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UAE <\/strong>leads Forbes Middle East Top 100 with 33 companies: <\/strong>Some 33 UAE companies made it to Forbes Middle East's 2025 ranking<\/a> of the region's top 100 public firms \u2014 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. <\/p>\n

The criteria? <\/strong>The list evaluated companies based on equal weighting of 2024 sales, assets, net income, and market value as of April 2025. <\/p>\n

Khalifa <\/strong>University of Science and Technology climbed 25 places in QS\u2019s World U<\/strong>niversity Rankings 2026 to 177th<\/strong>, state news agency Wam<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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