The selection of the University of Basra among the first 100 international universities in the classification of innovation (WURI)

The University of Basra was selected among the first 100 international universities in three axes, according to the World University Ranking Innovation

The University of Basra ranked 51-100 globally in three axes, which are the industrial applications axis, the intellectual growth axis for students, and the crisis management axis.It is noteworthy that the World Universities with Real Impact (WURI) classification is a classification that measures the contributions of global universities with real impacts on society and highlights the creative and innovative methods of university research and educational programs based on six axes.It is the industrial applications axis that measures the university’s ability to apply research of a manufacturing nature to the traditional methods of preparing research papers and teaching the type of lectures and the axis of emerging companies and entrepreneurship achieved to serve the community instead of the traditional focus on the number of occupied jobs.

And the axis of intellectual growth of students and their openness to exchange and cooperation between colleges and across national borders instead of the isolated university system, as well as the axis of crisis management in the midst of climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and other global and local crises, and finally the axis of establishing the fourth industrial revolution through digital technology, artificial intelligence, big data and services. cloud, blockchain, etc.