The University of Baghdad was ranked in the (801-1000) place in QS World University Rankings 2021 where 1,002 best universities out of 1,604 universities from 93 countries have been competed across the world. Only two Iraqi universities have been registered in its latest version for 2021, namely the universities of Baghdad and Kufa. This ranking is based on six significant criteria when evaluating the educational institutions, including 40% for academic reputation, 10% for employer reputation, 20% for citations per faculty, 20% for faculty/student ratio, 5% for international faculty ratio and 5% for international student ratio.