During a visit to the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies (OCIS), which includes representatives of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr.  Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi reviewed the work of the center, which is concerned with specialties with a cultural perspective of contemporary Islamic civilization and societies and the workspace in which interested students and academics coming to Oxford are active to join scholarship programs, fellowships, seminars, workshops, conferences, exhibitions and academic events.

For hos part, the founding director of the Oxford Center and a member of the College of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford, Dr. Farhan Ahmed Nizami welcomed the visit of His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr.  Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi and his accompanying delegation, which includes the Deputy for Scientific Research, Dr. Haider Abd Dhahd, the President of the University of Baghdad, Dr. Munir Al-Saadi, and the President of the University of Anbar, Dr. Mushtaq Talib Al-Nada, Chairman of the Committee of Deans of Medical Colleges in Iraq, Dr. Anis Khalil Nayel and the Cultural Adviser, Dr. Muhammad Hamzah Abd Al-Sada Al-Hashemi.

For their part, the Iraqi delegation, headed by His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr.  Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi highlighted the aspects of cooperation in the fields of scientific research, grants and fellowships that open the way for the exchange of experiences and the promotion of specialized scientific research directions that study Islamic culture, its societies and civilized environments.