University of Basrah: Rankings

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The University of Basrah ranked 5th in Iraq, 3516th in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 86 research topics. The University of Basrah ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 11,099 academic publications and 82,447 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 6 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#3516 of 14,131 In the World
#1172 of 5,830 In Asia
#5 of 62 In Iraq
#1 of 3 In Basra
#505 of 1,106 For Landscape Architecture
#516 of 1,016 For Hydrology and Water resources management
#539 of 1,388 For Petroleum Engineering
#3465 of 7,918 For Alumni Impact
#6843 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 83 other topics

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Biology rankings

The University of Basrah ranked 3rd for Biology in Iraq and 1805th in the World with 7,125 publications made and 54,005 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Paleontology, Botany, Nanotechnology.

Biology ranking Location
#3 of 28 In Iraq
#719 of 2,834 In Asia
#1805 of 6,833 In the World

University of Basrah
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1992 22 102
1993 31 122
1994 8 90
1995 10 100
1996 11 96
1997 13 115
1998 9 87
1999 9 77
2000 24 81
2001 11 115
2002 18 119
2003 14 162
2004 7 133
2005 13 171
2006 22 186
2007 23 196
2008 38 234
2009 45 252
2010 82 329
2011 71 357
2012 124 533
2013 127 626
2014 157 924
2015 179 925
2016 214 1192
2017 302 1480
2018 289 1880
2019 625 2672
2020 650 4130
2021 872 5918
2022 1098 7351
2023 974 9250
2024 698 9103

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Basrah in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield Iraq ranking Asia ranking World rank
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 1 192 765
Animal Science 3 242 854
Microbiology 4 357 1045
Zoology 2 274 1068
Toxicology 3 401 1117
Horticulture 2 453 1167
Nutrition and Food Science 2 482 1204
Agricultural Science 4 567 1458
Biotechnology 4 591 1475
Pharmacology 4 643 1521
Virology 5 559 1557
Botany 3 602 1572
Immunology 6 630 1646
Paleontology 3 595 1646
Nanotechnology 5 827 1710
Genetics 4 772 1874
Oncology and Cancer research 8 814 1924
Biochemistry 4 847 1946
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 4 850 2040
Forestry 5 770 2159
Molecular Biology 5 998 2348
Evolutionary Biology 7 1084 2725
Neuroscience 8 1243 3183

Chemistry rankings

The University of Basrah ranked 6th for Chemistry in Iraq and 1837th in the World with 6,508 publications made and 55,046 citations received. Main research topics: Organic Chemistry, Materials Science, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology.

Chemistry ranking Location
#6 of 28 In Iraq
#787 of 2,781 In Asia
#1837 of 6,545 In the World

University of Basrah
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1992 25 120
1993 32 137
1994 11 112
1995 11 110
1996 7 101
1997 10 119
1998 3 89
1999 9 91
2000 14 86
2001 11 110
2002 10 139
2003 13 144
2004 6 123
2005 11 144
2006 16 172
2007 20 169
2008 31 234
2009 33 222
2010 72 302
2011 68 341
2012 113 502
2013 141 577
2014 147 875
2015 164 962
2016 183 1215
2017 269 1527
2018 284 2031
2019 569 2882
2020 574 4496
2021 752 6024
2022 932 7640
2023 891 9395
2024 660 9918

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Basrah in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield Iraq ranking Asia ranking World rank
Nutrition and Food Science 2 482 1204
Environmental Chemistry 3 478 1217
Pharmacy 2 477 1221
Petrology and Geochemistry 4 402 1240
Biochemical Engineering 4 508 1297
Computational Chemistry 3 516 1329
Radiochemistry 7 694 1366
Chemical Engineering 5 824 1709
Nanotechnology 5 827 1710
Inorganic Chemistry 5 782 1712
Materials Science 6 753 1716
Organic Chemistry 6 788 1778
Physical chemistry 6 891 1923
Biochemistry 4 847 1946

Engineering rankings

The University of Basrah ranked 6th for Engineering in Iraq and 1796th in the World with 6,487 publications made and 56,388 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#6 of 28 In Iraq
#745 of 2,835 In Asia
#1796 of 6,782 In the World

University of Basrah
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1992 19 107
1993 20 100
1994 9 84
1995 4 90
1996 1 74
1997 3 88
1998 2 71
1999 7 83
2000 6 69
2001 6 74
2002 12 116
2003 10 121
2004 6 103
2005 9 123
2006 13 140
2007 19 152
2008 27 191
2009 30 167
2010 62 216
2011 77 274
2012 116 403
2013 150 502
2014 166 774
2015 183 880
2016 211 1173
2017 271 1547
2018 312 2170
2019 551 2993
2020 571 4742
2021 781 6494
2022 921 8104
2023 900 10162
2024 616 10633

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Basrah in various areas of Engineering.

