The University of Karbala ranked eleventh locally in the “Arab
Classification of Universities” out of (19) Iraqi universities that
participated in the classification for the year 2023. The
classification was based on four main indicators, which included
education and learning, scientific research, creativity, leadership
and innovation, international and local cooperation and
community service, and each indicator was measured using nine
criteria with weights that were chosen with great care. The
classification aims to be a major motivator for academics in the
field of quality education and scientific research. It indicates the
importance of universities transforming into third and fourth generation universities with the introduction of two indicators for
open science through consolidating international relations and
cooperation with the final beneficiaries and encouraging them to
transform their research outputs into products that benefit
society. It helps attract distinguished professors to teach at
universities, and outstanding and expatriate students to join
universities to study. It is noteworthy that the Arab Rankings of
Universities, which emerged from the General Secretariat of the
League of Arab States, the Arab Organization for Culture and
Science (ALECSO) and the Union of Arab Universities, presented
this platform to include 115 universities from 16 Arab countries
for the year 2023, and 19 universities from Iraq participated in
this classification.