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New African Rankings From QS

Following the discontinuation of the Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa rankings, QS have now announced the publication of their regional rankings.

Ranking of Sports Universities and Departments from Shanghai

The Shanghai Ranking consultancy released the latest edition of its Global Ranking of Sports Science Schools and Departments in December. The ranking measures research activity in sports science and does not refer to teaching, graduate careers, or participation in sport events.

New TIME Magazine Global Ranking dominated by English-speaking institutions

TIME, in collaboration with Statista R, has announced the publication of the inaugural edition of a new global ranking of universities, which comprises 500 universities. Academic performance is measured by resources, citations, H-indexes, and winners of Nobel prizes and Fields medals, innovation by patents, MOOCS, web activity, and alumni holding executive positions in international companies, and international presence by students, faculty and international web traffic.

Webometrics: USA Leads for Visibility, China for Excellence and Openess

Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics) in its limited version shows the top university in each country, is available on fig share. The full version can be obtained from the Cybermetrics Lab of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Approaches to Rankings and Internationalisation in the Arab World

Universities and governments in the Middle East have become increasingly concerned with international university rankings. An article in University World News, ‘What role do global university rankings play in HE reform?’

Constructing Computer Science Rankings with AI

A team of student researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of California Santa Cruz have used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to construct a university ranking based on papers presented at top conferences on machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and information retrieval between 2020 and 2025.

New Ranking of Arab Universities

The Arab Ranking for Universities is published by the Arab Ranking for Universities Council in conjunction with the League of Arab States, the Association of Arab Universities, and the Arab League Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization.

Prof. Komiljon Karimov elected Vice President of IREG Observatory

The General Assembly of IREG Observatory meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 9 December 2025 elected Prof. Komiljon Karimov, Rector of Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as a member of IREG Executive Committee, this body in turn elevated him to the position of IREG Vice President.

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