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For the first time ever, an Iraqi University has been among the best universities in the world. The University of Baghdad has it onto the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. This an annual list of the world's top 1,250 universities for research and development. The University of Baghdad has been in the range from 801 to a thousand on the list of best universities. Phil Baty, the editorial director of the Times, that the university had "" itself for a "very strong international cooperation". He the University of Baghdad had an integral role in the of Iraq after its recent conflicts and internal strife.

The University of Baghdad (also Baghdad University) is the largest university in Iraq and the second largest in the Arab world, behind the University of Cairo. Its roots as far back as the year 1067, when it was as Abu Haneefa. The first of the university's modern departments was in 1908. It was formally as the University of Baghdad in 1956. It to stay open throughout the invasions and occupations of Iraq during this century. The ranking on the Times list is as a prestigious accolade by many of its academics and students. One student said: "I so proud of Baghdad University. It the world to us to be in such high esteem."