Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez tops list of Moroccan public universities

Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez tops list of Moroccan public universities
Thursday 10 October 2024 - 10:58

For the seventh year running, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in Fez has been ranked as Morocco’s leading public university, tied with two other national institutions, in the latest edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Published on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, it ranked Mohammed V University in Rabat and Ibn Tofail University in Kenitra in the group of institutions between 1,201 and 1,500 worldwide.

In all, the Moroccan universities ranked are in the top 1,500 out of 2,092 institutions worldwide. The ranking is based on five key indicators: teaching, research environment, research quality, international visibility and knowledge transfer.

This year’s competition was tough, with 11 public and 5 private Moroccan universities. Other top-ranked Moroccan institutions included Université Hassan II in Casablanca, Cadi Ayyad in Marrakech, Abdelmalek Essaadi in Tétouan, Hassan Ier in Settat and Mohammed Ier in Oujda, all ranked in the 1,501+ world universities category, while Oxford University in the UK tops the 2025 world ranking.

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