Sixty-two Iraqi universities and colleges have registered competitive positions in the Times Higher Education Sustainable Development Ranking for the year 2024.

The official results published (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings#!/length/25/locations/IRQ/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc) indicate an increase in the number of Iraqi universities and colleges that have reserved their positions in the Times Higher Education Sustainable Development Ranking to 62 universities after it was 53 in the previous version, led by the University of Basrah , which ranked (401-600) globally, followed by the Universities of the Future (601-800), Baghdad (601-800), Babylon (801-1000), and Kufa (801-1000).

It is worth noting that the British Times Sustainable Development Ranking evaluates (2152) universities from (125) countries by achieving a number of the United Nations goals out of 17 goals, including quality education, health, well-being, partnerships, industry and innovation.

It is worth noting that Iraq came in 37th place globally after 13 universities achieved competitive positions in the (The Times) classification, while Iraqi universities and colleges recorded their increasing competition in other global classifications, including the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects for the year 2023, in which the University of Baghdad appeared in the (Dentistry & Oral Sciences) specialization, the (Scimago) classification, in which there are forty-seven institutions, the (Greenmetric) classification, in which the number of Iraqi educational institutions increased to seventy-four universities and colleges, and the (RUR) classification, in which there are forty-five Iraqi universities, in addition to the (Webometrics) classification, which recorded the presence and competition of more than one hundred Iraqi universities and colleges.

Department of Media and Government Communication

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

June 12, 2024