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

The University of Basra ranked 51st-100th globally in three axes, namely the axis of industrial applications, the axis of intellectual growth of students and the axis of crisis management.

It is noteworthy that the Wuri classification of World Universities with real impact is a classification that measures the contributions of international universities with real impacts on society and highlights the creative and innovative methods of university research and educational programs based on six axes, namely the axis of industrial applications, which measures the University's ability to apply research of a manufacturing nature on traditional methods of preparing research papers and teaching the type of lectures, the axis of startups and entrepreneurship achieved to serve society instead of the traditional focus on the number of jobs occupied, as well as the axis of social responsibility, ethics and integrity instead of focusing on knowledge and skills only for success Physical
And the focus of students ' intellectual growth and their openness to exchange and cooperation between colleges and across national borders instead of the isolated university system, as well as the focus of crisis management in the midst of climate change, the covid-19 pandemic and other global and local crises, and finally the focus of the creation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution through digital technology, artificial intelligence, big data, cloud services, blockchain, etc.