globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2020 by Subject: Engineering and Technology.
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25 June 2020

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Khalifa University Becomes First University from UAE to Reach Such A Distinctive Place Among Top Universities in QS World University Rankings

Khalifa University of Science and Technology today announced that it has leapt higher by 57 slots, to be ranked 211 in the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Rankings 2021, the world’s most-consulted source of comparative information about university performance.

With the new rankings, Khalifa University has become the only university from the UAE to be placed among the top 250 universities in the world, according to QS World University Rankings 2021.

His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and Chairman of Khalifa University Board of Trustees, said that this new achievement is evidence to the tangible results driven by the vision of the wise leadership in supporting and developing Khalifa University.

His Highness Sheikh Hamed highlighted the role that Khalifa University plays in supporting the knowledge economy in the UAE by providing adequate human capital that leads the industries and enhances the country’s global competitiveness.

He added that the status Khalifa University has achieved, by becoming the first university in the UAE to be ranked 211 among the top universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2021, confirms the University’s continuous pursuit to be among the best international universities. He also said that this achievement reflects the great efforts of the University’s faculty, staff and students in the academic and research fields.

Khalifa University was ranked ‘very high’ in the ‘Research output’ category in the QS World University Rankings, which this year features 1,029 of the most prestigious universities in the world. The University is also placed in the #151-200 band in the ‘QS World University by Subject Ranking: Mechanical Engineering’.

The QS World University Rankings assess each academic institution on six metrics, including its reputation amongst academics and employers. The criteria include Academic reputation (40%), Employer reputation (10%), Faculty/Student Ratio (20%), Citations per faculty (20%), and International faculty ratio/International student ratio (5% each).

Khalifa University is already ranked top in the UAE and 114th globally in ‘Engineering’ subject in the US News & World Report’s, 2020 Best Global Universities rankings that was published in November 2019. The university is also ranked second in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and among the top 200 globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2020 by Subject: Engineering and Technology.

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10 June 2020

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Only University from Middle East and North Africa Region to be Among Top 15

Khalifa University has become the only university in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to be ranked in the top 15 in the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019, which placed the university 13^th out of 442 universities from 43 countries. The university has edged up slightly from 15^th position in the same listing last year.

Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi, Executive Vice-President, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, said: “The latest THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019 once again reiterate our status as the premier institution for not only higher learning, but for cutting-edge research and innovation. Our university has been consistently rising in global rakings, exceeding other local, regional and international institutions, on the basis of research excellence and faculty expertise. We believe this new ranking will motivate us to further move up the notches and reinforce our role as a leading research-oriented academic institution with diverse specializations.�

Khalifa University currently is top-ranked in ‘Industry Income’ in the Arab world, while remaining among the top 200 for Engineering & Technology subjects. It also placed in the 301-350 berth overall by the THE rankings.

With a total of 16 specialized research centers focused on advanced technology solutions across various industry sectors, Khalifa University remains in the lead in volume and quality of cutting-edge innovation. Its two research institutes – Masdar Institute and Petroleum Institute – oversee research in two main areas – sustainable technologies, and hydrocarbons. Such range and diversity in research provides Khalifa University a special status to generate valuable human and intellectual capital.

A growing number of industry leaders in the corporate and government sectors find Khalifa University a more suitable institution to partner with and produce opportunities for innovation. This has helped the university to obtain research contracts worth over US$50 million with more than 50 organizations in the UAE, regionally and globally.

The current THE rankings further strengthen the already robust profile of Khalifa University. The recent 2019 THE World University Subject Rankings for Engineering & Technology placed Khalifa University in the 176-200 band, placing the university among the top 200 out of over 900 institutions assessed across more than 70 countries. This follows Khalifa University’s 12th placement in the THE Young University Rankings 2018: Millennial Universities Millennial Ranking and 49th in the Young University Ranking.

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27 January 2019

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