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Khalifa University has been ranked 21st in Petroleum Engineering internationally in the QS World University Rankings by Subject

March 7, 2021

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

 

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.” 

 

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. 

 

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. 

 

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.

 

Clarence Michael
English Editor Specialist
7 March 2021

 


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