Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced on that Fifty-three Iraqi universities and colleges have registered competitive positions in Times Sustainable Development Ranking for 2023.

Higher Education demonstrated that official website (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings#!/length/25/locations/IRQ/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/undefined) reviewed an increase in the number of Iraqi universities and colleges that have secured their scores in the Times Ranking for Sustainable Development to 53 universities after it was 44 in the previous edition, led by the University of Basrah, which obtained the score (401-600) globally, University of Babylon which obtained the score (601-800), University of Baghdad which obtained the score (601-800),  Al-Mustaqbal University College which obtained the score (801-1000) and University of Kufa which obtained the score (801-1000).

Higher Education highlighted that the British Times Ranking for Sustainable Development assesses 1,591 educational institutions through the achievement of a number of United Nations goals out of 17 goals, including quality of education, health and well-being, partnerships, industry and innovation.

It is worth mentioning that Iraqi universities and colleges obtained top scores for their increasing competition in international rankings, including the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, in which University of Baghdad was scored within the chemical engineering major, (The Times) Ranking, in which eight universities was scored, (QS) Ranking in which there are five universities and (Greenmetric) Ranking, in which seventy-three Iraqi universities and colleges were scored and URA Ranking, in which four Iraqi universities was scored, as well as the (Webometrics) Ranking, which scored more than one hundred Iraqi universities and colleges.