Top research institutions in Qatar
Qatar University ranks first in Qatar on research quality in 2022–2025 (#265 worldwide), followed by Hamad bin Khalifa University and Hamad Medical Corporation.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar UniversityUniversity · Doha | #265 | 31.1% | 5,964 | #1 |
| 2 | Hamad bin Khalifa UniversityUniversity · Doha | #815 | 32.9% | 2,431 | #2 |
| 3 | Hamad Medical CorporationNonprofit · Doha | #1,636 | 12.6% | 2,491 | #6 |
| 4 | Qatar FoundationFunder · Doha | #2,404 | 37.3% | 667 | #4 |
| 5 | Weill Cornell Medical College in QatarUniversity · Doha | #3,121 | 25.1% | 700 | #7 |
| 6 | Texas A&M University at QatarUniversity · Doha | #4,160 | 24.3% | 564 | #3 |
| 7 | Doha Institute for Graduate StudiesUniversity · Doha | #5,526 | 42.3% | 321 | #12 |
| 8 | Qatar Airways (Qatar)Company · Doha | #5,773 | 16.1% | 431 | #8 |
| 9 | Primary Health CareGovernment institution · Doha | #6,217 | 10.4% | 961 | #5 |
| 10 | Qatar Science and Technology ParkArchive · Doha | #6,277 | 30.5% | 359 | #11 |
| 11 | Hamad General HospitalHospital / health system · Doha | #7,094 | 11.0% | 425 | #14 |
| 12 | Ministry of Environment and Climate ChangeGovernment institution · Doha | #13,083 | 18.1% | 66 | #17 |
| 13 | Sidra Medical and Research CenterHospital / health system · Doha | #15,102 | 17.1% | 116 | #10 |
| 14 | National Center for Cancer Care and ResearchHospital / health system · Doha | #15,137 | 12.7% | 158 | #16 |
| 15 | Al Azhar UniversityUniversity · Doha | #16,053 | 4.7% | 504 | #18 |
| 16 | Community College of QatarUniversity · Doha | #17,735 | 26.9% | 75 | #25 |
| 17 | Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine HospitalHospital / health system · Doha | #18,053 | 26.8% | 147 | #15 |
| 18 | Ministry of Public HealthGovernment institution · Doha | #18,646 | 20.6% | 72 | #21 |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon University QatarUniversity · Doha | #18,701 | 26.2% | 77 | #13 |
| 20 | Georgetown University in QatarUniversity · Doha | #19,275 | 21.4% | 132 | #19 |
| 21 | University of Calgary in QatarUniversity · Doha | #19,348 | 19.1% | 62 | #24 |
| 22 | Construction Development (Qatar)Company · Doha | #20,818 | 12.4% | 111 | #22 |
| 23 | Northwestern University in QatarUniversity · Doha | #22,590 | 25.5% | 104 | #23 |
| 24 | Child Development CenterInstitution · Doha | #23,470 | 13.4% | 128 | #9 |
| 25 | Al-Ahli HospitalHospital / health system · Doha | #25,867 | 3.1% | 120 | #35 |
| 26 | North Oil Company (Qatar)Company · Doha | #27,774 | 1.9% | 64 | #36 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Qatar on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside Qatar
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
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One dot per institution in the table above.