Eight Iraqi universities have achieved important competitive positions in the Times Asian universities ranking for 2023.

Official results included

(https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/regional-ranking#!/length/25/locations/IRQ/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats)

an assessment of six hundred and sixty-nine universities from thirty - one countries, including Iraq, where the University of Babylon came in 199th place, then the Technological University in 251-300, followed by Anbar University in 301-350, the Universities of Baghdad, Mosul, al - Mustansiriya in 501-600, Basra and Kufa 601 + Asian.

It is worth mentioning that the Times ranking of Asian universities evaluates universities according to 5 basic criteria: Education 25%, scientific research 30%, citations 30%, international outlook 7.5% and knowledge transfer 7.5%.