I'd love to share this with you, a link for the best unis in the middle east.

Here (http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=meast)

no north african universities? that's absurd!

no north african universities? that's absurd!

Man! they Syrian uni is there and Egypt isn't? :hyper:

only one uni from oman... no nizwa or suhar mentioned.

no north african universities? that's absurd!
http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=africa

but low :p

only one uni from oman... no nizwa or suhar mentioned.

I can't get the idea of calling them Universities . . They are colleges ..

haha, the top uni is ranked #1295 in the world. losers

Man! they Syrian uni is there and Egypt isn't? :hyper:

and where's that uni u were talkin about? :p

lol the uni i was in is ranked 9th.. then the uni im in now is ranked 20th.. not bad :p

haha, the top uni is ranked #1295 in the world. losers

hahahahahaha
.. yeah ! :hyper:

KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS is the third? ugh! :yell:

mine isn't that down on the list..should be #100 though :p
but i can't help but think there is something wrong with this list :think: i mean, i checked the top 3000 universities and..i don't know..

Most of them are Iranian...

I do not agree with all of this ranking idea ..
I'm studying in a British University .. But once I have been in a training with Guys from the SQU .. I found out that they have more knowledge and they study more practical works that help them in their career more than what we have been studying in a well-ranked University ..

kuwait university :cute:

Most of them are Iranian...

I noticed too! why though? they can't be THAT good, can they? :bored:

Oblivious ... Believe it or not , Iraq and Iran have good Universities But what happened in Iraq and what happening now make it worse for them ..
Iran has so many great Universities in the recent years ..

Oblivious ... Believe it or not , Iraq and Iran have good Universities But what happened in Iraq and what happening now make it worse for them ..
Iran has so many great Universities in the recent years ..

I do know Iraq had really good universities...but I know nothing about Iran.

well, they have nuclear power..so take a wild guess :p

so the top University is MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY? hmm :think: i know someone who's got accepted..and i still think there is something wrong with the lists. lol

I do know Iraq had really good universities...but I know nothing about Iran.

My dad graduated from University of Baghdad :)

My dad graduated from University of Baghdad :)

the name sounds Lame

Just because its Iraqi? Well..its much more better than all uni's they have in Kuwait..and that is for sure :)

only one uni from oman... no nizwa or suhar mentioned.

That's the funniest thing I've heard. No offence but Nizwa or Suhar Unis, are you kidding me? Those are not even Universities, they're barely colleges!!

Kuwait University should be on top.. Too good.. We rock people :p

SQU is the 9th, this is good, I'm sure it will top the list soon enough

SQU is the 9th, this is good, I'm sure it will top the list soon enough

9th in ME ... 2,601 in the world.

Once you leave school much of this won't matter. It will be what you can offer an employer.

Somebody needs to hit the books ... 3T :XD:

SQU is #9 huh?? not bad ;)

i know i hate many stuff in SQU, but i think the education is strong there...

lol and I was talking about the ME Mr.Jack :D
you're right :XD:

It would have been great if those rankings could determine how much you're going to be paid as an employee once you graduate, but they don't

That is what matters foremost for many, the wages

Ros About that rep u gave :cute:

Gal3ty ur back, w0o0ow.....Kuwait should be on top :p

'Sounds' lame? and what you said doesn't? lol..

I wonder though, how come American universities are on the list...and if they DO count them, how come the other American universities aren't on?:os

SQU is #9 huh?? not bad ;)

i know i hate many stuff in SQU, but i think the education is strong there...for now, and i hope it stays that way.

i just don't understand what were the criteria used for the ranking? specially for middle east

the web site uses : productivity (which should be the main criteria), visibility(V), the Impact, rich files(R), Scholars (Sc)..etc. Further reading (http://www.webometrics.info/methodology.html)

and then they use the following equation: Webometrics Rank (position)=
4*RankV+2*RankS+1*RankR+1*RankSc


What i don't get, is how they get such information about middle eastern countries.. Some universities in the list do have such data but most of the universities in the list don't have such things... check their annual reports.

Information fidelity is major problem in middle east. There is no double check on annual reports from some countries in many field not necessary education. One is the biggest is health reports.

