RIYADH: King Saud University ranked first in Saudi Arabia and the Arab World, and placed in the 101–150 best in the world in the 2023 Shanghai University rankings of over 2,500  global universities and higher education institutions. Some criteria that were adopted in the ranking include quality of education, qualifications of faculty members and quality of research outputs, in addition to the performance of universities relative to their size. Many indicators were taken into account, such as the number of university graduates who have won a Nobel Prize and international awards and medals.