Birzeit University Maintains Top Position Locally and Advances Globally in EduRank 2025
In the latest edition of the EduRank 2025 rankings, Birzeit University has once again secured the top position among 27 universities and higher education institutions in Palestine. The university also ranked 674th out of 5,830 institutions across Asia and 2,189th globally among 14,131 universities and higher education institutions from 183 countries.
EduRank evaluates university performance across various academic fields using open-source databases. The ranking is based on three key criteria. The first is Research Performance, which accounts for 45% of the overall score and is determined by the number of citations received by university publications in publicly accessible databases.
The second criterion is Non-academic Prominence, which carries a weight of 45% of the overall score. This measure evaluates the university’s online visibility through search engines such as Google, as well as the number of backlinks to the university’s website from other sites.
The remaining 10% is attributed to the Alumni Score, which is based on the number of pages featuring information about the university’s graduates and notable affiliated individuals.
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