In light of the emphasizing the index of educational services in Iraqi universities and their various academic programs and their connection to the aspect of sustainable development and its goals, facing challenges, keeping pace with changes, contributing on creating awareness and providing scientific solutions, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced that Iraq obtained top score in the Arab world and seventh in the world in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024 in terms of the number of the participated universities in the 2024 edition, which witnessed 2,152 competing universities from 125 countries around the world.

Higher Education reviewed that “Based on the achieved results that highlighted Iraq in a distinguished ranking, Iraqi Higher Education and Scientific Research’s institutions are proceeding with confidence in improving the quality of university performance and providing a positive educational environment that meets the requirements of scientific knowledge and technical skills required by community service and the standards of good education and academic accreditation that coincide with the goals of sustainable development of the United Nations.