MBZUAI ranks top 24 globally in AI, CV, ML and NLP

This story is an update to a previous news item on the rank of MBZUAI from June 2022.

MBZUAI has been ranked 127 globally among institutions that conduct research in computer science including AI, systems, theory, and “interdisciplinary” areas such as robotics, computer graphics, visualization, and more. The ranking places MBZUAI alongside institutions such as Notre Dame, the University of Liverpool, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Osaka University, Ecole Normale Supérieure and other prestigious schools.

In the areas that MBZUAI currently focuses on—artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, and natural language processing—MBZUAI now ranks 24 globally thanks to the addition of several new faculty including Preslav Nakov, Hanan Al Darmaki, and Samuel Horvath.

This update to the rankings puts MBZUAI ahead of renowned research universities such as the University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, and University of Toronto in North America; Imperial College London, EPFL, and the Max Planck Society in Europe; the University of Tokyo, Seoul National University, and the University of Sydney in Asia Pacific. MBZUAI can now claim to be the top ranked CS institution in the Arab World, and in the Middle East and Africa (CSRankings includes Israel as part of Europe).

CSRankings or computer science rankings is “designed to identify institutions and faculty actively engaged in research across a number of areas of computer science, based on the number of publications by faculty that have appeared at the most selective conferences in each area of computer science,” according to the organization’s website. CSRankings is considered a trusted source for rankings of institutions which conduct research in these areas of scientific inquiry.

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) attracts world-class researchers in AI, CS, data sciences, and related disciplines such as healthcare, fintech, and engineering and social sciences. MBZUAI is a graduate research university dedicated to advancing AI as a global force for humanity. The university was established in October 2019 and is led by Professor Eric Xing who works alongside 33 eminent faculty hailing from organizations that top the CSRankings list. The university has committed to significant growth in the coming years.