Monthly Archives: June 2023

On Wednesday, the 21^st of June, 2023, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University and the Directorate of the International Relations Office, organized a farewell ceremony for a number of students who are chosen to travel to Poland to conduct summer internships at the University of Lodz as part of the students exchange program between the Erbil Polytechnic University and universities around world.

At the beginning of the ceremony, his Excellency the university Rector welcomed the students and their families and said: “I am very pleased to see a group of students preparing for a scientific trip to a European country. University is the most important gateway in a country. One of the most important criteria for determining whether a university is good or bad is how it can be internationalized, So far ahead of the university rankings, the competition is now about how to deal with internationalization.

One of the most important requirements of the university is how it can become international. The universities that have been able to become international are at the top of the world rankings.

Fortunately, we at the Erbil Polytechnic University have paid great attention to the quality of increasing our relations with universities around the world. Fortunately, after much effort we were able to sign memorandums of understanding with five universities in Poland and work jointly accordingly. Recently, we are in process of implementing our joint memorandums with three Poland universities.

One of these universities is the University of Lodz in the Lodz City, Poland, which you dear students intend to visit next week with our university teachers. Several other countries are participating and their students are going for the trip. That university is one of the most important universities in Poland and Europe. It has about 26,000 students and 90 scientific departments.

Finally, I hope our students can show the beautiful face and atmosphere of our country’s civilization in this scientific trip, because every mixture aims to mix with each other’s civilization and culture that they learn more from culture exchange. The most important goal behind the upcoming scientific summer training is to become familiar with each other’s customs, culture and civilization I hope it will be a successful journey and a new door will be opened for you in dealing with the outside world, a door to educate you to serve this country in the future.

I would like to thank the Vice Rectors and International Relations of the Presidency and its staff for their efforts to reach this partnership. I want to assure you that it has not been easy and a lot of work has been done, as we aim to serve students because the university is for students.

Then, the Director of International Relations Office of the University Presidency Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah welcomed the students and their families and gave necessary instructions to the students on how to prepare their needs and be flexible in behavior and answering questions in the country “It took five years to produce this product that you are traveling to that country. This trip is a new experience for you. You represent the Kurds and our university there, only our students and the Jihan University students will travel to that country from Kurdistan. We wish you a successful and fruitful trip.”

The students participating in this trip have been evaluated by the Directorate of International Relations Office that consists of 33 students as follows (24 students will travel to Poland and the other 9 students will conduct the internship online). With the direct support of our university, they have been given travel visas for scientific trips to Poland as a part of the student exchange program for scientific trips around the world, the participating students will be supervised and guided by the Directorate of International Relations Office and two teachers of the Erbil Polytechnic University.

In another part of the ceremony, the Rector of the University, Prof. Dr. Edrees Harki awarded certificates to two students of the Erbil Technical Engineering College who had participated in the Academic Mobility Summer Internship Program at the Latin American University, who were able to complete the training successfully and with a decent grade.

On Monday, the 19^th of June, 2023, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the University of Iraq, received Mr. Fadi George Zebari, Community Coordinator of The Station Institution for the Employment and Education of Iraqi and Kurdistan Youth Initiative.

In the meeting, the Asst. Prof. Dr. Nageb Toma Bato, the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah, the Director of the International Relations Office and Mr. Kovan Omar, the Director of Career Development Center at the Presidency of our university were present.

Both parties signed a memorandum of understanding which includes working together to open several courses to empower youth and train students and graduates of our university and familiarize them with the labor market and entrepreneurship and Supporting those with innovative ideas and independent business ideas.

In this context, a project was announced that consists of several phases and the first phase that is under completion was to provide Training of Trainers (TOT) to prepare several competent trainers in the field of entrepreneurship and idea design, to train students in the second phase Within our university.

It is worth mentioning that the project is funded by the German Agency for the International Cooperation (GIZ) as a representative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), sponsored by Korek Telecommunication Company, and implemented by Al-Mahata (Station) Institution.

The Station Institution was first established in 2018 as an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organization that assists young people with fresh and innovative ideas to get a foothold in the world of business

and the private sector. Overall, the institution programs are designed to enhance community skills, have a major impact on the community and ensure the next generation is equipped with the necessary skills to take their projects into the future.

On Wednesday, the 14^th of June, 2023, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, Asst. Prof. Dr. Nageb Toma Bato, the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education, and the Career Development Center Director organized a three-day workshop entitled (Innovation Hub Lab) for a number of students.

The workshop is implemented by the Doink Business Consultancy, funded by the Spark International Organization and delivered by seven students from our university who have become trainers in the past. The participants of the workshop are 30 students who will be trained on how to solve problems of both companies (Kesk and Emomegifts).

At the beginning of the workshop, the Rector delivered a short speech in which he congratulated the organizers and supervisors of the workshop and said: Such workshops and courses are of special importance for students, we will fully support them and continue the strategic program we have developed to promote and improve the level of students. I would also like to thank Spark and DOINK for coordinating with our university for arranging this workshop.

This workshop is an opportunity for students to develop skills and introduce them to the labor market, and how to solve the problems faced by companies, strengthen communication skills, and self-confidence.

It is worth mentioning that this workshop is a challenge between the Erbil Polytechnic University, the Mosul University, and the Northern Technical University.