Higher Education: 25 Egyptian universities included in the Shanghai Classification of Scientific Specializations for the year 2025
The Shanghai Classification of Academic Subjects (GRAS) announced its results for the year 2025, where 25 Egyptian universities were included in this classification, which includes a ranking of the best 2,000 universities from about 100 countries in the world.
Egyptian universities appeared 126 times in 24 specializations out of 57 scientific specializations included in the classification within the fields. Main: natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences.
Cairo University topped the list with 16 scientific specializations, followed by Mansoura University (13 scientific specializations), then Zagazig University (11 scientific specializations), then Alexandria and Al-Azhar Universities, each of which was listed in (10 scientific specializations).
Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, confirmed that Egyptian universities have achieved progress. New in this year’s results, stressing the interest of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in implementing the mandates of the political leadership to raise the ranking of Egyptian universities and research institutions in international classifications, and applying the principle of international reference, within the national strategy for higher education and scientific research.
The inclusion of Egyptian universities in the Shanghai classification for various scientific fields was as follows:
In the field of natural sciences, 10 universities were included in the mathematics specialization, namely: Mansoura University in the ranking 151 – 200, followed by Al-Azhar universities. Benha and Cairo were in the 201-300 category, then the universities of Ain Shams, Assiut, Menoufia, Sohag and Zagazig appeared in the 301-400 category, while the University of Alexandria was in the 401-500 category.
In the field of engineering sciences, 3 Egyptian universities were included in the field of mechanical engineering: Tanta University in the 201-300 category globally. It was followed by Mansoura and Zagazig Universities in category 301–400.
5 universities were also included in the electrical and electronic engineering specialty: Cairo University in category 201–300, followed by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Aswan University, Mansoura University, and Zagazig University in category 401–500.
And two universities were included. In the specialization of communications engineering, they are: Benha University and Menoufia University in the category 301–400.
Inclusion of 4 universities in the specialty of hardware science and technology, namely: the Universities of Benha and Cairo in the category 201–300, then the universities of Alexandria and Menoufia in the category 301–400.
Inclusion of one university in the specialty of computer engineering and science They are: Zagazig University in the category 401-500.
Inclusion of 6 universities in the field of civil engineering, which are: the universities of Kafr El-Sheikh and Mansoura in the category 201_300, and the universities of Ain Shams, Cairo, Tanta, and Zagazig in the category 301-400.
Inclusion of two universities in the specialty of chemical engineering, which are: the University of Tanta in the category 401-500. Category 301-400, and Assiut University in the category 401-500.
Including one university in the field of materials engineering and science, which is: Al-Azhar University, in the category 401–500. Egypt is included in category 301–400. Cairo University is among the top 100 universities in the world, in the category 51 – 75, followed by Benha University in the category 151 – 200, and the universities of Al-Azhar, Alexandria, and the Suez Canal in the category 201 – 300, followed by the universities of Assiut, Mansoura, Tanta, and Zagazig in the category. 301–400.
And the inclusion of 3 universities in the field of biotechnology: Cairo University is in category 151–200, and Al-Azhar and Tanta Universities are in category 301–400.
And 5 universities are included in the specialty of metallurgical engineering, namely; The universities of Al-Azhar, Alexandria, Assiut, Suez, and Zagazig are in category 201–300.
And the inclusion of 4 universities in the field of artificial intelligence, which was added to the classification this year for the first time in this specialty: Cairo University, in category 151_200, followed by the universities of Mansoura, Minya, and Zagazig, in category 301_400.
And in the field of science. Life, the results of the classification showed the inclusion of one university in the specializations of biological sciences and biological human sciences, which is: Cairo University within the 401_500 category.
The inclusion of 19 universities in the specialty of agricultural sciences, which is considered the highest The specializations in which Egyptian universities achieved a presence were as follows: Ain Shams, Alexandria, and Zagazig Universities were in the global category 76 – 100, followed in category 101 – 150 by Cairo University and Kafr El-Sheikh University, while Mansoura University was in category 151 – 200, and category 201 – 300 included: Al-Azhar University, Banha University, Damanhour University, Suez Canal University, Tanta University, followed in category 301-400 by the universities of Assiut, Beni Suef, Fayoum, Menoufia, Qena, and Sadat City University, while the classification in the same specialty included Aswan University and Sohag University in category 401-500.
