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Erbil Polytechnic University Rector receives SPARK International Organization Delegation

On Sunday the 26th of June 2022, Erbil Polytechnic University Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki received a SPARK International Organization delegation headed by the Project Manager Mr. Firas Deeb.

In a meeting session, the SPARK International Organization delegation congratulated the University Rector for his new rectorship position. They also discussed the quality of the SPARK project they implemented in collaboration with our university; and discussed plans to work on future projects. The SPARK project tends to train the refugees, displaced people, and the EPU alumni to increase their skills and prepare them for the labor market.

In this session, the Erbil Polytechnic University Rector Assistant for Scientific Affairs and the Career and Development Center Department Director were present.

Erbil Polytechnic University Fulfilled A Civil Defense Training Course

Under the supervision of the Erbil Polytechnic University Rector Asst.Prof.Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, in collaboration with the Erbil Civil Defense Directorate and the University Health and Safety Department, completed a civil defense training course on Thursday, 16th of June 2022, at the EPU Celebration Hall. The colleges and institutes’ administrative staff and several university presidency employees participated in the course.

On Thursday, our university Rector Assistants for Administration and Students Affairs attended the celebration of the course completion. They offered the certificate of participation to the Erbil Civil Defense Directorate officers-staff and other participants.

It is worth mentioning that the course continued for five days, from 12 to 16th of June 2022, in which the training course supervisors theoretically and practically taught the art of behavior during the accidents and fire disasters, burning, traffic accidents, building evacuation, First Aid, and Civil Defense to the attendees.

Erbil Polytechnic University Attends The Twenty Seventh Forum Of Arab Universities Council in Egypt

Erbil Polytechnic University participates in the Arab Universities Council Forum to exchange Arab students training forum in Misr University for Science and Technology in Egypt. Our university representative is the Head of the Cultural Relations Unit in the International Relations Department Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Omer Yassin was present in this forum which continued from 13 to 17th of March 2022.

Thirty-six universities from eleven countries attended the twenty-seventh forum of the Arab Universities Council. Erbil Polytechnic University and Soran University from the Kurdistan Region participated as the Arab Universities Council members. Exchange of Arab Students Training Forum aimed to make students exchange their ideas and cultures with each other and to realize education style and experience during the training.

The Arab universities yearly exchange students’ training. Last two years, Corona Virus’s pandemic stopped this program, but it will start again from 01/07/2022 to 31/07/2022. Twenty-five EPU students will travel to Egypt, Sudan, and Jordan for one month to attend a summer training course supervised by our university.  

The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation Visits Erbil Polytechnic University

On Thursday, 17th of March 2022, the EPU Rectors Assistants for Scientific Affairs and Administration and Finance Affairs received the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation.

The Head of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Department was present in this meeting. They talked about providing academic staff and hiring interior staff for the Technical Orthotics and Prosthetics Department. To manage these issues, they suggested bringing support from the Technical Health and Medical College to continue the education process and receive students in the next year of academic study.

It is worth reminding that the Orthotics and Prosthetics Department is the first scientific department around Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, which was established in the academic year (2020-2021) in our university. The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) supported opening this department and collaborating and backing the Higher Education and Scientific Research Ministry of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.