Suez Canal, Alexandria, and Cairo Universities came in tenth, eleventh, and twelfth place respectively on Times Higher Education’s (THE) Top Fifteen Universities in the Arab World. Three of Saudi Arabia’s academic institutions came in the top five due to the country’s financial abundance.

Saudi universities that made it to the list “receive $733,069 of institutional income per member of staff” as opposed to $101,317 for Egypt’s universities, according to the institution.

The ranking is based on data compiled by the World University Rankings 2015-16 following the same calculations, performing indicators and ranking methodology.

The Top 15:

1. King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
2. American University of Beirut, Lebanon
3. King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
4. King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
5. UAE University, UAE
6. Qatar University, Qatar
7. Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
8. American University of Sharjah, UAE
9. Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
10. Suez Canal University, Egypt
11. Alexandria University, Egypt
12. Cairo University, Egypt
13. The University of Jordan, Jordan
14. University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad, Morocco
15. Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco