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Top 25 Middle eastern universities worldwide
RevenueBase identified 975 middle eastern universities worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 287,848 professional contacts across them, including 65,309 with verified work emails. India is the largest market and Shanghai the largest hub.
This list covers middle eastern universities worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for middle eastern universities follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest middle eastern universities worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 13,189 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is one of Australia's leading research and teaching universities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 10,179 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Universidade Estadual de Campinas (University of Campinas), short Unicamp, is one of the public universities of the State of São Paulo, Brazil.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 9,134 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “UCT is one of the leading higher education institutions on the African continent and has a tradition of academic excellence that is respected worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 8,462 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La PUCP es la primera universidad del Perú, según el importante QS Latin American University Rankings del 2013, donde se ubica en el puesto 23.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 8,298 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) is the largest comprehensive university in Malaysia providing innovative education with state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology within…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 7,367 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in the University of Padova is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious seats of learning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 6,909 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 6,273 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “University College Dublin is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities; an environment where undergraduate education, masters and PhD training, research, innovation…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 5,449 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “VIT University was established with the aim of providing quality higher education on par with international standards.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 5,205 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The legacy of Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University goes back to 1395H (1975G) when it was established as a branch of the King Faisal University in Dammam (KFU-Dammam).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 5,040 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Première université française avec + de 80 étudiants, 8 personnels et 800 m2 de patrimoine immobilier, Aix Marseille Université (amU) délivre près de 1 100 diplômes au sein de ses…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 4,615 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) is the UAE’s largest applied higher educational institution, with over students attending 16 modern, technology-oriented campuses in Abu…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 4,080 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lancaster University is a leading higher education and research institution in north-west England and one of the largest employers in the area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3,589 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Umm Al-Qura University is a public university in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 3,549 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A state of the art campus, situated in Gujarat’s cultural capital, Vadodara.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 3,539 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The basic principle of Avans University of Applied Sciences is rooted in and springs from its social environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 3,449 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 2,849 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “By the end of the year 1436 AH, the total number of University students exceeded The number of faculty members and those with equivalent status until the beginning of the year…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2,742 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Islamia University began as Jamia Abbasia, a religious University established in Bahawalpur in 1925, following the academic pursuits of Al-Azhar University in Egypt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 2,727 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nato nel 1992, Roma Tre è tra gli Atenei più giovani nel sistema universitario italiano e conta oggi circa studenti provenienti da tutta Italia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2,686 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L'Università di Perugia è una delle più antiche d'Italia e d'Europa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2,682 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La UNID es una universidad que ofrece una alternativa de educación superior que se caracteriza por la formación integral, la calidad y por dar respuesta a las necesidades del…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2,592 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Universidad Nacional is an enseñanza superior company based out of Costa Rica.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2,425 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The University of Botswana has been the sole highest 'Institution of Learning' in Botswana for so many years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2,343 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “University of Jordan is The oldest Higher education institution and university in Jordan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: middle eastern universities. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names middle eastern universities.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of middle eastern universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name middle eastern universities. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Middle eastern universities worldwide at a glance
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Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among middle eastern universities, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for middle eastern universities are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “middle eastern universities”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names middle eastern universities), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among middle eastern universities, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 65,309 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Middle eastern universities by location
5 lists · largest firstEvery Middle eastern universities list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names middle eastern universities, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many middle eastern universities are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 975 middle eastern universities worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
UNSW, headquartered in Sydney, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most middle eastern universities?
India leads with 143 companies, followed by Brazil (45) and Mexico (28). Every middle eastern universities list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most middle eastern universities?
Shanghai leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Tbilisi (5) and Amman (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 65,309 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 975 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.