Birzeit University has been named as one of the top universities in the world, according to international rankings.
Birzeit was ranked in the top 2.7 percent of universities worldwide, an improvement on last year’s ranking when it was listed among the top 3 percent of higher education institutions.
Birzeit was the only Palestinian university to be included in the rankings, which surveyed 26,000 universities from 85 different countries.
Where is Birzeit university ranked in the latest QS WUR ranking? https://t.co/HnNhLwfucS #QSWUR
— Nour Aqtash ?? (@NourAqtash) June 6, 2018
The rankings were published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British company specializing in collecting and analyzing higher education data.
QS graded the universities based on six metrics, including academic reputation, faculty-student ratio, employer reputation, citations per faculty, international student ratio and international faculty ratio.
#Birzeit University made the #Quacquarelli_Symonds (QS) Rankings of the world’s leading universities for a second time in a row. Selected from among 26,000 universities, Birzeit surpassed many regional & international universities in academic excellence. https://t.co/M7kNCiKFYG
— Khalil Jahshan (@KhalilEJahshan) June 10, 2018
President of Birzeit University, Abdullatif Abuhijleh, congratulated the university’s community on the achievement and applauded efforts to distinguish it, according to Wafa.
Gepostet von Birzeit University | جامعة بيرزيت am Donnerstag, 7. Juni 2018
Located north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, the university has faced repeated repression by Israeli occupation forces.
In March, undercover Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted Birzeit student council leader, Omar Al-Kiswani, after they entered the campus pretending to be journalists.
Undercover #Israeli Agents Arrest Head of Student Council at #Birzeit University (VIDEO) https://t.co/VPaVprg6Vx via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/Wlsm2oQPTh
— Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) March 9, 2018
Al-Kiswani was detained in the Israeli Al-Moskobyia Detention Center and his detention repeatedly extended.
Israeli Occupying forces detain 6 Palestinian students marching in solidarity with hunger striker, including three…
Gepostet von Birzeit University | جامعة بيرزيت am Mittwoch, 1. März 2017
In a statement, Birzeit said that Israeli occupation forces “systematically invade the university’s campus – even though it is specifically protected under international humanitarian law – and constantly harass students, faculty members, and staff.”
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
