Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
The study aims to identify the criteria for Rankings (QS & THE) and the ranks reached by the universities of a number of Arab countries (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar), as well as introduce Iraqi universities to the criteria for international Rankings (QS & THE) and to see the ranks that It was occupied by Arab universities (the research sample), and to achieve the objectives of the research, it relied on the analytical method, while the data was collected based on reports issued by the international Rankings (QS & THE) for the years (2019, 2020, 2021). The results of the research indicate that the largest number of universities that entered the international Rankings (QS & THE) were Egypt, followed by Saudi Arabia, then Iraq, and finally Qatar. The research recommended that Iraqi universities should pay attention to the international ranking criteria (QS & THE) and consider it a gateway to enter other international Rankings such as the Shanghai ranking and other internationally accredited international Rankings.