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Morocco University Research Rankings

Compare Morocco universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 52 index-ready universities in Morocco. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 3,470 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 15,175. The average publication-growth signal is 94.9%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in Morocco

RankUniversityCountryScore5-year works5-year citationsGrowth
#1Mohammed V UniversityMorocco81.126,72198,07718.9%
#2University of Hassan II CasablancaMorocco78.716,68873,51819.9%
#3Cadi Ayyad UniversityMorocco76.913,61957,6855.3%
#4Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah UniversityMorocco76.716,36074,15114.0%
#5Université Ibn-TofailMorocco75.012,13746,78425.9%
#6Université Mohammed VI PolytechniqueMorocco74.88,82269,48029.4%
#7Université Ibn ZohrMorocco74.49,85850,38125.3%
#8Mohamed I UniversityMorocco74.09,24734,6549.2%
#9Abdelmalek Essaâdi UniversityMorocco73.211,18439,59817.7%
#10Université Sultan Moulay SlimaneMorocco72.08,13237,37732.9%
#11Chouaib Doukkali UniversityMorocco71.36,17029,54425.5%
#12Université Moulay Ismail de MeknesMorocco71.06,83836,859-3.3%
#13Instituts Supérieurs des Professions Infirmières et Techniques de SantéMorocco69.42,90011,352225.3%
#14Université Hassan 1erMorocco68.34,82718,90118.7%
#15Université Hassan II MohammediaMorocco67.82,51213,85657.2%
#16Euro-Mediterranean University of FesMorocco65.61,46110,992103.2%
#17International University of RabatMorocco64.62,00418,73916.7%
#18École Nationale d'Agriculture de MeknèsMorocco64.31,4906,055114.7%
#19Université Mohammed VI des Sciences et de la SantéMorocco63.32,0855,213106.0%
#20École Supérieure des Industries du Textile et de l'HabillementMorocco62.21,6681,3431,620.5%
#21Ecole Mohammadia d'IngénieursMorocco62.01,8979,435-10.4%
#22Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan IIMorocco60.61,3905,457-3.3%
#23Al Akhawayn UniversityMorocco59.39945,23321.5%
#24École Normale Supérieure de l'Enseignement Technique de MohammediaMorocco57.68405,729-13.3%
#25Sup de Co MarrakechMorocco57.31,1601,95225.6%
#26National School of Business and Management in SettatMorocco54.36741,57327.8%
#27National School of ArchitectureMorocco54.37662,24048.6%
#28École Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion de TangerMorocco54.17831,41334.7%
#29National School of Mineral IndustryMorocco53.84922,57037.6%
#30Institut National des Postes et TélécommunicationsMorocco53.76111,953-17.4%
#31Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du PatrimoineMorocco53.11,5041,000-1.6%
#32Hassania School of Public WorksMorocco52.75002,7256.0%
#33Universiapolis - Université Internationale d'AgadirMorocco51.8241855166.0%
#34École Normale Supérieure CasablancaMorocco51.42831,89362.4%
#35École Marocaine des Sciences de l'IngénieurMorocco51.3250888145.6%
#36Institut National de Statistique et d'Economie AppliquéeMorocco49.72621,028-8.8%
#37École Normale Supérieure de TétouanMorocco49.733682122.1%
#38ESCA Ecole de ManagementMorocco48.72111,24552.2%
#39École des Hautes Études CommercialesMorocco48.5208268134.0%
#40Université Privée de FèsMorocco46.62081,47520.0%
#41École Normale Supérieure - MarrakechMorocco46.52074656.0%
#42Institut Supérieur d'Études MaritimesMorocco46.520689662.1%
#43Institut Supérieur de l'Information et de la CommunicationMorocco46.4128188304.8%
#44Institut Supérieur de Commerce et d'Administration des EntreprisesMorocco45.4373615-9.2%
#45Université Internationale de CasablancaMorocco45.1138600111.4%
#46École de Gouvernance et d'Économie de RabatMorocco44.219569287.9%
#47École Royale NavaleMorocco43.810073221.9%
#48Institut des Hautes Études de ManagementMorocco43.4114271109.4%
#49École des Sciences de I'informationMorocco43.217344946.4%
#50Institute For Leadership And Communication StudiesMorocco41.726720763.6%
#51Institut Supérieur du Génie AppliquéMorocco39.7126400-17.7%
#52École Supérieure de PsychologieMorocco37.21007216.7%
Transparent methodology

How ITS Research Score v2 is constructed

Every index-ready institution has a base score from recent output, citations, h-index, i10-index and publication growth. After deep enrichment completes, ITS Research Score v2 uses six dimensions: 25% output strength, 30% Research Impact Score, 20% Momentum Score, 10% international-collaboration share, 5% open-access share and 10% topic-diversity signal. Output and citation-scale terms are log-normalized to reduce domination by the largest universities.

Research Impact Score combines citation intensity, h-index, two-year mean citedness when available and i10 visibility. It is intentionally not called field-normalized impact. International collaboration is based on recent works with authors from more than one country. Research diversity is an entropy-based summary of the institution’s leading topic signals, not a department count.

These indicators assess research activity only. They do not measure teaching quality, student experience, employability, reputation, finances or accreditation. Missing data are left missing rather than fabricated.