In August 2019, Khalifa University became the only university in the UAE for the first time to be ranked in the prestigious Shanghai-based Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). Khalifa University was placed in the top leading 100 universities in the field of Chemical Engineering and the world’s top 150 universities in the field of Mechanical Engineering. Overall, KU placed in the 701-800 bracket in the ARWU 2019 ranking.
