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Today, Sunday, the 14^th of July, 2024, in the conference hall of the Presidency, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University and in the presence of the Vice Rectors, the General Director of the Scientific Research Center, and several other directors a group of students of  the Sultanate of Oman and Palestine were received and, who are guests of the Erbil Polytechnic University for summer training.

At the beginning, Asst. Prof. Dr. Botan Majid Asngar the Vice Rector for Scientific and Higher Education Affairs welcomed the students on behalf of the Rector of the University, and wished them a scientific and fruitful journey. Later, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah welcomed the students and gave a presentation on introducing the university and gave necessary instructions to the guest students about their training program and wished them good work, scientific benefits, and a productive journey.

Finally, the students of the Sultanate of Oman and Palestine expressed their pleasure to try a new experience in Kurdistan and the Erbil Polytechnic University.

The Council of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has approved the opening of the Erbil Technical Computer Engineering College at the Erbil Polytechnic University.

Tuesday, the 9^th of July, 2024, under the supervision of Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, held a regular meeting of the Council of the Ministry of the Higher Education and Scientific Research in Soran University.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research congratulated all Kurdistan universities on the occasion of the end of the academic year (2023-2024) and pointed to the preparations for the new academic year (2024-2025). Provide equal and fair public education opportunities for all.

They also discussed the higher education plan and preparations for admission of students who graduated from grade 12 high school in universities and colleges.

During the meeting, the Council of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research approved the opening of the Technical College of Computer Engineering at Erbil Polytechnic University.

It is worth mentioning that the Erbil Technical Computer Engineering College includes several scientific departments and will receive students for the academic year 2024-2025. For this purpose, the Erbil Polytechnic University has made full preparations in terms of infrastructure, construction of laboratories, provision of modern computers and other requirements of this college.

Today’s afternoon, Monday, the 8^th July, 2024, a delegation of the Erbil Polytechnic University led by Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University and other members’ attendance consisted of: Asst. Prof. Dr. Botan Majid Asngar, the Vice Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University for Scientific and Higher Education Affairs; Prof. Dr. Keyhan Zrar the Dean of the Erbil Technology College, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah, the General Director of the Scientific Research Center of the Erbil Polytechnic University, participated in the event of the South Korean Consulate in the Rotana Hotel in Erbil.

In the event where Mr. Sinjul Lim, the General Consul of Korea in Erbil was present, several South Korean universities presented presentations on their universities in terms of history, expertise and number of academic staff, and students.

In addition to Erbil Polytechnic University, Salahaddin University, Soran University, Koya University, American University in Duhok, Kurdistan Board, Kurdistan University in Erbil in Kurdistan and in Korea, Seoul Women’s University, Hanyang University, and KDI School of Public Policy and Management) were involved.

During the event, they discussed the joint work between Kurdistan universities and South Korean universities in terms of exchange of academic staff and students and conducting joint scientific research between researchers of both sides.

Today, Monday, the 8^th of July, 2024, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University and Asst. Prof. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah, the General Director of the Scientific Research Center participated in the graduation ceremony of the third round of pedagogical training participants held at the Erbil International Hotel.

The ceremony was supervised Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, the Minister of the Higher Education and Scientific Research who was present with several presidents of public and private universities, ministerial consultants, general directors, directors of pedagogical centers, participants of pedagogical training, and (HAMK) University of Finland.

At the beginning of the ceremony, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research delivered a speech in which he talked about the importance of pedagogy and the need for teachers, the education process should not be confined to the halls He thanked the sponsors of the course and wished them better work to serve everyone. He said: “Pedagogy is a very important project and I ask all teachers to participate in it and benefit from this new educational philosophy,”.

It is worth mentioning that 41 teachers from Kurdistan universities completed the third course of pedagogy and obtained international certificates from HAMK University in Finland. Among them were three teachers of the Erbil Polytechnic University. Dr. Hataw, Dr. Dashne, and Mrs. Rawaz

At the end of the ceremony, certificates were distributed upon the course participants.