The University of Jordan (UJ) has achieved prestigious global results in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, which is considered the most influential and important in the field of subject rankings worldwide. Released annually by the British institution 'QS', the university has obtained advanced positions in all five classified scientific fields and eighteen specific disciplines.
According to the results of the QS Rankings by Subject at the broad Subject Area level, the University of Jordan ranked 401-450 in the field of Life Sciences and Medicine, an improvement from the 451-500 position it held in 2023. At the level of subjects, the University of Jordan is ranked in fourteen Subjects among the top 300 universities in the world, including Medicine, which advanced to the rank of 251-300 instead of the rank of 351- 400 it held in 2023.
At the local and Arab levels, the University of Jordan ranked first locally and fifth in the Arab world in Medicine.
The Dean of the School of Medicine, Professor Yasser Al-Rayyan, expressed his pride in this great achievement and his congratulations to all members of the teaching and administrative staff for your efforts that culminated in this great progress in the international classifications.
The Office of Global Rankings and International Accreditation stated that this ranking is based on five criteria: the academic reputation of the specialty measured by the reputation of scientific research in the specialty to be classified, the reputation of the research faculty, the employment reputation of graduates of the specialty, the citation rate per internationally published paper in the specialty, global research collaboration within the specialty, and finally, the citation index for research published in this specialty (H-index).