Cairo University

Cairo University maintains its position among the top 500 universities worldwide in category English QS

Date :2010-11-09 23:34:46

Cairo University has maintained its position in the list of top 500 universities in the world in the English category for the year 2010, which appeared this year to arrange Ptqiemin universities worldwide, namely the assessment and evaluation of THE QS and were rated one before this year, each with its own standards.

And Dr. Hussein Khalid, Vice President of Cairo University for Graduate Studies and Research that the University appeared in the list of QS containing the best 500 universities worldwide in the order the category 451-500, for the fifth time since 2005 did not show any university in Egypt again in this assessment during the years from 2006 to 2009 and featured only American University in Cairo in the category of 501-600 in the assessment of 2010.

And adopt criteria for evaluating the QS to the same standards as the previous classification of England, which include the number of research university internationally published and represents the ratio of 20%, and assessment of the review of academic experts, representing 40% and is through a questionnaire to a large number of faculty members in various universities, and the work of graduates, representing 10%, The proportion of faculty members and the proportion of foreign students, representing 10% and the proportion of students to faculty members at the university, representing 20%.

This assessment indicates the progress of the University of Cairo in the dissemination of scientific research in medicine and life sciences and was ranked 147 in order specialist, and 210 in the field of Arts and Humanities, and 258 in the field of engineering and technology. And went out of order specialist in the field of natural sciences, as well as in the field of social science research has not been published in English.

The assessment, prepared by THE Journal of the British Times Higher Educational specialized in the affairs of education contains a list of the best 200 universities worldwide, the first time will be applied this year, and the University of Alexandria came in the arrangement 147. And present evaluation focuses on the University s information environment for education, representing 30%, the volume of research and represents 30%, and the rate of the world know the research 32.5%, and international interaction with the world of faculty members, students, 5%, and interaction with industry and society at 2.5%.

The D 0 Khalid that the University of Cairo set up a unit for translation and publication among faculty members aimed at translating reference books in the sectors of social and human sciences, and published internationally in English, where these two sectors represent 30% of the production of scientific research at the university.