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The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced 13 Iraqi universities ranked in the Times rankings (Asia University Rankings 2024). .
A statement from the ministry stated “The Times Asian University Rankings announced the results of its 2024 edition, which conducted an evaluation of 739 universities according to a methodology that includes standards and indicators related to teaching, research environment and quality, international outlook, and industry .”
He added, “The classification website showed that the Iraqi universities index rose to 13 competing educational institutions, compared to last year’s version, which included only eight universities .”
She continued, “The results of the University of Technology ranked (351-400), Al-Qadisiyah (501-600), Babylon (501-600), Diyala (501-600), Al-Nahrain (601+), Central Technology (601+), Al-Mustansiriya (601+), and Anbar.” ( 601+), Baghdad (601+), Basra (601+), Karbala (601+), Kufa (601+), and Mosul (601+) .”
The evaluation criteria are based on seventeen indicators, which are distributed as follows :
– Teaching (24.5%) includes teaching reputation 10%, staff to student ratio 4.5%, doctoral to bachelor’s ratio 2%, doctorate to faculty ratio 5.5%, and institutional income 2.5 %.
– Research environment (28%) includes research reputation 15%, research income 6.5%, and research productivity 6.5 .
– Research quality (30%) includes citation influence 7.5%, research strength 7.5%, research excellence 7.5%, and research influence 7.5 %.
– International outlook (7.5%) includes the percentage of international students 2.5%, the percentage of international employees 2.5%, and international cooperation 2.5 %.
– Industry (10%), including industry income 5% and patents 5 %.
It is worth noting that Iraq achieved 37th place in the world in the Times University Rankings for the year 2024 by registering Iraqi universities competing in the classification, which evaluated 2,024 universities from 108 countries around the world.
