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Salahaddin University–Erbil

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Erbil, Iraq
1201–1500th in World University Rankings 2025
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About Salahaddin University–Erbil

Basic information and contact details for Salahaddin University–Erbil

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Known in Iraqi Kurdistan as the "Mother University", Salahaddin University owes that designation both to being the oldest public university in the region and to its contribution to founding other institutions.

It was established in 1968 in Sulaimani, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan. It then moved to Erbil, the capital of the region and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and took its current name in 1981.

Starting with schools of science, agriculture, engineering, administration, medicine and education it grew steadily, but in 2008 lost medicine, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy when these were spun off to create the Hawler Medical University.

Spread across sites close to the Kirkuk Road on the south side of the city, it proclaims the vision "to be a world-class teaching university in the pursuit of knowledge, research and skills development and to network people worldwide for the purpose of academic excellence and mutual achievement. To be the leading university for creative and professional practice inspired by innovation and inquiry".

Some 14 colleges are located at the campus in Erbil and five colleges are at the extension campus in Shaqlawa, which has been operating since 2013. As of the 2019-20 academic year, the Bologna process was applied to first year programmes.

In 2018 it was rated ninth among Iraqi universities, and third in Kurdistan in the Ministry of Higher Education’s publication rankings based on Google Scholar citations. Ambitious plans for a new campus based around a central circular tower building remain in place, but have been delayed by Iraq’s various civil conflicts.

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Rankings

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World University Rankings 2025
102030405060
Teaching 17.8
Research Environment 7.9
Research Quality 61
Industry 16.6
International Outlook 35.8
17.817.817.817.817.8202517.8

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Impact Rankings

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Impact Ranking positions 2020 to 2024
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2024
1001-1500th
2023
801-1000th
2022
1001+
2021
601-800th
2020
601+
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Key Student Statistics

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Student gender ratio
39 F : 61 M (1)
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International student percentage
1% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
15.8 (1)
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Student total
35896 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at Salahaddin University–Erbil

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Life Sciences801–1000th

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Sport Science
  • Veterinary Science
  • Biological Sciences

Physical Sciences1001+

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics

Engineering801–1000th

  • General Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering