During a special ceremony of launching Study in Iraq initiation, in which attended by representatives of missions and international organizations, university presidents and deans of public and private colleges, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr.  Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi announced on launching of the electronic system for providing foreign students with scholarships within the Study in Iraq program.

Dr. Al-Aboudi emphasized on the Ministry’s keenness on attracting international students and providing climates for cultural exchange stems from its ambition, vision and policy regarding the importance of enhancing the academic reputation of Iraqi universities, which are now competing with their counterparts in the region and the world within the field of ​​international ranking, as well as the rise of their index in the fields of scientific research and global publishing which is a major part of the environment of openness and partnership.

His Excellency added that the scholarship program (Study in Iraq) offered by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and its universities will provide more opportunities for academic, research, training and practical partnerships between Iraqi universities and their counterparts in the world, as well as creating opportunities for cooperation and cultural diversity, exchanging of experiences and twinning programs and the completion of research, studies, theses and dissertations and achieving communication and interaction to enrich the knowledge output, modernization and development of curricula according to the requirements of quality and international standards.

His Excellency continued by saying that the public and private university institutions, which numbers are more than a hundred, will be added to vital projects under study, represented in the establishment of new universities that take their identity from specialties that serve the goals of sustainable development in Iraq.

For his part, Ministry’s Deputy for Scientific Research Affairs, Dr. Haidar Abd Dhahad, delivered a comprehensive presentation of the details of the application system for the Study in Iraq program (https://studyiniraq.scrdiraq.gov.iq), as well ad highlighting the importance of this initiative, which will open the way for enhancing academic reputation and cultural exchange among Iraq and the countries of the region and the world.