RIYADH: According to the annual assessment of ‘US News and World Report' magazine of the world's best universities, King Saud University (KSU) ranks 222 globally, making it the highest ranking university in the Arab world. King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals ranks 255 globally. The Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khaled Bin Muhammad Al-Anqari said this achievement reaffirms the standard of higher education in the Kingdom and demonstrates that “our universities can compete globally”.