Saudi Arabia's best Optical Engineering universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Saudi Arabia ranked based on their research performance in Optical Engineering. A graph of 35.5K citations received by 2.23K academic papers made by 8 universities in Saudi Arabia was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Saudi Arabia | Thuwal

For Optical Engineering

#134 in Asia

#485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 940
Founded: 2009

2. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Saudi Arabia | Dhahran

For Optical Engineering

#144 in Asia

#501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1963

3. King AbdulAziz University

Saudi Arabia | Jeddah

For Optical Engineering

#219 in Asia

#735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1967

4. King Saud University

Saudi Arabia | Riyadh

For Optical Engineering

#227 in Asia

#758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 61,412
Founded: 1957

5. Umm Al-Qura University

Saudi Arabia | Mecca

For Optical Engineering

#680 in Asia

#1645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Founded: 1981

6. Taibah University

Saudi Arabia | Medina

For Optical Engineering

#700 in Asia

#1670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 74,877
Founded: 2003

7. Taif University

Saudi Arabia | Taif

For Optical Engineering

#701 in Asia

#1671 in the World

Enrollment: 42,765
Founded: 2003

8. King Khalid University

Saudi Arabia | Abha

For Optical Engineering

#710 in Asia

#1681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Founded: 1998

The best cities to study Optical Engineering in Saudi Arabia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Thuwal, Dhahran, Jeddah, and Riyadh.