USEK is among the best in Lebanon and has been 1st for sustainability within the region for 4 consecutive years. We are also ranked in international league tables such as the QS and SCimago.
League tables can’t give you the full story about a university, but they're a good starting point. Out of 48 universities in Lebanon, we are consistently high-ranking.
THE Impact Rankings
In the only global performance table that assesses universities against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
USEK’s Global Impact Ranking successes – Lebanon 2021
1st for SDG 1 - No Poverty
Joint- 1st for SDG 10 – Reduced Inequality
2nd for SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings, viewed as one of the three most widely read university rankings in the world.
In 2020, USEK ranked in the top 5 best universities in Lebanon and the top 30 in the Arab Region.
UI GreenMetric
UI GreenMetric is an annual international ranking of the sustainability performance of universities for their reduction in the ecological footprint of the university and sustainability in education and research.
Since 2017, USEK has ranked 1st Green University in Lebanon and in the top 10 ‘Greenest’ Universities in the MENA region.
SCImago Institutions Rankings
USEK has recently ranked 2nd best university in Lebanon according to SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR).
According to the 2021 SIR World Report, published on a yearly basis since 2009, USEK maintained its 2nd place ranking among the best universities in Lebanon..
SIR is a science evaluation resource used to assess worldwide academic and research-based institutions through its Research Group which is made up of members from the most reputable higher education institutions.
The assessment is based on three different sets of indicators: research performance, innovation outputs, and social impact measured by web visibility.