MANAMA: The University of Bahrain (UoB) has been ranked first in Bahrain and 213th in the world on the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
The rankings were announced at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
It was published by Times Higher Education magazine which selects the top 500 universities in the world.
University president Dr Riyadh Hamza extended deepest thanks to His Majesty King Hamad and the government for their outstanding support.
He also thanked the Supreme Council for Development of Education and Training and the UoB board of trustees for their follow-up and support.
“The University of Bahrain, which ranks first in the Kingdom, has thus become a competitor to reckon with along with other renowned universities in the region and the world,” he said.
The university was ranked a few months ago among the top five per cent. It was placed 411 out of more than 25,000 universities in the world in the metric of employer reputation.
Bahrain’s largest public university was presented with a citation by the QS (QS World University Rankings) regional director for the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
The 2018 report ranked UoB first on the national level and 25th in Arab region, out of more than 1,000 universities, thus jumping by 17 spots in less than three years.
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