Developing Al-Azhar University in the light of some Global University Rankings criteria "A proposed strategy"

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قسم الإدارة والتخطيط والدراسات المقارنة، كلية التربية، جامعة الأزهر.

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The research aims at presenting a proposed strategy for the development of Al-Azhar University according to some Global University Rankings criteria, and to achieve this goal, the research uses the descriptive approach, with the use of the SWOT analysis method, The research uses the questionnaire for evaluating the impact of environmental analysis elements on Al-Azhar University, which was applied to a sample of (367) faculty members at Al-Azhar University. The results of the research show that the impact degree of the elements of the internal environment on Al-Azhar University comes at a medium level, whereas the arithmetic average of the total strengths is (2.02), whereas the arithmetic average of the total weaknesses is (2.23), and that the impact degree of elements of the external environment on Al-Azhar University comes at a medium level, whereas the arithmetic average of the total available opportunities is (2.20), while the arithmetic average of the total potential threats is (2.18), According to The SWOT analysis matrix, formulated from the elements of strength, weakness, opportunities and threats, it could be built four strategic alternatives. According to the balance among these alternatives, through the relative weight of each of the two sides of each of the four alternatives, it could conclude that the strategy of weakness/opportunities (WO) is the most likely strategy, as a result, research presents a proposed strategy to overcome the weaknesses of the university to take advantage of the opportunities in its external environment.

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