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　　Iraq's Baghdad University entered an international global rankings for 2019, in a sign of post-war improvement.

　　A statement by Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education on Thursday said "Baghdad University appeared in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in the 801 to 1,000 band."

　　The Times Higher tables included the ranks of 1,250 universities around the world.

　　"Baghdad University achieved a new accomplishment by entering the Times Ranking, after its researchers submitted more than 7,000 researches to Scopus international data base," the statement said.

　　"The result of the British Times Rankings shows University of Baghdad was among the world universities that have been contested and evaluated in accordance with 2019 Times Rankings criteria, which is considered as the second best global ranking after Academic Shanghai Ranking," the statement said.

　　According to data published on Wednesday by the British rankings, the United Kingdom universities of Oxford and Cambridge were in the first and second places.

　　It also showed that China is now home to the best university in Asia, while France's Sorbonne University came in the highest-ranked in the table.

　　Higher education in Iraq was badly affected by conflicts, insecurity and chaos that engulfed the country after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.