On Wednesday, the 8th of May, 2024, in the presence of Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohsen Sharif Sherwani, the Dean of the Erbil Technical Administrative College; Asst. Prof. Dr. Arshad Haji Siddiq, the Head of Technical Department of Accounting; Ms. Hawri, the Dean Assistant, teachers and students, the Technical Department of Accounting in the Erbil Technical Administrative College, in coordination with (UN VOLUNTEER) arranged a seminar for students.
In the seminar, how to get a job opportunity in the UN was explained to the students and the students were introduced to the work of the UN and how to submit a CV to the organization to get a job in the organization.
On Tuesday, the 7th of May, 2024, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University and Vice Rectors; Prof. Dr. Keyhan Zrar Ghafoor, the Dean of the Erbil Technology College and a significant number of lecturers and students, a workshop on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) was held in the Erbil of Technology College.
The workshop was conducted by Dr. Ibrahim Hama Rash, a Professor at the Department of the Electrical Engineering, Salahaddin University; Asst. Prof. Dr. Halgurd Sarhang Maghdid from the Koya University, the Department of the Software Engineering, presented the topic entitled (Leveraging ChatGPT in Education).
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).
