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🎓 Top Research Universities in Kuwait

Universities and colleges in Kuwait ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations13 entries🇰🇼 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Kuwait University30,816 papers
1,107,927
2
Dasman Diabetes Institute1,499 papers
137,560
3
American University of the Middle East6,196 papers
134,768
4
Public Authority for Applied Education and Training4,896 papers
105,187
5
Gulf University for Science & Technology4,290 papers
77,349
6
Kuwait College of Science and Technology1,655 papers
35,557
7
Australian University, Kuwait1,390 papers
27,038
8
American University of Kuwait1,161 papers
15,703
9
Arab Open University479 papers
6,686
10
American International University Kuwait229 papers
1,243
11
Kuwait Technical College161 papers
1,137
12
American School of Kuwait31 papers
523
13
Kuwait International Law School269 papers
179

Highlights

Within Kuwait, Kuwait University ranks first in 2026 with 1,107,927, followed by Dasman Diabetes Institute (137,560) and American University of the Middle East (134,768).

Kuwait University is 8.1 times higher than Dasman Diabetes Institute, the runner-up.

Across 13 entries, values run from 1,107,927 (Kuwait University) to 179 (Kuwait International Law School), with a median of 27,038.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.