Directorate of Research and Development

The Directorate of Research and Development, which was established in 1996, is one of the Directorates of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, which switched to electronic governance in early 2014 via electronic systems in the workflow that achieve high efficiency in work and time.

The Departments of Directorate are:

1- Department of postgraduate Studies

2- Department of Scientific Affairs

3- Department of Pioneering Projects Management

4- Department of Coordination and Scientific Cooperation

5- Department of Modernization and Development of Educational Curricula

6- Department of Chemical, Biological and Radiological Safety and Security

The Directorate was entrusted with multiple tasks, including setting scientific research policies, supporting creativity and innovation in educational and research institutions, marketing scientific outputs, implementing research projects, developing primary and higher studies curricula, following up and supporting scientific societies, virtual education, the movement of authorship, publishing and scientific libraries, as well as following up scientific ranks for faculty members and the implementation of many programs to raise their efficiency.

The most prominent achievement of the Directorate of Research and Development for postgraduate students and the educational environment is equipping laboratories with equipment from international origins, and it has also implemented a scholarship program for postgraduate students in the stages of research completion with their supervisors to solid international institutions, as well as encouraging those who publish their research in international journals and honoring them with awards, developing and updating curricula for university and postgraduate studies, as well as setting and updating admission controls to suit the needs of institutions and market.

The Directorate is keen on raising the efficiency of the teaching staff, who suffered a lot in the previous stages via adopting development projects such as training and academic sabbaticals outside Iraq, legislation for academic promotions and scientific publishing in line with the major transformations that the world is witnessing, as well as its endeavoring to actively cooperate with its educational institutions and grant them complete independence to manage projects after the Directorate of Research and Development develops and completes the requirements such as the UNESCO Chair project, which is a research unit in the field of developing studies of religious dialogue in the Islamic world at the University of Kufa.

News Directorate of Research and Development

Higher Education Permits E-Courses for Postgraduate Studies Submission 2020-2021

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14/04/2020

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research authorized universities to hold e-courses to submit for postgraduate studies for the academic year 2020-2021, Director General of Research and Development, Dr. Ghasan Hameed Abdul Majeed said. Dr. Abdul Majeed added that the the postgraduate appliers should obtain two certificates of developing computer skills and English language in order to pass the courses.

Higher Education, Huawei in Academic Cooperation

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27/02/2020

During the Annual Competition of Huawei ICT Skills, Directorate of Research and Development, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research reviewed developing cooperation with Huawei to develop the skills of the Iraqi faculty members and students in field of information technology and communication for the academic year 2018-2019, Director General of Research and Development, Dr. Ghasan Hameed Abdul Majeed said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrIHsKn9PfM

Higher Education: On Applied Researches’ Electronic Platform

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07/01/2020

During a workshop on the electronic platform for applied researches in Al-Nahrain University, Directorate of the Research and Development, Higher Education a reviewed activating applied research in the service of the Iraqi society and economy, the applied research project to provide the necessary infrastructure, the applied research project to provide a clean healthy environment. The workshop, in which a number of researchers and employees participated, aimed at providing a database that works to ensure the success of researches, scientific activities and applied researches, supporting the applied scientific researches movement, building scientific capabilities and funding research projects. The workshop highlighted funding the proposed applied research projects from the faculty members in the scientific departments, research centers and units in universities and institutions, developing, qualifying and equipping laboratories with advanced devices, equipment, materials and tools and establishing technological infrastructure that contributes to the success of all applied researches in scientific fields

China Hosts Iraqi Higher Education

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28/11/2019

During a participating in the Huawei Middle East Communication and Information Technology Skills Competition for the Middle East, China, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research’s academic team reviewed that the team should past the tests to participate in the third edition of the Huawei Company’s Competition for the academic year 2019/2020, Director General’s Assistant of Research and Development, Dr. Hana’a Abd Al-Hussein said. Dr. Abd Al-Hussein added that the competition comes within the continued cooperation and coordination with Chinese Huawei in order to gain modern technologies in the field of communications of the Iraqi universities in order to keep pace with the rapid international digital transformation and rehab the Iraqi youth for future local projects. It is worth mentioning that the Iraqi team is consisted of Mrs. Susan Zakaria, faculty member in the University of Salah Al-Din -Erbil as a supervisor and the students Mr. Mustafa Fadhel Hatem from Al-Iraqia University, Mr. Omar Khalil Ibrahim from the University of Anbar and Miss Nian Shirwan Othman from the University of Salah al-Din - Erbil.

