The University of Basra ranked first in the evaluations of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research/the Scientific Supervision and Evaluation Agency for student activities (sports, artistic, cultural, scouting) for the academic year 2022-2023.

Regarding this achievement, the Director of the Student Activities Department, Dr. Riyad Al-Saeed, said, “The ministerial evaluation included the participation and competition of about (36) government universities, and we achieved first place in it after we completed the establishment of all sports activities specified within the annual program, which recorded our superiority over those universities in the field of organizing courses.” And championships for various sports and artistic and cultural activities, which included holding exhibitions of various kinds, as well as our success in organizing scout camps in which large groups of students from various scientific and humanities disciplines at the university participated.