Top Universities in Iraq

39 universities in Iraq with a measured position, 39 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankCitations
1 University of Baghdad #0 515,669
2 University of Technology - Iraq #0 395,276
3 Uinversity of Babylon #0 219,307
4 University of Basrah #0 210,958
5 University of Mustansiriyah #0 207,830
6 University of Mosul #0 165,563
7 University of Anbar #0 136,013
8 Al Nahrain University #0 118,989
9 Kerbala University #0 118,269
10 Thi Qar University #0 112,059
11 University of Kufa #0 105,954
12 University of Al-Qadisiyah #0 100,564
13 Diyala University #0 92,801
14 Tikrit University #0 85,076
15 University of Dohuk (Kurdistan Region) #0 80,761
16 University of Human Development (Kurdistan Region) #0 76,040
17 Ishik University #0 67,166
18 Cihan University #0 64,163
19 University of Wassit #0 59,771
20 Soran University #0 52,916
21 Hawler Medical University #0 44,130
22 University of Kirkuk #0 42,023
23 Alayen University #0 37,355
24 Koya University (Kurdistan Region) #0 36,910
25 Al Muthanna University #0 34,231
26 Komar University of Science and Technology #0 33,584
27 Misan University #0 28,952
28 Al Rafidain University College #0 27,534
29 Al Maarif University College #0 22,275
30 Nawroz University #0 21,017
31 Iraq University College #0 19,748
32 Al Mansour University College #0 18,779
33 Dijla University College #0 18,633
34 Al Turath University College #0 15,343
35 Baghdad College of Economic Sciences University #0 6,830
36 Al Mamon University College #0 4,296
37 Al Rasheed University College #0 4,004
38 Madenat Alelem University College #0 1,089
39 British Royal University #0 11

What the two columns mean

World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 981 ranked Japan 337 ranked India 306 ranked China 283 ranked South Korea 170 ranked Brazil 164 ranked Iran 160 ranked Indonesia 143 ranked Mexico 134 ranked France 108 ranked Poland 106 ranked Germany 103 ranked