Exploring Readiness Oof Iraqi Universities To Achieve The Quality Of Sustainable Education

Abstract

This study sought to address a vital issue for Iraqi universities regarding their readiness to implement QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) standards to enhance the quality of sustainable education by focusing Iraqi universities on issues that increase their readiness to improve their educational quality indicators and QS World University Rankings ®). These criteria cover six main areas: academic reputation, employer review, teaching citations, faculty ratio compared to students, international students, and international professors. The researchers conducted a series of structured interviews for a number of faculty members, senior leaders and committees formed at the University of Al-qadissiyah and Al-Muthanna University for the purpose of determining the critical criteria for QS ranking, in which the ranking of the two universities can be improved according to the above standard. The current research found a set of conclusions and recommendations, in order to support its initiative to achieve outstanding levels of educational quality according to the QS ranking, the human resource in Iraqi universities, represented by the professors and teaching staff of the university, needs training and academic improvement in the field of global publishing as well as improving the English language. The most important recommendations were the establishment of training courses and workshops to promote the global academic publication and improving professors and teaching staff's English language as they affect 60% of the degree of the QS academic reputation and the citations.