HEBREW UNIVERSITY RANKED THE BEST IN THE MIDDLE EAST:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has been graded as the best university in the Middle East, according to the Center for World University Rankings. The 12 July 2016 report also ranked the university 26th among more than 25,000 degree-conferring universities from all over the world. Other Israeli universities to finish in the top 100 were the Weizmann Institute of Science, at 41, and Tel Aviv University, at 81. Among the factors considered in rating the world's top 1,000 universities were quality of education and faculty. Hebrew University placed 16th and 15th, respectively. Other categories were alumni employment, publications, influence, citations, broad impact, and patents. The top 10 schools were all either from the United States or the United Kingdom, with Harvard ranked first followed by Stanford, MIT, Cambridge, Oxford, Columbia, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Chicago, Princeton and Yale. (Arutz-7)