Minister of Higher Education:
The admittance of King Saud University to the Shanghai's prestigious ranking within the top 500 international universities and the sole Arabic University, and so declaring the first admittance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to this ranking, which is considered the finest and most difficult of other world ranking.
Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid Bin Mohammad Al-Angari announced the admittance of the University of King Saud University, as the first Saudi University Arabia within the Shanghai ranking, which is considered the finest and most difficult ranking, and the most spread widely accepted ranking in the academic circles, where the Shanghai Jiao Tong University announces it once every year.
King Saud University recorded the sole Arab presence in this ranking, where the list of five hundred world university did not include any other Arab University this year. This achievement is unprecedented for Saudi universities, and records a global presence to the system of higher education and scientific research.
On the occasion of this global national achievement of King Saud University, His Excellency Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khaled Al-angari raised to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Deputy Premier II - cited by God – the great thanks and gratitude for their unlimited and continued support of educational institutions, stressing that this historic achievement of King Saud University at Shanghai ranking is recorded for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the international scientific and research forums. This global leading position of King Saud University among the world's leading universities, is a true indication of the government’s support that the higher education in the kingdom is receiving and consecrate the concepts of quality in the performance of this vital sector and its outputs.
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