University of Baghdad Receives Advanced Position in Times Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2025
The University of Baghdad has achieved an advanced position in the Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2025 issued by Times Higher Education in partnership with Schmidt Science Fellows, as this ranking is launched for the first time in its 2025 edition, and is the first of its kind to measure the contributions of universities and their commitment to interdisciplinary sciences. The classification included 749 universities from 92 countries, and the University of Baghdad ranked 161st globally, leading Iraqi universities in this prestigious classification, and among the 12 Iraqi universities that appeared in the classification, the University of Baghdad ranked first locally, reflecting its academic and research leadership. Iraqi universities came in the classification as follows, University of Baghdad in 161st place, Future University, University of Babylon, University of Technology in 301-350, Anbar University in 401-500 place, Al-Nahrain University in 501-600 place, Al-Farahidi Universities, Middle Euphrates, Tikrit, Diyala, Wasit in +601 place. The universities were evaluated based on three main axes, inputs (19%) which include funding for interdisciplinary scientific research and industry funding, and operations (16%) including success metrics, facilities,
