Twenty-six Iraqi Universities are in the Times Arab Universities Classification

Times Classification of Arab Universities

The Times Ranking issued the results of its edition of Arab universities for the year 2023, which conducted an evaluation of two hundred and seven educational institutions from fifteen countries.
Twenty-six Iraqi public universities, in addition to a number of private universities, achieved important competitive ranks for the first time in the Times Higher Education Classification of Arab Universities (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/…/arab-university…),(https://www.timeshighereducation.com/…/arab-university…) where the University of Baghdad ranked (40), while Next came the universities of technology (=50), Mosul (51-60), Babylon (61-70), Basra (61-70), Al-Nahrain (71-80), Al-Mustansiriya (71-80), Kufa (81-90), and Anbar (101-120). Tikrit (101-120), Karbala (121-140), Al-Qadisiyah (141-160), Al-Qasim Al-Khadra (141-160), Diyala (141-160), Kirkuk (141-160), Wasit (141-160), Al-Ain (161+), and the Middle Euphrates. Technology (161+), Future (161+), Muthanna (161+), Islamic (161+), Central Technology (161+), Maysan (161+), Northern Technology (161+), Southern Technology (161+), and Dhi Qar (161+)
Competing universities are subject to evaluation according to twenty performance indicators within five main axes: teaching (31%), research environment (31%), research quality (24%), international outlook (8%), and society (6%). It is worth noting that Iraq achieved 37th place in the world in the Times World Classification for the year 2024 through 13 Iraqi universities that registered their competition and presence in the classification in which 1,904 universities from 108 countries around the world competed.