Four Egyptian universities make it to world’s top 1,000 list: Cairo University, Ain Shams University, Mansoura University, and Alexandria University were the only Egyptian universities to make the cut for the list of the world’s top 1,000 universities this year, according to the Center for World University Rankings. Cairo University received the top ranking for Egypt at 452, followed by Ain Shams at 715. The ranking is based on an assessment of the institution’s quality of education, alumni employment, research output, and citations, without relying on surveys and university data submissions.