Example, Low incidence of a disease in country may not necessary means the country is doing well in managing that disease. It may be because of the doctors are not doing well in diagnosing the disease or the patients cannot reach the health centers.

Qatar has strong private universities...again i don't see them in the list.

Karolinska institute, the Medical Noble prize institute in Sweden, is the top medical research , education university where many top medical research are done. It is also Harvard affiliated having high productivity and impact. But again it is not the top list.

i remember paying attention to university rankings...Now i don't believe in them

what matters is which university has the strongest program in your field. Not only that, which department is the most active well known in your field. The best way to find these out is look at the publications of the faculties in that department.



the strongest, pioneer scientific findings/methods usually come from Japan, specially in medicine. But again Japan universities are not placed top of teh list.


Cambridge university....another long story... i can't understand why they put it top of the list.....after looking at its productivity in science... i think some universities put top of the list because of their age and history. Politics

9th in ME ... 2,601 in the world.



Can't even express! how thrilled i am !:bored:

SQU shud be out of the list :p

^ im surprised its even in.

for now, and i hope it stays that way.

really cant count on that, every year another stuped rule or regulation :angry:

but i dont care, next year is the last and then im freeeeee

Can't even express! how thrilled i am !:bored:

SQU shud be out of the list :p

^ im surprised its even in. :os im surprised how you under estimate the university!!

The university administration is one of the finest!

I cannot speak of all colleges, I can only speak of mine but without the SQU administration regulations ,reputation and budget, i dont think my college would have become internationally part of ABET (http://www.abet.org/mission.shtml)and reached the high level they are now!!

how many universities in the world have achieved what SQU achieved in 21 years only starting from ground zero!

well said sweety :yes:

But still, I don't know how it's the 9th where there are some brilliant American universities in Qatar and UAE, maybe this list is not a recent one?

But still, I don't know how it's the 9th where there are some brilliant American universities in Qatar and UAE, .....I find SQU as much and maybe more qualified as thoese two universities... first of all maybe cause it is an OMANII university holding his majiesty name not some other countryname :mmhmm:

im sure you havent seen nor heard of such places in the univeristy...the thing is they are not well advertised maybe cause their reputation is enough! :)

if you just see the kind of equpiments available inside the uni you will get shocked... there are devices that are 1 of 3 in the whole world available only in SQU and many are the only in the Middle East.

~ SQU has its own research vessel to conduct a wide variety of measurements in land and ocean... researchers and scientes travel all the way to SQU just to witness such scientific progress and try to be part of it

~ PDO, Ericsson, Motorolla, Nawras,Omantel,Oil gas companies, Ministries.....etc pay SQU students before they even graduate just to agree to be part of their research team.

~ the number of internationl researches and conferences held in SQU are countless... let me give you some names of the organization that pay their budget for SQU to agree do their researches..... wold wide known organization: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and EUMETSAT,The UN-FAO, USDA ,ABET, World Health Ogranization (WHO) even NASA suggested Oman among another two countries to have a center build (inside SQU ofcourse)

~ on a YEARLY basis, not only one but more of these researches actually get patent!




.............you still wondering how it is the 9th!? :)

.....maybe this list is not a recent one?yeah i think it is old cause if it is new, im sure they would have ranked much higher than 9th! :star::star::star::star::star:

how about good design schools in the middle east???any idea guyz??

eh this list is very old obviously. the education city in Qatar has campuses of some of the world's leading universities like Georgetown University
Weill Cornell Medical College , Carnegie Mellon University , Virginia Commonwealth and Texas A&M.. i don't see any of these on the list ?!

Its a shame to see the top Arab university at no. 1,295 and that even is the American University of Beirut! And it is actually really so funny to see SQU at no. 2,601!

I thought studying in SQU was something to be proud of :(

BTW, I think one of the main reasons for SQU to be at 2,601 is its stupid website (www.squ.edu.om) :D

^^^^ l0o0ol yah

check out, the update time :p

Yeah I can't believe they still have the Java Applets for the menus and all!!! And the funny thing is, they had a decent section for Admin & Registration but they went on to change it and now they have this weird stupid site!

The only website that suites the university is of CCE: http://www.squ.edu.om/cce/default.asp

Other colleges have nice websites too, but I don't know why can't they get rid of the stupid homepage!