The Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, participated in the Congress of the Arab Universities Union, which is held in 18 to 20 of March 2023 at both Sousse and Muntasir Universities in Tunisia.
The Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University with a number of presidents of universities in the Kurdistan Region participated in the opening ceremony of the 55th General Congress of the Union of Arab Universities, which began under the supervision of the Prime Minister of Tunisia, Najla Bouden Ramadan.
The opening ceremony of the congress was conducted in the presence of the Minister of the Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia, Moncef Boukthir. As the Kurdistan Regional Government Representative, the President of the Erbil Polytechnic University and the Presidents of the Kurdistan Regional Universities held a series of meetings with the congress participants the Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister of Tunisia Moncef Boukthir and the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Mohamed Ayman Ashour.
In these meetings, the Kurdistan delegation exchanged views on the development of relations and collaboration between universities.
The congress is scheduled to discuss several issues related to the education process in universities, especially in the post-corona period, which was the first congress of the union and discussed the impact of the spread of the coronavirus, which led to think about the use of electronic systems and greater attention to its use in higher education.
It is worth mentioning that Erbil Polytechnic University is one of the members of the Union of Arab Universities.
