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On Sunday the 26th of June 2022, the Erbil Polytechnic University Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, accompanied by the Mergassor Technical Institute Dean, visited the Consulate General of the United Arab Emirates in the Kurdistan Region-Erbil. The Consul General, Mr. Ahmed Aldhaheri, received them.

During this visit, the Erbil Polytechnic University Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki held a meeting with the Consul General, Mr. Ahmed Aldhaheri, in which he briefly talked about the university and the relationship between our university and the named consulate.

The aim of this visit was to introduce the EPU further, build a relationship with the Consulate General of the United Arab Emirates, and collaborate in academic fields between the United Arab Emirates universities and the EPU.

A delegation of Erbil Polytechnic University participated in a workshop about the Quality Assurance Process on the 12^th and 13^th of June 2022 at the Royal Hotel. In collaboration with European Union, UNESCO Organization managed the workshop.

This workshop is a part of (TVET-2) project activities to develop the Quality Assurance Process in which the three Polytechnic University Erbil, Duhok, and Sulaymaniyah, and four Iraqi Technical universities attended.

The EPU Quality Assurance Board delivered a presentation about (ECTS) and Quality Assurance works in the university and explained the Quality Assurance plan to the audience.

It is worth mentioning that the European Union funds (TVET-2) and UNESCO Organization supervise it. It aims to develop and enhance the Quality Assurance Process and ECTS System in polytechnic universities.

A delegation of Erbil Polytechnic University consisting of the Scientific Research Center General Director, the International Relations Office Department Director, and a University Lecturer visited Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences (THM) In Germany. They met with THM Rector, his Assistant, and the International Relations Director.

This visit is a part of implementing the joint project works between the two universities that the DAAD International Organization is funding to build a scientific laboratory of Renewable Energy at the Erbil Polytechnic University. Due to this, our university delegation has conducted several meetings and visits from 07/06/2022 to 11/06/2022.

In a meeting with the THM Rector, his Assistant, the International Relations Director, and DAAD Coordinator, our university representatives performed a presentation about the EPU and its affairs. They also discussed the procedures for building the renewable energy laboratory and practical laboratories. Later, our university delegation visited THM University laboratories to get familiar with the academic subjects this university offers its students.