Excellence track (Tamayuz)

An offer from any of these universities is accepted for all 24 specializations on the track.

• 1🇺🇸Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island
• 2🇺🇸California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Pasadena, California
• 3🇺🇸Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• 4🇺🇸Columbia UniversityNew York City, New York
• 5🇺🇸Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York
• 6🇺🇸Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire
• 7🇺🇸Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina
• 8🇺🇸Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia
• 9🇺🇸Georgetown UniversityWashington, D.C.
• 10🇺🇸Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts
• 11🇺🇸Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland
• 12🇺🇸Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 13🇺🇸New York University (NYU)New York City, New York
• 14🇺🇸Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois
• 15🇺🇸Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey
• 16🇺🇸Rice UniversityHouston, Texas
• 17🇺🇸Stanford UniversityStanford, California
• 18🇺🇸Tufts UniversityMassachusetts
• 19🇺🇸University of California, Berkeley (UCB)Berkeley, California
• 20🇺🇸University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles, California
• 21🇺🇸University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois
• 22🇺🇸University of Michigan, Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan
• 23🇺🇸University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana
• 24🇺🇸University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
• 25🇺🇸University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California
• 26🇺🇸University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia
• 27🇺🇸Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee
• 28🇺🇸Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri
• 29🇺🇸Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut
• 30🇬🇧Imperial College LondonLondon
• 31🇬🇧King's College LondonLondon
• 32🇬🇧The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)London
• 33🇬🇧University of CambridgeCambridge
• 34🇬🇧University College London (UCL)London
• 35🇬🇧University of OxfordOxford
• 36🇨🇳Peking UniversityBeijing
• 37🇨🇳Tsinghua UniversityBeijing
• 38🇭🇰University of Hong KongHong Kong
• 39🇫🇷École PolytechniquePalaiseau
• 40🇫🇷Sorbonne UniversityParis
• 41🇫🇷Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)Paris
• 42🇯🇵Kyoto UniversityKyoto
• 43🇯🇵The University of TokyoTokyo
• 44🇦🇺The Australian National UniversityCanberra
• 45🇩🇰University of CopenhagenCopenhagen
• 46🇩🇪LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)Munich
• 47🇰🇷Seoul National UniversitySeoul
• 48🇸🇬National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore
• 49🇨🇭ETH ZurichZurich
• 50🇨🇦University of British ColumbiaVancouver
• 51🇨🇦University of TorontoToronto
• 52🇨🇦McGill UniversityMontreal

Where a specialization has an additional list, those universities are accepted on top of the general list. Specializations without one are admitted from the general list only.

Specializations with an additional list on top of the general list

Numbering inside each additional list is a count only, in the Ministry page's alphabetical order; it does not rank the universities.

• 1Business Administration

  10 additional universities

  إدارة أعمال

  1. 1🇺🇸Arizona State University
  2. 2🇮🇹Bocconi University
  3. 3🇳🇱Erasmus University Rotterdam
  4. 4🇫🇷HEC Paris School of Management
  5. 5🇭🇰Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  6. 6🇫🇷INSEAD
  7. 7🇺🇸Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  8. 8🇺🇸Texas A&M University
  9. 9🇳🇱Tilburg University
  10. 10🇺🇸University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

• 2Hospitality Management

  10 additional universities

  إدارة ضيافة

  1. 1🇬🇧Bournemouth University
  2. 2🇨🇭EHL Hospitality Business School (Lausanne)
  3. 3🇨🇭Glion Institute of Higher Education
  4. 4🇭🇰Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  5. 5🇨🇭Les Roches Global Hospitality Education
  6. 6🇺🇸Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  7. 7🇺🇸Purdue University, West Lafayette
  8. 8🇺🇸University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  9. 9🇦🇺University of Queensland
  10. 10🇬🇧University of Surrey

• 3Public Policy & Administration

  10 additional universities

  إدارة وسياسة عامة

  1. 1🇩🇰Aarhus University
  2. 2🇬🇧Cardiff University
  3. 3🇳🇱Erasmus University Rotterdam
  4. 4🇺🇸Indiana University Bloomington
  5. 5🇺🇸Ohio State University, Columbus
  6. 6🇺🇸Texas A&M University
  7. 7🇺🇸University of Georgia
  8. 8🇺🇸University of Texas at Austin
  9. 9🇺🇸University of Washington
  10. 10🇳🇱Utrecht University

• 4Media and Communication

  10 additional universities

  إعلام وعلوم اتصال

  1. 1🇺🇸Indiana University Bloomington
  2. 2🇺🇸Michigan State University
  3. 3🇸🇬Nanyang Technological University
  4. 4🇺🇸Ohio State University, Columbus
  5. 5🇺🇸Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  6. 6🇳🇱University of Amsterdam
  7. 7🇺🇸University of California, Santa Barbara
  8. 8🇺🇸University of Texas at Austin
  9. 9🇺🇸University of Washington
  10. 10🇺🇸University of Wisconsin, Madison

• 6National Security

  8 additional universities

  أمن وطني

  1. 1🇺🇸American University (Washington, D.C.)
  2. 2🇺🇸Arizona State University
  3. 3🇺🇸CUNY John Jay College
  4. 4🇺🇸George Washington University (Trachtenberg)
  5. 5🇺🇸Naval Postgraduate School
  6. 6🇺🇸University of Central Florida
  7. 7🇺🇸University of Maryland, College Park
  8. 8🇺🇸University of North Texas

