Forty-seven Iraqi universities and colleges scored competitive sites in the Times Sustainable Development classification for the year 2022, which included 1406 institutions from 106 countries around the world. The official results published:

(https://www.timeshighereducation.com/…/2022/overall… Increasing the number of Iraqi universities and colleges that reserved their positions in the Times classification for sustainable development to forty-seven, topped by the University of Basra, which ranked 301-400 globally, then Babylon University (401-600) and Baghdad University (401-600), while the College of the Future won the sequence ( 801-1000).

It should be noted that the British Times classification for sustainable development works on evaluating universities by achieving a number of United Nations goals out of 17 goals, including quality of education, health, and well-being, partnerships, industry, and innovation.