Sixty-two Iraqi universities and colleges have scored competitive positions in the Times Sustainable Development Rankings 2024.
The official results published (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings#!/length/25/locations/IRQ/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc) The number of Iraqi universities and colleges that booked their positions in the Times Sustainable Development Ranking increased to 62 universities from 53 in the last edition, led by the University of Basra, which ranked 401-600 globally, followed by Independent University (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 United Nations goals out of 17 goals, including the quality of education, health, well-being, partnerships, industry and innovation.

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