• 8History

  6 additional universities

  تاريخ

  1. 1🇩🇪Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  2. 2🇳🇱Leiden University
  3. 3🇩🇪Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  4. 4🇮🇹Sapienza University of Rome
  5. 5🇮🇹Scuola Normale Superiore
  6. 6🇬🇧University of Edinburgh

• 9Geography

  6 additional universities

  جغرافيا

  1. 1🇬🇧Durham University
  2. 2🇸🇪Stockholm University
  3. 3🇬🇧University of Exeter
  4. 4🇬🇧University of Manchester
  5. 5🇺🇸University of Washington
  6. 6🇳🇱Utrecht University

• 10Social Work

  3 additional universities

  خدمة اجتماعية

  1. 1🇺🇸University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  2. 2🇺🇸University of Washington
  3. 3🇬🇧University of York

• 11Sports and Sports Management

  8 additional universities

  رياضة وإدارة رياضية

  1. 1🇦🇺Deakin University
  2. 2🇧🇪Ghent University
  3. 3🇬🇧Loughborough University
  4. 4🇳🇴Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
  5. 5🇬🇧University of Birmingham
  6. 6🇬🇧University of Exeter
  7. 7🇦🇺University of Queensland
  8. 8🇦🇺University of Sydney

• 12Tourism and Hotel Management

  10 additional universities

  سياحة وإدارة سياحية وفندقة

  1. 1🇬🇧Bournemouth University
  2. 2🇨🇭EHL Hospitality Business School (Lausanne)
  3. 3🇨🇭Glion Institute of Higher Education
  4. 4🇭🇰Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  5. 5🇨🇭Les Roches Global Hospitality Education
  6. 6🇺🇸Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  7. 7🇺🇸Purdue University, West Lafayette
  8. 8🇺🇸University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  9. 9🇦🇺University of Queensland
  10. 10🇬🇧University of Surrey

• 13Criminal Justice

  3 additional universities

  عدالة جنائية

  1. 1🇦🇺University of Melbourne
  2. 2🇺🇸University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  3. 3🇺🇸University of Washington

• 14Sociology

  4 additional universities

  علم اجتماع

  1. 1🇺🇸Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  2. 2🇳🇱University of Amsterdam
  3. 3🇺🇸University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  4. 4🇺🇸University of Washington

• 15Marine Science

  10 additional universities

  علوم بحار

  1. 1🇨🇳Ocean University of China
  2. 2🇺🇸Oregon State University
  3. 3🇳🇴University of Bergen
  4. 4🇺🇸University of California, San Diego
  5. 5🇺🇸University of Colorado Boulder
  6. 6🇺🇸University of Hawaii at Manoa
  7. 7🇬🇧University of Southampton
  8. 8🇦🇺University of Tasmania
  9. 9🇺🇸University of Washington
  10. 10🇳🇱Utrecht University

• 16Environmental Sciences

  9 additional universities

  علوم بيئة وإدارة بيئية

  1. 1🇺🇸Michigan State University
  2. 2🇸🇪Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  3. 3🇩🇰Technical University of Denmark
  4. 4🇺🇸University of California, Davis
  5. 5🇬🇧University of Exeter
  6. 6🇺🇸University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  7. 7🇦🇺University of Queensland
  8. 8🇺🇸University of Wisconsin, Madison
  9. 9🇳🇱Wageningen University & Research

• 17Political Science and International Relations

  3 additional universities

  علوم سياسية وعلاقات دولية

  1. 1🇫🇷Sciences Po
  2. 2🇺🇸University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  3. 3🇺🇸University of Washington

• 18Philosophy

  4 additional universities

  فلسفة

  1. 1🇦🇺Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  2. 2🇬🇧University of Edinburgh
  3. 3🇺🇸University of Pittsburgh
  4. 4🇬🇧University of St Andrews

• 19Human Resources

  7 additional universities

  موارد بشرية

  1. 1🇺🇸Arizona State University
  2. 2🇮🇹Bocconi University
  3. 3🇳🇱Erasmus University Rotterdam
  4. 4🇫🇷HEC Paris School of Management
  5. 5🇭🇰Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  6. 6🇫🇷INSEAD
  7. 7🇺🇸Pennsylvania State University, University Park

• 22Digital Marketing

  8 additional universities

  الإعلانات الرقمية (التسويق الرقمي)

  1. 1🇺🇸Columbia UniversityMaster of Science in Marketing
  2. 2🇺🇸Georgetown UniversityMaster's in Integrated Marketing Communications
  3. 3🇬🇧Imperial College LondonMSc Strategic Marketing
  4. 4🇺🇸Johns Hopkins UniversityFlexible MBA: Specialization in Digital Marketing
  5. 5🇬🇧King's College LondonDigital Marketing MSc
  6. 6🇫🇷Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)M2 Communication Marketing
  7. 7🇭🇰University of Hong KongMSc Digital and Social Media Marketing
  8. 8🇺🇸University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Science in Digital Social Media

Source: the Excellence track pages on the Ministry of Education website (general list, specialization list, additional lists by specialization), read September 2026.