Premier universities of the Arab Union

In the Arab Union, the premier universities (Arabic: الجامعات الأُولى al-jāmi‘āt al-ūlā, sg. جامعة أُولى jāmi‘ah ūlā) are the seven most prestigious universities in the federation, which are officially designated as such by the Ministry of Education and from which they receive special accreditation and funding. A majority of the nation's most influential educational and scientific experts are professors and/or alumni of a premier university. The concept is comparable to the American Ivy League universities.

List

 * Aleppo University
 * Al-Quds University
 * Baghdad University
 * Beirut Arab University
 * Cairo University
 * Damascus University
 * Gamal Abdel Nasser University