This year, unlike previous years, Erbil Polytechnic University hosted the 29th Arab Universities Conference for Summer Training in Erbil, in which more than seventy member universities from Arab countries and the world participated.
The conference was held from April 27 to 30, 2024, in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and discussed the exchange of students between member universities. This year, our university will send a record number of 30 students to several different universities in Arab countries and Malaysia. For this purpose, third year students of Erbil Polytechnic University have the opportunity to apply for summer internships in these countries for 21 days it takes.
Any student who wishes to participate can register through the following link according to the following conditions:
1- Third year student of college (or first at the level of departments of the institute).
2- For Arabic universities (Arabic language) for Malaysian and Russian universities (English).
3- Airline tickets and visas are the responsibility of the student (food, accommodation and travel within the host country is the responsibility of the university).
The Prime Minister Mr. Masrour Barzani, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, and the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Marmon Mohammed Al-Dabai, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Jordan, a number of ministers of the Kurdistan Regional Government, deputy ministers and dozens of academic leaders and presidents of universities in Jordan and the Kurdistan Region a meeting of higher education between the Kurdistan Region and Jordan was held in Erbil entitled “Depicting the future through continuous development”.
A delegation of Erbil Polytechnic University led by Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the University, Asst. Prof. Dr. Botan Majid Ahmed, the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education, Prof. Dr. Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor, the Dean of the Erbil Technology College, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdulkhaliq Nader Qadir, the Dean of Shaqlawa Technical College participated in the meeting.
The ceremony began with a moment of respect for the souls of the martyrs and the national anthem, then the speech of the organizing committee and preparation of the meeting, read by Dr. Mohammed Hussein, the President of the Supervision and Quality Assurance Agency. He highlighted the organization and different aspects of the meeting and said: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Kurdistan Region, which hosts this meeting, emphasizes its seriousness in consolidating its vision and duties to lay a strong foundation for work Togetherness and loyalty in order to raise the status of higher education, as the cornerstone and strengthening the foundations of building the future of society and make an important contribution to the rapid development of our world.
At the end of his speech, he thanked all the parties and institutions that helped and coordinated to arrange and conduct the meeting, for which he thanked Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Regional Government The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Erbil, and thanked the TISHK International University , Jihan University-Erbil, Lebanese-French University, University of Knowledge, that were the main supporters and sponsors of the meeting.
In the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Mr. Masrour Barzani delivered a speech and assured that the promotion and development of education and academic institutions is one of our priorities and we want our universities and academic centers to be at the level of rapid development of this era Help our infrastructure development process.
In his speech, he mentioned the agenda of the ninth cabinet to pay attention to the higher education sector and said: Promoting and developing education and academic centers and institutions, one of our priorities, because we want our universities and academic centers “Although we have faced many crises in recent years, no matter how many problems and crises we have, they will never cool us from paying full attention to the development of our education and universities,” he said Help us find solutions to the problems and crises we face and through a scientific plan and roadmap, assist the government to continue its comprehensive reform program.
In another part of the meeting, a video about the reality of higher education in the Kurdistan Region was shown, which was prepared by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Region, about the situation of higher education in the past, present and future.
In the meeting, Mr. Fuad Majali, the General Consul of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Erbil; the General Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Marmon Mohammed al-Dabai, delivered separate speeches, which highlighted the various aspects and the need to hold the meeting, then a short video about higher education in Jordan was shown.
In another part of the ceremony, Dr. Sabah Ibrahim, the Consultant of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Region; Dr. Marmon Mohammed al-Dabai, Secretary General of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, made a separate presentation on the structure of the ministry and the progress of higher education.
Another important aspect of the meeting was the signing of an agreement between Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Dr. Marmon Mohammed Al-Daba’i, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Jordan that It includes several important articles and points on the roadmap for the development of scientific and academic relations between the two sides for joint work and service to both countries.
Other topics of the meeting were devoted to presenting several panels on different aspects of higher education in Jordan and the Kurdistan Region, which were specifically (quality assurance in higher education, scientific research, continuing education, internationalization of higher education, Technical and vocational education and training, entrepreneurship and innovation in higher education with information technology and artificial intelligence).
Today, Thursday, the 2nd of May, 2024, Prof. Dr. Edrees Mhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, accompanied by the Vice Rectors for Scientific and Higher Education and Student Affairs, Dean of the Erbil Technology College, the Dean of the Erbil Technical Administrative Institute and the General Director of the Research Center participated in the opening ceremony of English Language and Spoken Language Development implemented by the University Institution and Research and Development Center at the Erbil Polytechnic University.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the Rector welcomed the supervisors and the audience and said: We are pleased that a number of experienced teachers participate with us in an English language course for teachers and employees of our university. The university needs experts in general and in the field of English in particular, how to move the university forward, we as the university presidency have not stopped the globalization of our university and are continuously trying for this purpose.
The foreign teachers who supervised the course thanked the rector, and the research center director for their careful efforts to improve the scientific level of the academic and administrative staff of the university, and wished sustainable success for the university.
The course is supervised by 10 foreign expert teachers with experience in English language, learning and leadership, in which a significant number of lecturers and university staff participate and will continue for two weeks and at the end of the course the participants will be awarded special certificates.
On Tuesday, the 30th of April, 2024, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of Erbil Polytechnic University, received Mr. Karel Kortanek, the Consul of the Czech Republic in Erbil.
In a meeting where, the Vice Rectors, Dean of the Erbil Technology College, the General Director of Scientific Research Center, and the Director of the Rector’s Office were present, the Czech Consul expressed his readiness to assist our university in establishing scientific and academic relationships with the universities of his country.
After the session, the Czech Consul delivered a seminar on time management at the Erbil Technology College, in which a significant number of academics, teachers and employees of the college were present who were interested in learning time management strategies in their personal and professional lives.
