UAE leads Forbes Middle East Top 100 with 33 companies: Some 33 UAE companies made it to Forbes Middle East’s 2025 ranking of the region’s top 100 public firms — the most from the region. Three UAE companies ranked in the top 10: International Holding Company (2nd), trailing behind Saudi Aramco in the first position; Emirates NBD (6th); and First Abu Dhabi Bank (7th). New entrants to the list include Lulu Retail Holdings, Agility Global, and NMDC Energy.

The criteria? The list evaluated companies based on equal weighting of 2024 sales, assets, net income, and market value as of April 2025.

Khalifa University of Science and Technology climbed 25 places in QS’s World University Rankings 2026 to 177th, state news agency Wam reports. It also ranked 11th in for the International Faculty category, and leads UAE institutions in the Citations per Faculty and Faculty Student Ratio categories.

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