Dr. Khaled Abd El-Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, reviews a report on the inclusion of 42 Egyptian universities in the Spanish SCIMAGO Institutions Rankings for 2022, compared to 35 universities last year, an increase of 7 universities this year.

The report points out that Beni Suef and Suez Canal universities rank No (653) globally, Assiut University ranks No (656), followed by Tanta and Al-Azhar universities (661), then Kafrelsheikh University (671), followed by Damanhour University (675), then Menoufia University (676).

Dr. Adel Abd El-Ghaffar, media advisor and official spokesperson of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, states that this ranking is concerned with arranging universities and research centers according to a composite index, which combines 3 different indicators, based on research performance (50%), innovation outputs (30%), and societal impact (20%), and each major indicator includes a number of sub-indicators, provided that the institution publishes at least (100) searches in the Scopus database during the evaluation year.

He adds that the Spanish SCIMAGO Institutions Rankings for this year witnesses remarkable progress for Egyptian universities, which reflects the efforts made by the state to advance the higher education system in Egypt, as well as the efforts made by Egyptian universities to improve their global ranking