Environmental Science rankings

The University of Basrah ranked 4th for Environmental Science in Iraq and 1702nd in the World with 5,968 publications made and 47,494 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Ecology, Geography and Cartography, Paleontology, Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#4 of 28 In Iraq
#613 of 2,838 In Asia
#1702 of 6,876 In the World

University of Basrah
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1992 7 87
1993 13 80
1994 7 75
1995 4 83
1996 7 88
1997 7 89
1998 6 75
1999 5 82
2000 9 69
2001 6 75
2002 9 87
2003 6 121
2004 4 101
2005 9 125
2006 17 152
2007 18 135
2008 22 170
2009 27 163
2010 44 246
2011 46 294
2012 95 415
2013 123 478
2014 146 711
2015 163 784
2016 199 1011
2017 243 1315
2018 257 1745
2019 510 2546
2020 514 3858
2021 730 5676
2022 967 6795
2023 844 8964
2024 587 8477

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Basrah in various areas of Environmental Science.

Environmental Science subfield Iraq ranking Asia ranking World rank
Hydrology and Water resources management 3 179 516
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 1 192 765
Geotechnical Engineering 3 317 902
Environmental Engineering 5 467 1198
Environmental Chemistry 3 478 1217
Petrology and Geochemistry 4 402 1240
Oceanography 3 425 1295
Earth science and Geophysics 4 495 1351
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 4 514 1398
Agricultural Science 4 567 1458
Geology 4 556 1582
Ecology 3 573 1617
Paleontology 3 595 1646
Environmental Management 8 771 1872
Geography and Cartography 4 674 1966
Forestry 5 770 2159

Physics rankings

The University of Basrah ranked 6th for Physics in Iraq and 1933rd in the World with 5,475 publications made and 47,046 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Astrophysics and Astronomy.

Physics ranking Location
#6 of 28 In Iraq
#810 of 2,817 In Asia
#1933 of 6,713 In the World

University of Basrah
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1992 22 104
1993 20 95
1994 9 84
1995 4 77
1996 4 83
1997 3 94
1998 1 68
1999 6 83
2000 6 68
2001 6 75
2002 7 109
2003 8 110
2004 6 87
2005 7 113
2006 15 145
2007 18 125
2008 22 168
2009 35 156
2010 60 208
2011 68 243
2012 96 374
2013 143 436
2014 148 679
2015 161 824
2016 180 1078
2017 225 1351
2018 250 1856
2019 461 2655
2020 508 4017
2021 629 5329
2022 728 6606
2023 718 8338
2024 504 8740

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Basrah in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield Iraq ranking Asia ranking World rank
Applied/Engineering Physics 4 477 1204
Condensed Matter Physics 5 655 1501
Optical Engineering 5 688 1644
Atomic and Molecular physics 4 649 1698
Nanotechnology 5 827 1710
Materials Science 6 753 1716
Acoustical Engineering 5 711 1809
Quantum and Particle physics 5 788 1881
Astrophysics and Astronomy 3 687 1900
Nuclear Physics 7 819 1940

Medicine rankings

The University of Basrah ranked 4th for Medicine in Iraq and 1941st in the World with 3,955 publications made and 25,653 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Surgery, Immunology, Anatomy and Physiology, Psychiatry.

Medicine ranking Location
#4 of 28 In Iraq
#709 of 2,809 In Asia
#1941 of 6,775 In the World

University of Basrah
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1992 14 43
1993 20 71
1994 5 45
1995 8 43
1996 5 46
1997 5 49
1998 5 48
1999 5 37
2000 17 47
2001 8 56
2002 11 72
2003 12 88
2004 6 85
2005 9 117
2006 13 120
2007 18 120
2008 27 160
2009 26 160
2010 58 223
2011 44 219
2012 60 303
2013 54 321
2014 83 436
2015 91 489
2016 102 550
2017 169 749
2018 172 838
2019 319 1209
2020 387 1956
2021 498 2861
2022 571 3572
2023 561 4480
2024 393 4021

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Basrah in various areas of Medicine.

Medicine subfield Iraq ranking Asia ranking World rank
Veterinary 3 205 631
Cosmetology 2 288 776
Pediatrics 3 327 1064
Dermatology 3 393 1094
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 4 424 1096
Toxicology 3 401 1117
Epidemiology 3 366 1193
Pharmacy 2 477 1221
Urology 7 524 1383
Pharmacology 4 643 1521
Family medicine 3 458 1550
Surgery 5 548 1555
Virology 5 559 1557
Anesthesiology 3 570 1570
Anatomy and Physiology 3 556 1577
Radiation Therapy 8 709 1640
Immunology 6 630 1646
Ophthalmology 6 638 1685
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 10 525 1760
Pathology 4 659 1768
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 4 540 1853
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 6 689 1870
Critical Care Nursing 7 611 1875
Dentistry 8 676 1900
Orthodontics 7 659 1905
Oncology and Cancer research 8 814 1924
Cardiology 10 778 2107
Public Health 4 747 2171
Nursing 5 713 2276
Psychiatry 5 830 2328
Healthcare Management (MHA) 7 808 2447
Physical Therapy 3 915 2515
Health Science 7 901 2831