14 universities were also included in the specialty of veterinary sciences, which are: the universities of Kafr El-Sheikh, Mansoura, and Zagazig. In category 76 – 100, the universities of Alexandria, Banha and Cairo also appeared in category 101 – 150, followed by the universities of Beni Suef and Damanhour in category 151 – 200, while in category 201 – 300, the universities of Al-Azhar, Assiut, Sohag, Qena, the Suez Canal, and the University of Medina were present. Sadat.
In the field of medical sciences, the classification included two universities in the field of clinical medicine, namely: Ain Shams and Cairo Universities, in the 301_400 category.
And 5 in the field of public health, namely: the Alexandria and Cairo Universities, in the 201_300 category, followed by the universities of Ain Shams, Al-Azhar, and Mansoura, in the 401_500 category.
And inclusion 6 universities in the field of oral and dental medicine: Alexandria University in the 101-150 category, followed by Ain Shams and Cairo Universities in the 151-200 category, and the British University in Egypt, Mansoura University, and Tanta University all appeared in the 201-300 category.
Inclusion of 4 universities in nursing science, which are: Alexandria and Mansoura Universities in the 101-150 category, It was followed by Port Said University in the 151_200 category, then Cairo University in the 201_300 category.
And 13 universities in the pharmacy specialization were included: Cairo University in the 151-200 category, while the 201-300 category included Al-Azhar University, Alexandria University, Kafr El-Sheikh University, Mansoura University, and Zagazig University. The universities of Ain Shams, Assiut, Beni Suef, Minya, the Suez Canal, and Tanta appeared in the 301–400 category, and Damanhour University also came in the 401–500 category.
For his part, Dr. Adel Abdel Ghaffar, the media advisor and official spokesman for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, explained that the continued progress of Egyptian universities in international rankings is a reflection of the improvement of institutional performance and its excellence at the regional levels. And international, noting that the progress in the classifications comes as a result of the increasing interest of Egyptian universities in scientific research, the expansion of enhancing international cooperation in the fields of scientific publishing, and ensuring the quality of research published in prestigious scientific journals, which contributes to enhancing the position of Egyptian universities globally.
The official spokesman added that the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research continues its efforts to support Egyptian universities to become among the leading universities in the world, which contributes to supporting their institutional and pioneering role in achieving sustainable development and building a knowledge society in Egypt, and implementing the state’s vision of making Egypt is a distinguished educational destination globally.
The Shanghai Ranking for Academic Specializations (GRAS) is one of the most prominent international classifications that measures the performance of universities in precise specializations based on completely objective data without any questionnaires or human opinions.
The classification in the 2025 edition includes about 57 specializations covering more than 20 thousand specialized units represented by more than 2000 universities from about 92 countries around the world, which It makes it an important international reference for evaluating research excellence at the discipline level.
The ranking is based on nine indicators distributed across five main categories, including the quality of world-class faculty, high-level research production, quality of publication, research impact, and international cooperation, and its methodology relies on global databases such as Web of Science and InCites, with a requirement for a minimum number of publications to enter any university within each discipline.
Shanghai Ranking began presenting its rankings for academic disciplines for the first time in 2009, Before it was officially renamed the Global Classification of Academic Specialties (GRAS) in 2017. Since then, the classification has covered specializations within the fields of natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences, annually providing a comprehensive picture of the performance of universities in about 100 countries. The classification provides an important tool for researchers, policy makers, and universities to evaluate research capabilities and compare levels of scientific excellence between academic institutions worldwide.
It is worth noting the pivotal role that the Egyptian Knowledge Bank plays in supporting scientific research, from By providing huge knowledge and scientific resources to Egyptian researchers and scientists, which directly contributed to enhancing Egyptian research production, raising the quality of international scientific publishing, and improving the international classification of universities and research institutions, within the framework of achieving Egypt’s vision for sustainable development 2030, which targets international reference as one of the basic pillars for graduating a qualified generation capable of making a breakthrough in various fields.
