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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 Presidency Received Poland Consulate In Kurdistan Region

On Tuesday 31st of May 2022, the Erbil Polytechnic University Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki received the Poland Consul, Mr. Dominik Musial.

In this meeting, the Rector Assistant for the Students Affairs and the Head of the International Relations Department were available. The EPU Rector received the Poland Consul and expressed his pleasure and appreciation for his visit.

His Excellency, the EPU Rector, talked about the EPU briefly, and then the Poland Consul talked briefly about Poland universities and the education system there. He showed his collaboration and support in building relationships between the Erbil Polytechnic University and Poland universities. He assured his support in collaborating and facilitating with our university applicants for the higher education study in his country.

They talked about developing and widening the relationship between our university and the Poland universities. So far, the EPU has signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with two Poland universities to develop the academic and scientific relationships with these universities.

Consul General of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Kurdistan Region Visited Erbil Polytechnic University

On Tuesday 31st of May 2022, the Erbil Polytechnic University Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki received the Consul General of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the Kurdistan Region, Mr. Fouad Khazer Al-Majali. His Excellency Asst. Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki introduced and talked about the EPU foundation’s history and scientific and humanitarian departments.

The Consul General of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the Kurdistan Region assured his support to building relationships between the Jordanian Universities and the Kurdistan Region Universities, particularly the Erbil Polytechnic University, in academic and scientific fields. And he also showed his collaboration to facilitate all the university affairs between the Kurdistan Region Universities and Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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.