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Erbil Polytechnic University has completed a miniature football tournament for students

On Thursday, the 29th of February, 2024, under the supervision and presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, the Directorate of Activities of the Presidency of the University ended a miniature football tournament that was opened for students at the university level.

In the ceremony, the Vice Rectors and Deans of Erbil, Koya, and Khabat Technical Administrative Institutes were present. The final match was held between the students of Khabat Technical Institute and Koya Technical Institute.

After presenting a high level of students of the Koya Technical Institute with the result of two goals to one goal against the students of Khabati Technical Institute and became the champion of the league.

After the game, prizes were distributed upon both teams and the best players of the league by the rector, vice rector and deans.

It is worth mentioning that the tournament was opened to students of all technical colleges and institutes and nine teams participated.

The University Rector welcomed the students participated in the annual student conference

Today, Thursday, the 29th of February, 2024, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, in the presence of Asst. Prof. Dr. Botan Majid Asngar, the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher education, Prof. Dr. Abdulkhaliq Nader, the Dean of the Shaqlawa Technical College and Asst. Prof. Sarsam Khalil Shuani, the Dean of the Erbil Technical Administrative Institute, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah, the General Director of the Scientific Research Center received several students of Erbil Polytechnic University that participated in the (Annual University Students Conference) at the Ain University in the UAE on 19th and 20th February, participated in the (Annual University Students Conference) at the Ain University in the UAE.

It is worth mentioning that the students of our university participated in four academic projects, they are from the Erbil Technical Engineering College and Erbil Technical Administrative College were: (Farhad Amin Ali under the supervision of Ms. Delvin Hassan, Yad Farhad Hamakhan under the supervision of Ms. Bariza Badie, Mohammed Safin under the supervision of Dr. Rafah Rashid, Zeina Mohammed Jamil Supervised by Ms. Tavga Mahdi Aziz) in the fields of Engineering, Accounting and Marketing.

In the same meeting, the Rector shed light on the importance of such activities to further familiarize the students and teachers of the participated countries with the scientific progress achieved in the Kurdistan Region and Erbil Polytechnic University.

Finally, the Rector presented awards to the participated lecturers and students.

Students of Erbil Polytechnic University participate in an international scientific conference in the UAE

On the 19th and 20th of February, 2024, several students of Erbil Polytechnic University participated in the (Annual University Students Conference) at the Ain University in the UAE.

The Students of our university participated in four academic projects in Erbil Technical Colleges of Administrative and Engineering were (Farhad Amin Ali under the supervision of Ms. Delvin Hassan, Yad Farhad Hamakhan under the supervision of Ms. Bariza Badi, Mohammed Safin under the supervision of Dr. Rafah Rashid, Zeina Mohammed Jamil supervised by Ms. Tavga Mahdi Aziz) in the fields of engineering, accounting and marketing.

Erbil Polytechnic University is an active member of the Union of Arab Universities and the participation of our students in this conference is within the framework of the programs of the Union of Arab Universities.

The University Rector participated in the meeting on the Roadmap to combat drugs and their psychological effects

On Monday, the 26th of February, 2024, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, led a delegation to participate in the “Roadmap Meeting to Combat Drugs and Psychological Effects” arranged by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

In the meeting session, the minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and several presidents of public and private universities, members of the High Committee to Fight Drugs, consultants, general directors, teachers, researchers, lawyers and experts.

The delegation of the Erbil Polytechnic University consisted of Asst. Prof. Yousef Mustafa Rasul, the Vice Rector for Student Affairs; Dr. Hataw Karim, and Dr. Ali Abdullah Saleh, academic staff of our University, Mr. Sarmand Nasraddin, the Administrative Director of the University Presidency and also an activist in the field of fighting drugs.

After reading several speeches, the agenda of the meeting started. For this purpose, two panels were held by Dr. Sabah Ibrahim Wais, the consultant of the Minister of Higher Education; Dr. Khatab Ahmad Mustafa, the Director of Education, Planning and Monitoring, the researchers and experts in the field discussed different aspects of drugs and expressed different opinions on how to set the roadmap of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to combat drugs and psychotropic substances.

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Regional Government, has a major role in spreading awareness, capacity building, research and development, integrating drug issues into curricula, scientific use of media, social media and technology, as well as activating student counseling centers in universities to combat drugs and psychotropic substances. A special high committee has been formed with the participation of representatives of all ministries.

In this context, Erbil Polytechnic University has actively participated in the drafting of the roadmap to combat drugs, which is supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.