In an unprecedented achievement for the Arab and Islamic universities, the University of King Saud imposed itself on the global arena by ranking no. 292 among the best 300 international universities as classified by the Spanish world famous "Bio-matrix" classification. The university has ranked first on the level of the Arab, Muslim worlds, Middle East and Africa, and 21st on the Asian universities level. The following table shows the order of King Saud University and other Saudi universities at the Arab, Islamic worlds, Middle Eastern, Asian and Africa levels. The ranks of the universities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the international ones according to the classification of the Spanish famous international "Bio-matrix" for the month of January 2009: Name of the university Country Ranks at the global level Massachusetts Technology Institute United States of America 1 Stanford University United States of America 3 Harvard University United States of America 2 University of California at Berkeley United States of America 4 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 292 King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia 302 King Abdul Aziz University Saudi Arabia 1203 King Faisal University Saudi Arabia 1712 Al-Imam Muhammad Bin Saud University Saudi Arabia 1788 Umm Al-Qura University Saudi Arabia 2644 King Khalid University Saudi Arabia 2813 Madinah Islamic University Saudi Arabia 4091
