University of Baghdad, is the largest universities in Iraq , located in the center of the Iraqi capital Baghdad . Was established and funded by the Iraqi government in the late fifties . But for the first daughters back to 1908, where founded the Faculty of Law ( formerly the School of Law ) , and the subsequent few years from other faculties such as Teachers high ( education later) , and Medicine in 1927 , pharmacy, engineering and others. Located near the Tigris River . Buildings have been designed by Walter Krubis "Walter Gropius", where he began in the sixties master plan to build a campus for engineering and science faculties and contemporary art enough to 6,800 students . The campus was expanded in 1982 to 20,000 students enough with the addition of other facilities . Has developed all of the architect Hisham Ohkoura "Hisham N. Ashkouri" Mr. Robert Owen "Robert Owen" every program on campus .