Ranked 8th in the world
Full ranking profile 32 placements
Every placement the Index records for King Khalid University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Arab 2026 Headline | Times Higher Education | =8 |
| QS Arab Region 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =13 |
| QS Arab Region 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =17 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Textile Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =43 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Education | Times Higher Education | =67 |
| THE ISR 2025 interdisciplinary science | Times Higher Education | =75 |
| THE Asia 2026 | Times Higher Education | =93 |
| THE Asia 2025 | Times Higher Education | =96 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Education | Times Higher Education | =126 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Engineering | Times Higher Education | =126 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Engineering | Times Higher Education | =126 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Veterinary Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Physical Sciences | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Computer Science | Times Higher Education | =176 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Physical Sciences | Times Higher Education | =176 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Water Resources | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Business and Economics | Times Higher Education | =201 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Arts and Humanities | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Computer Science | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Life Sciences | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| THE 2027 | Times Higher Education | =301 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Clinical and Health | Times Higher Education | =301 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Clinical and Health | Times Higher Education | =301 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Life Sciences | Times Higher Education | =301 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Social Sciences | Times Higher Education | =401 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Social Sciences | Times Higher Education | =401 |
| Leiden Open 2025 | CWTS, Leiden University | =478 |
| Leiden Open 2024 | CWTS, Leiden University | =579 |
| Leiden Open 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =679 |
| GreenMetric 2024 campus sustainability | Universitas Indonesia | =739 |
| Leiden Open 2024 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =940 |
| GreenMetric 2025 campus sustainability | Universitas Indonesia | =964 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.