King Saud University ranks first on Arab, Islamic, Middle Eastern, Africa level and one of best 300 global universities

Riyadh, January 26, SPA -- In an unprecedented achievement for the
Arab and Islamic universities, the University of King Saud imposed
itself on the global arena by ranking no. 292 among the best 300
international universities as classified by the Spanish world famous
"Bio-matrix" classification.

The university has ranked first on the level of the Arab,
Muslim worlds, Middle East and Africa, and 21st on the Asian
universities level.

The following table shows the order of King Saud
University and other Saudi universities at the Arab, Islamic worlds,
Middle Eastern, Asian and Africa levels.

The ranks of the universities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the
international ones according to the classification of the Spanish
famous international "Bio-matrix" for the month of January 2009:

Name of the university Country
Ranks at the global level
Massachusetts Technology Institute United States of America
1
Stanford University United States
of America 3 Harvard University
United States of America
2
University of California at Berkeley United States of
America 4
King Saud University
Saudi Arabia 292
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia
302 King Abdul Aziz University
Saudi Arabia
1203 King Faisal University
Saudi Arabia 1712
Al-Imam Muhammad Bin Saud University Saudi Arabia
1788 Umm Al-Qura University
Saudi Arabia
2644 King Khalid University
Saudi Arabia 2813
Madinah Islamic University
Saudi Arabia 4091

--SPA