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On Thursday, the 17^th of August, 2023, a meeting was held at the University Presidency regarding the educational situation and continuity of education and admission of students in the Orthotics and Prosthetics Department in the Erbil Technical Health and Medicine College.

The meeting was held between the Erbil Polytechnic University and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) supervised by Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohammed Kalari, the Representative of the Ministry of the Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Region. Our university delegation included the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education and the Head of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Department and the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation consisted of Mr. Tigran Betanian, the Director of the Physical Rehabilitation in ICRC Program in Baghdad and Mr. Yan Libeck, the Director of Partnerships at the organization.

It is worth mentioning that Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, welcomed the guests and expressed his full support for the success and development of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Department.

The following points were discussed in the meeting and appropriate suggestions were made about the department such as:

1. The International Committee of the Red Cross will continue to provide financial, technical and moral support until the end of 2026 for both the first and second rounds of students admission.

2- Providing budget for 2 foreign academic staff to teach both bachelor’s and master’s degrees by the International Committee of the Red Cross at 75% and the Erbil Polytechnic University at 25%.

3- For the admission of students in the third round, i.e. for the academic year 2024-2025, all partners must cooperate and collaborate with the Erbil Polytechnic University for the success of this program.

4- The International Red Cross and Erbil Polytechnic University are trying to find sponsors for this program, especially for the third and subsequent rounds.

5. Efforts should be made to obtain academic accreditation for this department by international institutions specialized in accrediting academic programs as soon as possible to enable this department accept foreign students.

6. Continue to open higher education study for this department to provide local academic staff.

At the end of the meeting, the representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross expressed their full support for the success of this program.

On Wednesday, the 16^th of August, 2023, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki received Dr. Sarbaz Najib Othman, the Vice President of Kurdistan Innovation Institute (K.I.I) and his accompanying delegation.

In a meeting where the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education, the Dean of the Erbil Technical Engineering College, and the Director of the International Relations Office were present, the Rector spoke about the history of the university, its programs and strategies. He also talked briefly about the departments that are specialized and prepared according to the needs of the labor market such as ICT, Automotive Technical Department and Artificial Limb Department, and also talked about the university program on finding job opportunities for our university graduates.

 The guest delegation expressed their readiness to collaborate with the university regarding the labor market, meanwhile they agreed to support some researchers of the Erbil Polytechnic University for master’s and doctoral studies and technical support and use of laboratory equipment, especially the Innovative research and projects.

The Vice President of the Kurdistan Institute of Creativity and Innovation expressed his pleasure that Erbil Polytechnic University pave ways for its graduates to seize suitable job opportunities in the labor market.

During the meeting, both sides agreed that the institute should support the Erbil Polytechnic University in establishing relationships and collaboration with other universities in the world, and it was considered necessary that the Kurdistan Institute of Creativity and Innovation to cooperate in the establishment and development of renewable energy projects in our university.

At the end of the meeting, both parties decided to sign a contract in the nearest future to carry out joint work and projects.

The Career Development Center Department of the Erbil Polytechnic University announces the graduates and students of the 3rd and 4th grade colleges that our university is participating in the Dastpek Competition along with six other universities in the Kurdistan Region, which is organized by the German Organization(GIZ) in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Regional Government which is funded by the European Union.

For this purpose, any graduate or student of the 3rd and 4th grade of technical colleges who wish to participate in the competition can register through the link below.

“Dastpek” is a business initiative competition that encourages university alumni and students to develop their own business ideas and work to establish their own businesses. In the first phase, (60) graduates and students will benefit.

Through this project, graduates and students (third and fourth grades) of the Erbil Polytechnic University colleges can participate in a two-day training course and work on building a work project in team form, then two teams will be selected for the next phase of the competition alongside other teams participated universities in this program.

  For one month, these selected teams will receive intensive in-person and online training and counseling as needed in key areas of career development.

In the final stage, in a special ceremony, the selected teams will present their projects and three teams will be the winners of the project and will be supported to further develop and improve their skills by several private sector partners.

The objectives of the project include: (Changing the attitudes of students and graduates about their future work, becoming familiar with business initiatives and business leaders, practical steps to build businesses, promote and enhance the ability of team working in teams practically.

To Register, click on this link.

Conditions of Participation:

1. Participants must be graduates or students in (grades 3-4) of the Erbil Polytechnic University.
2. Applicants must be interested in building their own business and have creative ideas.

Notice:

Successful candidates will be contacted by the University Presidency.

Date and time of the program

The 12^th of September, 2023, 9:00 A.M to 5:00 P.M.

Helen Hazim Abdul Qadir, a student of the Media Techniques Department at the Erbil Technical Administrative College has successfully completed her program after being admitted to a program affiliated with the US Embassy in Baghdad.

This program was conducted for 26 days in the United States, in which 85 students from Iraq participated, including 25 students from the Kurdistan Region, one of those was a student of our university.

During the program, students attended several different programs organized by American universities, which consisted of (leadership, breadth of construction by youth), and at the end of the program, certificates were awarded to the participants.