The QS World University Rankings 2025 World University Rankings announced the results of its 2025 edition, in which one thousand five hundred universities from different countries of the world competed.
The official website of the classification (https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings?countries=iq) showed that Iraqi universities obtained competitive ranks, as the University of Baghdad came in (801-850), then Al-Mustansiriya University (1001-1200), the University of Babylon (1201-1400), the University of Basra (1201-1400) and the University of Kufa (1201-1400).
QS ratings are based on academic reputation (30%), employers (15%), student-to-teaching (10%), citations (20%), international teachers (5%), international students (5%), international research network (5%), employment (5%) and sustainability (5%).
It is worth noting that Iraq ranked 37th globally after 13 universities achieved competitive positions in the (The Times) classification, while Iraqi universities and colleges recorded their escalating competition in other international rankings, including the Shanghai Classification of Subjects for the year 2023, in which the University of Baghdad appeared within the specialization (Dentistry & Oral Sciences) and the classification (Scimago), in which there are forty-seven institutions, and the classification (Greenmetric), in which the number of Iraqi educational institutions increased to seventy-four universities. And the RUR College and Classification, in which there are forty-five Iraqi universities, in addition to the Webometrics classification, which recorded the attendance and competition of more than a hundred Iraqi universities and colleges.
