University of Baghdad ranked first in the Spanish Webometrics ranking
The University of Baghdad topped the Iraqi universities in the Spanish Webometrics ranking, ranking 40th in the Arab world and 1438th globally out of more than 12,000 universities. The University of Baghdad advanced 55 ranks, as its progress in this ranking represents among the top 12% of universities worldwide. The Spanish Webometrics ranking issued by the Spanish Scientific Research Council is based on three basic criteria: The university’s visibility with a weight of 50%: depends on the content of the university’s website and the number of external links that point to the university’s website and transparency with a weight of 10%: calculated based on the number of citations received by the most cited researchers at the university, in addition to excellence with a weight of 40%: measured by the number of research papers classified among the top 10% of the most cited papers in each of the 27 specializations of the complete database for the period 2019-2023. The University of Diyala came in second place locally and Al-Mustansiriya University came in third place. It is worth noting that the classification included analyzing data from more than 32,000 higher education institutions from more than 200 countries. The editors of the classification network are scientists working in a world-class public research institution with long experience in metrics-driven evaluation. The classification network or Webometrics is the largest academic classification of higher education institutions. Every six months, it provides an independent, objective, free and open scientific exercise to provide reliable, multidimensional, up-to-date and useful information about the performance of universities from all over the world. The primary goal of the classification network is to promote open access to the knowledge produced by universities, so the best strategy to improve the rank of universities is to increase the quantity and quality of their web content
Periodical meeting
Under the supervision by prof. Dr. Alaa Nafea Jasim (the director of the center of heritage revival) , the center organized a meeting on Thursday 18th / 7/2024 The meeting resulted in discussing the center’s activity plan for the year 2025 and the seminars that presented by the researchers. It also discussed the decisions of the Opinion Board regarding research centers and developing a future strategic plan to develop the center’s work
The Lecture the historical roots in Jewish sanctities
Assistant Professor Dr. Wasan Hussein Muhaimid, a lecturer in the Department of Humanities / Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage / University of Baghdad, gave a lecture entitled (The Historical Roots of Jewish Sanctities in Iraq) which was held on Saturday 7/13/2024 in the Word of Life Forum Hall affiliated with the National Evangelical Baptist Church. It was attended by a group of distinguished researchers. In it, she discussed the historical roots of the ancient presence of Jews in Iraq, then touched on their sanctities that are linked to the shrines of their prophets that are still visible to this day, namely the shrine of Joshua bin Nun (Joshua), Ezra (Ezra), Ezekiel (Al-Kifl), Daniel, Obadiah, Jonah (Jonah), and Nahum Al-Qoshi, referring to what was mentioned about these prophets in the Old Testament and what historical sources included of information confirming or denying the burial of these prophets in Iraq. She also discussed the shrines attributed to the Jews that belong to other prophets. Some of their righteous people include Seth, son of Adam, Benjamin, son of Jacob, the Prophet Job, the tomb of Rabbi Judah, son of Yetira, Joses the Galilean, and Isaac the Gaonite. Father Arar Badlian, the church’s pastor, presented the doctor with a certificate of appreciation and a shield of distinction, wishing her continued scientific giving.
Maintenance
Under the direct supervision of the center’s director, Prof. Dr. Alaa Nafea Jassim, regarding maintenance of works and rehabilitation of work requirements in the center, she began maintaining the center’s generator and prepared the necessary and ready for any electrical problem to finish prepared the necessary materials of kerosene and raw materials to operate the electric generator during the summer vacation.
The Director of the Center inspects the progress of studies and planning
Among the administrative activities carried out by the Director of the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage, Prof. Dr. Alaa Nafi Jassim visited the Studies and Planning Unit to see the ways of workflow and what are the administrative developments, where she praised the work of the unit because of its importance as one of the important joints of the administrative structure and what are the obstacles that the unit suffers from and ways to solve them and address the obstacles that affect the work of the unit
Director of the Heritage Revival Center participates in a training course in the realization of texts
Prof. Dr. Alaa Nafi Jassim, Director of the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad, participated in a lecture in the course (the first basic training in the realization of written heritage texts) on Wednesday, 3/7/2024, in cooperation with Dar Al-Shawon General Cultural and the Iraqi Manuscripts House, managed by Professor Hussein Mohamed Ajeel, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Hilal Mohi Sarhan, and with the participation of 24 trainees with her tagged research (My journey with the manuscript and my experience in achieving historical texts) and the course concluded on Thursday and certificates were distributed .
Our center organized an educational lecture on the limitation of weapons in the hands of the Iraqi state
Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Alaa Nafi Jassim, Director of the Center, and based on the principle of community security, which is the main pillar for building a safe society in which rights and freedoms are preserved, and because of the phenomenon of the proliferation of weapons outside the framework of the state, the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad organized on Tuesday morning, 1/7/2024, in the presence of a number of professors and researchers, an educational lecture entitled (Limiting weapons to the Iraqi state, the project to combat uncontrolled weapons) The lecture was given by Engineer Hussein Amer Al-Rubaie, Head of the Studies and Research Unit in Community Policing Speaker .
Our center seminar on the history of geographic
Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Alaa Nafi Jassem, Director of the Center, the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad organized on Wednesday morning, 6/26/2024, at the hall of Professor Nabila Abdel Moneim Dawood, and in the presence of a number of professors and researchers, a seminar entitled (Stages of Development of the History of GIS) The lecture was given by Assistant Lecturer Walaa Diaa Nassif, a teacher at our center Speaker over the past five decades that GIS has evolved from concept to science. The tremendous development of GIS from a primitive tool
Our center organized a workshop on the anti-corruption program
Supervision of Prof. Dr. Alaa Nafi Jassim, Director of the Center The Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad organized on Wednesday morning, 6/26/2024, at the hall of Professor Nabila Abdel Moneim Dawood, and in the presence of a number of professors and researchers, the workshop tagged (Anti-Corruption Program), the lecture was delivered by the legal adviser Manal Faiq Abbas Al-Wakeel and Mr. Ammar Muhammad / Federal Integrity Commission. Speakers on the administrative investigation and the preliminary investigation, which the administration authorizes its procedures in accordance with the State Employees Discipline Law No. 14 of 1991, as amended .
The Center organized a seminar on proverbs in heritage
Supervision of Prof. Dr. Alaa Nafi Jassim, Director of the Center The Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad organized on Monday morning, 24/6/2024, at the hall of Professor Nabila Abdel Moneim Dawood, and in the presence of a number of professors and researchers, a seminar entitled (Proverbs in Iraqi Folklore) The seminar was delivered by Eng. Juman Adnan, a lecturer at our center, as a speaker Folk proverbs are an integral part of the Iraqi cultural identity, as they reflect the collective understanding of society and contribute to the transmission of heritage from generation to generation. In an interesting and moving style. It is an important part of
The University of Baghdad advances 102 places in the US
The University of Baghdad advances 102 places in the US News classification for the year
2024-2025
The University of Baghdad ranked first locally in the American (U.S. News) classification for the year 2025/2024, and advanced 102 ranks from last year’s ranking, as it ranked 1297 out of 2500 universities at the global level. The University of Baghdad retained the lead locally in the disciplines of clinical medicine at center #810 and engineering at center #536, as well as chemistry at center #1104, and the classification depends on the Clarivate absorber as a source of data.
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