Egypt shines in Times Higher Education emerging-markets universities rankings: Egypt has made strides in university education and shown “rapid higher education progress,” particularly at the governorate level, according to the Times Higher Education’ Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019 report (paywall). Egypt ranked seventh overall with 19 universities on the list, up from only nine in 2018. The report not only praised Egypt’s high number of university students, but the country’s policy of partnering with global schools to open local campuses. Suez Canal University was the top-ranked university in Egypt and 114th on the list, followed by the American University in Cairo at #122. Mansoura University (137), Beni Suef University (148), and Kafr El Sheikh University (156) followed.