the "academic ranking of world universities", known as shanghai ranking, ranked 4 of saudi arabian institutions among its 2016–2017 list of the 980 top universities in the world. also, the qs world university rankings has ranked 19 saudi universities among the top 100 arab institutions, on its 13th edition. the latest list of academic ranking of world universities 2018, ranked two saudi universities, king abdulaziz university and king saud university, among the top 150 universities in the world.