On Thursday, 21/11/2019, the university announced a statement that it has obtained many ranks in the British Times Higher Education World Ranking by subjects for 2020, as the university is the first at the level of Egyptian universities in the field of "sciences life" while it also ranks No 2 in the field of Physical Sciences.

As well, the British Times Ranking aims to rank the best international universities via applying several criteria: academic reputation, the possibilities provided to its students, the qualification of its graduates to labor market, in addition to the number of scientific researches and international scientific publishing rates of the university.

Kafrelsheikh University appeared in the British Times Ranking for 2019 for the first time as it ranked 601-800 in the world. Ranking is based on four main criteria: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international status.

Otherwise, Prof Dr Abed el Raziq Dousoki mentions that this ranking is a strong international recognition of the development of the university in education and scientific research, pointing out that international rankings contribute significantly to improve the international reputation of the university in particular and Egypt in general in the field of higher education.

He adds that the university adopts a vision and mission to be an Egyptian university with international quality standards and all its employees make a great effort to achieve the development within the framework of an ambitious strategy based on paying attention to ethical and aesthetic values inside the university and keep pace with the international research and scientific changes according to the needs of society.