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Al-Muthanna University

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Samawah, Iraq
1501+ in World University Rankings 2026
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Al-Muthanna University was founded in 2007. The university is located in Samawah, a city in Al-Multhanna Province, Iraq. Al-Multhanna Province is located in the south of the country, bordering Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The province is named after the 7th century Arab general Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha. There are 15 colleges at the university that specialise in a variety of scientific areas including dentistry, nursing, engineering, medicine, pharmacy, humanities, economy and administration, science, agriculture, law, physical education, and veterinary. The university offers 34 undergraduate degree programmes and five graduate programmes that award a master’s degree in science, education, physical education, economy and administration, and agriculture. There are also three PhD degree programmes available in the fields of education, physical education and agriculture. Outside the classroom students are encouraged to participate in the university’s extracurricular activities. There is a sports recreation centre where students can practice a range of indoor sports including gymnastics, football and basketball. The university also has a fully equipped five-ball stadium, which hosts an annual tournament for athletes from different universities. Faculty members of the university are engaged in research and have published their findings in various international journals such as the Journal of Humanity Science. In January 2021 the university hosted its first International Scientific Conference of Engineering in collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. The conference included researchers and specialists from the fields of civil engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering and materials engineering, architecture engineering, and electronic engineering.

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63 F : 37 M (1)
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0% (1)
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Students per staff
11.8 (1)
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10814 (1)

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