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On 10th till 12th of November 2019, six faculties and administrative staff of Erbil Polytechnic University have attended a training course under the title of “Technical and Vocational Institute Training (TVET)”. This workshop is supervised by IREX Organization which is funded by USAID

This training workshop is adopted for seven technical Colleges and universities in Iraq which lasts for three days. Its aim is to provide and exposure new ideas, knowledge, best particles and equipment to adapt and put into institutions of KRI.

Today on Thursday, November 7, 2019, with the presence of Assistant Prof. Dr. Kawa Sherwani, the President, the vice president and the faculty members of the university has honored more than 60 active faculties and academic staff of EPU for the Achievements they have received for database Quality assurance process in the academic year of 2018-2019.

It is worth to be mentioned that this ceremony has been arranged by the responsible and committee members of the quality assurance of EPU.

Today on 11th of November, 2019, Erbil Polytechnic University (EPU) has conducted a two hours workshop about “Internationalization and Sustainability of Higher Education”. This workshop is presented by Professor Dr.Majid Hashimipour, the Vice President of Cyprus International University who concentrated on the sustainability of higher education, energy saving. He also discussed how to improve the ranking of the university and recruitment and international students. During the workshop, he showed some of the samples that the students collaboratively worked on to make the campus environmentally friendly and reduce wastage.

A Deligation of Erbil Polytechnic University with 18 other representatives of universities, ministries, and UNESCO  have visited The University of Pisa, who work to renew the system of higher education in their countries. The delegation of EPU represented by Dr. Hemen Kaka Khan Awla, the Director of Scientific Research Center and Dr. Saman Abdulqader Hussein, the director of the Language Center.

The Purpose of the visit is to be able to study closely how the courses of study according to the principles of student-centered learning are aligned in Europe, aligned with the universities of the 48 countries that implement the ‘Bologna Process’. Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, thanks to the UNESCO project, have already created a framework of qualifications and an accreditation system.

For a week, EPU will visit departments and laboratories of the University of Pisa as part of a project led by UNESCO, funded by the European Commission, created to renew the TVET curricula (Vocational Higher Education) aligned them with the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and then of the “Bologna Process”. The delegations of Iraq consist of the three polytechnic universities of the Kurdistan Region (EPU, SPU, and DPU) and the four major technical universities of Iraq, including that of Mosul.