Computer Science rankings

The University of Basrah ranked 6th for Computer Science in Iraq and 2205th in the World with 3,230 publications made and 27,174 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Machine Learning, Computer Networking, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#6 of 28 In Iraq
#903 of 2,840 In Asia
#2205 of 6,845 In the World

University of Basrah
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1992 8 33
1993 6 45
1994 0 17
1995 3 33
1996 1 26
1997 1 40
1998 3 32
1999 4 26
2000 5 33
2001 3 29
2002 8 50
2003 6 52
2004 1 46
2005 3 50
2006 5 50
2007 5 47
2008 7 54
2009 21 81
2010 34 86
2011 47 117
2012 55 164
2013 58 196
2014 91 281
2015 112 362
2016 104 429
2017 119 649
2018 147 987
2019 257 1397
2020 296 2312
2021 378 3196
2022 501 4277
2023 442 5913
2024 330 5408

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Basrah in various areas of Computer Science.

Computer Science subfield Iraq ranking Asia ranking World rank
Robotics 3 331 882
Blockchain and Cryptography 6 456 1161
Computer Engineering 7 623 1476
Computer Networking 7 660 1612
Cyber Security 7 626 1623
Telecommunications 7 721 1683
Data Science 4 612 1816
Computer Vision 6 787 1829
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 6 810 1946
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 4 850 2040
Machine Learning 8 889 2052
Computational Linguistics 12 1020 2293
Software Engineering 4 888 2361
Human-Computer Interaction 4 934 2401
Cognitive Science 10 1031 2439
Library and Information science 6 717 2537
Management Information Systems 3 883 2542
Neuroscience 8 1243 3183

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The University of Basrah ranked 6th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Iraq and 3066th in the World with 2,837 publications made and 21,149 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Archaeology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#6 of 28 In Iraq
#1033 of 2,864 In Asia
#3066 of 7,081 In the World

University of Basrah
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1992 3 27
1993 4 29
1994 2 28
1995 3 29
1996 3 21
1997 2 34
1998 2 32
1999 1 27
2000 6 30
2001 3 24
2002 4 31
2003 2 57
2004 0 49
2005 4 55
2006 10 50
2007 13 59
2008 9 61
2009 12 78
2010 33 110
2011 25 120
2012 44 177
2013 44 183
2014 68 245
2015 70 259
2016 85 341
2017 111 456
2018 124 667
2019 225 935
2020 252 1621
2021 352 2391
2022 449 3520
2023 439 5015
2024 284 4009

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Basrah in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield Iraq ranking Asia ranking World rank
Aesthetics 3 573 1921
Demography 4 705 2093
Classics and Ancient History 6 673 2316
Linguistics 6 938 2402
Archaeology 7 924 2451
Library and Information science 6 717 2537
History 8 941 2642
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 8 959 2984
Communications and Public Relations 5 1001 3061
Anthropology 4 990 3067
Philosophy 5 1039 3102
Law 6 1133 3138
Sociology 5 1052 3157
Political Science 7 1152 3426
Education Majors 14 1475 4013

Mathematics rankings

The University of Basrah ranked 6th for Mathematics in Iraq and 2392nd in the World with 1,773 publications made and 13,566 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Math Teachers.

Mathematics ranking Location
#6 of 28 In Iraq
#973 of 2,718 In Asia
#2392 of 6,418 In the World

University of Basrah
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1992 1 12
1993 3 18
1994 1 13
1995 1 12
1996 0 8
1997 0 23
1998 1 11
1999 1 15
2000 4 10
2001 2 13
2002 2 21
2003 4 25
2004 1 24
2005 3 25
2006 5 20
2007 6 20
2008 5 25
2009 9 56
2010 12 46
2011 21 67
2012 24 69
2013 19 82
2014 40 125
2015 42 152
2016 61 177
2017 62 280
2018 77 418
2019 153 611
2020 160 1043
2021 215 1528
2022 296 2294
2023 303 3291
2024 163 2396

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Basrah in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield Iraq ranking Asia ranking World rank
Blockchain and Cryptography 6 456 1161
Applied Mathematics 6 536 1454
Statistics 6 1016 2455
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 5 1077 2721
Math Teachers 18 1523 3964

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for the University of Basrah

Speciality Iraq Asia World Rank
Interior Design 3 156 534
Accounting 3 531 1781
Management 4 827 2186
Finance 3 872 2396
Business 4 977 2609
Development Studies 3 929 2671
Economics 4 1004 2766
Psychology 6 1094 2830
Fashion Design 8 1072 2831
Marketing 3 1130 2882
Art & Design 10 1052 2909
Literature 10 1052 3025
Child Psychology 6 1184 3291
Social Psychology 12 1292 3444