Iraqi Kurdistan’s universities ranked by Ministry of Higher Education
Graduates of American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2019. Photo: AUIS
HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced its annual ranking of the best public and private universities in Iraqi Kurdistan during a conference in Erbil on Thursday.
Minister Aram Mohammed said that the assessment was based on the amount and quality of scientific research that an institution sponsored combined with its academic staff, international activities, cultural activities, relationship with the society, and student feedback.
“The national ranking has brought obvious changes over the past five years,” he added. “The most important being the documentation of the quality and scientific activities of the universities.”
The minister said that analysis of the data, which was provided by the universities, helps the ministry to evaluate each institution and develop plans to improve the higher education sector.
Mohammed said that in 2015 scholars at the Region’s universities had only published 79 instances of scientific research in journals indexed by International Scientific Indexing (ISI). In 2019, that number had increased to 1,424, an 820 percent jump.
He added there were an estimated 5,000 Google Scholar Citations for academics from the Region in 2015, but that the number had increased to 68,561 in 2019, which he said showed the growing impact of the work being done in Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
The universities were divided into three groups, although none met the qualifications to be included in the top tier.
The minister said that the universities were listed alphabetically and not by score within each group.
Public Universities
Group B:
Hawler Medical University
Salahaddin University
Soran University
University of Duhok
University of Koya
University of Kurdistan-Hawler
University of Sulaimani
Group C:
Duhok Polytechnic University
Erbil Polytechnic University
Charmo University
Sulaimani Polytechnic University
University of Garmian
University of Raparin
University of Zakho
Group D:
Halabja University
Private Universities
Group B:
American University of Iraq-Sulaimani
Cihan University-Erbil
Komar University of Science and Technology
Newroz University
Tishk International University
University of Human Development
Group C:
Cihan University-Duhok
Cihan University-Sulaimani
Knowledge University
Lebanese French University
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