Forty-seven Iraqi universities and colleges scored competitive positions in the Times Sustainable Development Ranking for the year 2022, which included 1,406 institutions from 106 countries around the world.

Official published results (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/impact/2022/overall#!/page/0/length/25/locations/IRQ/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats) indicated an increase  The number of Iraqi universities and colleges that booked their positions in the Times classification for sustainable development reached 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 (801-600).  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.