The University of Sulaimani has been ranked 71-80 among 238 universities in the Arab University Rankings 2024, conducted by Times Higher Education (THE).

The Arab University Rankings 2024 assesses the performance of universities across 22 Arab countries based on the following carefully calibrated performance indicators.

Teaching (the learning environment): 31%

• Teaching reputation: 18%
• Doctorates awarded-to-academic-staff ratio: 5%
• Academic staff-to-student ratio: 4%
• Doctorates awarded-to-undergraduate degrees awarded ratio: 2.5%
• Institutional income per academic staff: 1.5%

Research environment: 31%

• Research reputation: 23%
• Research productivity: 5%
• Research income per academic staff: 3%

Research quality: 24%

• Research strength: 12%
• Research excellence: 6%
• Research influence: 6%

International outlook: 8%

• Proportion of international students: 2%
• Proportion of international staff: 2%
• International co-authorship: 2%
• Collaboration within the Arab world: 2%

Society: 6%

• Industry income per academic staff: 2%
• Impact Rankings participation: 2%
• Impact Rankings performance: 2%

Universities from the following nations were evaluated:
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen.

For more details, view the official results on the Times Higher Education website.