About AUM

World-class Accreditations

  • AUM is granted Institutional Accreditation locally, and internationally by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), United Kingdom.
  • Programmatic accreditations by renowned international agencies. The College of Business Administration is proudly accredited by AACSB International.

International Rankings

  • #1 University in Kuwait as per the 2025 World University Rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE), making it to #611-620 in QS World and to the Top 500 in THE World. AUM is also ranked #1 in Kuwait in the Arab region rankings by QS and THE.
  • #1 in Kuwait and among Top 400 best universities in the world for the subjects offered by the College of Business Administration and College of Engineering and Technology:
    • #201-250 (THE 2025-Business and Economics) | #255 (QS 2024-Social Sc. and Management
    • #301-400 (THE 2025-Engineering) | #320 (QS 2024-Engineering and Technology)
  • Most Sustainable and Green University in Kuwait, #204 worldwide and Top 4 in the Gulf Region, as per UI Greenmetric World University Rankings 2024.
  • #1 University in Kuwait, in Top 10 in the Arab region and in #101-200 globally in THE Impact Rankings 2024 – overall ranking, with remarkable performance in various individual SDGs.
  • AUM College of Business Administration is ranked as “Excellent Business School with Reinforcing International Influence” with 3 Palmes of Excellence by Eduniversal.

Proud member of Babson Collaborative

Through its exposure to international partners, AUM is an active and engaged member of Babson Collaborative for Entrepreneurship Education since 2020, among many other collaborations.

About Babson

For more than 26 consecutive years, Babson College has been recognized as the #1 institution in the world for entrepreneurship education. Through our signature methodology, Entrepreneurial Thought and Action®, we develop students as entrepreneurial leaders, able to tackle difficult problems under uncertain circumstances, with courage, so that they can become agents of change in their societies. Babson graduates can be found in large companies, family businesses, NGOs, non-profits and government service, and launching their own businesses. Babson has worked with 8,700 educators and students from 1,300 educational institutions in more than 80 countries, helping to advance global entrepreneurial learning.

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