This is a classification issued by the Ministry of Education and Science in Spain every six months. It relies on well-known search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Inbound Link, and Alexa Traffic Ranking. The purpose of this classification is to rank universities and what their websites contain in order to encourage universities to publish their scientific activities and research, reflecting their high academic standards, and allowing others to benefit from their internet presence. In this classification, around 4,000 universities out of more than 14,000 worldwide are usually ranked from about 200 countries. This ranking takes place in the first and seventh months of each year. The criteria for this classification are as follows:The size of the university's website on the internet using the specified search engines (20%).The rich and useful files on the website, including research, laws, regulations, instructions, etc., whether in PDF, Word, PPT, etc. (15%).Google Scholar, referring to the number of research papers published by faculty members at the university, accessible through Google (15%).The visibility of the university's website among others, which is the impact of the university's research and studies available on the website on the research of others, and citations by others of the research available on the university's website. This factor is usually called the Impact Number, and it is assigned 50% of the weight. It is considered one of the most important university rankings in the world.


The ranking of the University of Al-Farahidi on the website

The University of Indonesia (UI) introduced a global university ranking in 2010, known as the UI Green-Metric World University Rankings, to measure sustainability efforts on university campuses. The purpose of this ranking was to create an electronic database to identify sustainability programs and policies at universities worldwide. The ranking is based on assessing the extent to which universities apply environmental conservation standards. The indicators and weights for this ranking were designed to be as unbiased as possible. The inclusion of Iraqi universities in the UI Green-Metric ranking serves as an important criterion for environmental preservation in Iraq and marks the beginning of aligning Iraq's societal infrastructure with the global sustainability movement.The goals of this ranking are to:Contribute to spreading academic awareness about sustainability in education and campus greening.Promote social change led by the university regarding sustainability objectives.Provide a self-assessment tool for campus sustainability at higher education institutions worldwide.Inform governments, international and local environmental agencies, and the community about sustainability programs on university campuses.


The ranking of the University of Al-Farahidi on the website

The University of Al-Farahidi achieved the sixth place among private universities and colleges. The Department of Medical Device Technologies ranked first among equivalent departments in both government and private universities. The College of Mass Communication secured the first position among media colleges, and the Department of Aeronautical Engineering Technologies ranked second among equivalent departments in private colleges. It is worth noting that the evaluation criteria are related to the university environment, academic programs, and the performance of academic departments.


Iraqi Universities Ranking


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College of Technical Engineering