The Times Asian University Rankings announced the results of its 2024 edition, which evaluated seven hundred and thirty-nine universities according to a methodology that includes standards and indicators related to teaching, research environment and quality, international outlook and industry.
The classification site (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/regional-ranking#!/length/25/locations/IRQ/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats) showed the rise of the index of Iraqi universities to thirteen competing educational institutions compared to last year’s version, which included only eight universities, and the results indicated that the universities of technology ranked (351-400), Qadisiyah (501-600), Babylon (501-600) and Diyala (501-600).
Nahrain (+601), Central Technology (+601), Mustansiriya (+601), Anbar (+601), Baghdad (+601), Basra (+601), Karbala (+601), Kufa (+601) and Mosul (+601).
The evaluation criteria are based on seventeen indicators distributed as follows👇:
▪️Teaching (24.5%) includes teaching reputation (10%), staff-to-student ratio (4.5%), doctoral to bachelor’s ratio (2%), doctoral 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 effect 7.5%, research strength 7.5%, research excellence 7.5%, research impact 7.5%.
▪️International outlook (7.5%) includes 2.5% of international students, 2.5% of international staff, and 2.5% of international cooperation.
▪️Industry (10%) includes 5% industry income and 5% patents.
It is worth noting that Iraq ranked 37th globally in the Times University Rankings for the year 2024 by registering Iraqi universities competing in the ranking, which evaluated 2024 universities from 108 countries around the world.
