Alfaisal University is a private, not-for-profit (teaching-oriented) coeducational institute of higher education located in

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Ara ...

. It was founded in 2002 by the King Faisal Foundation. The first students were admitted in 2008. Alfaisal's total enrollment now exceeds 2500. The enrollment is 67% Saudi National with the remaining 33% being students from over 40 other nations. The total number of faculty is nearly 200 with international faculty from 31 countries. The Board of Trustees includes representatives from five firms, four international firms, and a representative from the Ministry of Education.

Ranking

On UniRank, its world rank is 5646 and country rank is 28. In the

Center for World University Rankings College and university rankings order the best institutions in higher education based on factors that vary depending on the ranking. Some rankings evaluate institutions within a single country, while others assess institutions worldwide. Ranking ...

(CWUR), its world rank is 1774 and national rank is 6. In webometrics rankings, its world rank is 2406 and national rank is 23. Alfaisal University does not appear in

CWTS Leiden Ranking The CWTS Leiden Ranking is an annual global university ranking based exclusively on bibliometric indicators. The rankings are compiled by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies ( Dutch: ''Centrum voor Wetenschap en Technologische Studies ...

, or the

Shanghai Ranking The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University ...

(ARWU). It is ranked between 551-600 on QS world university rankings Alfaisal University is ranked betwee
201-250 worldwide by Times Higher Education in its World University Rankings 2022, 601–800th in its Impact Rankings 2022, 36th worldwide in the "Young Universities" category, which looks at universities under 50 years old
It is also ranked 9th by the Times Higher Education in its categor
The world’s best small universities 2021
where Caltech is ranked 1st, and also ranked 20th by the Times Higher Education in its categor
Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020
A reference is made to the university about its use of ranks on THE in an article title
University rankings are mostly meaningless

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{{authority control faisal university Educational institutions established in 2002 Faisal Faisal 2002 establishments in Saudi Arabia

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