Higher Education: On Huawei Competition 2019-2020

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04/11/2019

During a participation in Huawei International Company's second competition for the third edition of ICT skills 2019-2020, Directorate of Research and Development, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research reviewed that the competition highlighted routing & switching, security, WLAN, cloud computing, 5G, storage. The competition also reviewed hosting 45 students from the 500 participated students in the first preparatory exam. It is worth mentioning that the top three students will be selected to represent the Iraqi team to China to compete with thirteen teams from Middle-East.

Higher Education, U.K in Academic Cooperation

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13/010/2019

During the meeting with the representative of the University of Leicester and the British-Iraqi Business Council, Dr. Mohammed Al-Azri and the representative of the University of London and the Mesopotamian Network, Dr. Eleanor Robson, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research reviewed developing academic cooperation between the universities of the two sides, Director General of Research and Development, Dr. Ghasan Hameed Abdul Majeed said. Dr. Abdul Majeed added that the Ministry is keen on benefiting from the expertise of British universities in promoting curricula and training professors of Iraqi universities through joint training programs and workshops. For their part, the delegation expressed their readiness on continuing efforts to enhance cooperation with Iraqi universities and providing them with academic expertise in some specialties to meet the need of Iraq. It is worth mentioning that the conference was attended by a number of Presidents and Universities’ Assistants of Iraqi universities.

Iraqi Higher Education, Huawei in Academic Cooperation

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23/04/2019

During a ceremony of Huawei ICT Skills Competition, Directorate of Research and Development, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research launched the Huawei ICT Skills Competition for 2019-2020, Higher Education’s Advisor, Dr. Mosa Al-Mosawi said. Dr. Al-Mosawi added that the competition was allocated for the university’s students of the second stage and postgraduates of Master’s degree in the specialties of (Information and Communication Technology, Computer and Software Engineering and Computer Science). Dr. Al-Mosawi reviewed that the applicants should not be more than 30 years of age and should have good English language in order to be well trainers for the company in Iraq. Dr. Al-Mosawi highlighted that the Iraqi team won the first score for 2018 in the competition Huawei skills of communication and information technology of the Middle East, which took place in China. Dr. Al-Mosawi also reviewed that the submission will be via (www.huaweiacad.com) and not after the 10th of September 2019. Dr. Al-Mosawi continued by saying that the ceremony was attended by Ministry’s Deputy for Scientific Affairs and International Relations, Dr. Salam Hasan Khoshnaw, Director General of Research and Development, Dr. Ghasan Hameed Abdul Majeed and the Representative of the Ministry of Higher Education in the Kurdistan, Dr. Mohammed Hussein Ahmed, Deputy of the Ministry of Communications, Dr. Karim Mazal , Representatives of the Chinese Embassy to Iraq and Huawei Branch of Iraq and a number of Advisers and General Directors in the Ministry. For his part, the representative of the Communications and Media Commission, Adel Salman, said that the Commission is keen on supporting the scientific competitions that in line with the new horizons in the ICT sector and with the goals of achieving sustainable development and economic growth in Iraq as well as the competition Huawei Middle East for 2018 revealed a lot of talents in the region with great energies and success levels.

Higher Education, EBSCO in Academic Cooperation

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10/09/2018

In cooperation program with EBSCO, Department of Research and Development, Higher Education organized a workshop on EBSCO program. The workshop, in which a number of researchers and specialists participated, aimed at introducing the academic benefits of the EBSCO program to provide opportunities for reviewing and reading local scientific researches and studies, citing them and promoting their academic institutions within the international classifications as well as providing the researchers with reliable sources. The workshop highlighted the importance of cooperating with EBSCO in the field of transferring Iraqi researches from local to international, exchanging resources and researches with international educational institutions and organizing an international index of Iraqi scientific journals. The workshop reviewed archiving journals and making them available to EBSCO users around the world as well as how to access the EBSCO website by Iraqi researchers. The workshop recommended holding training courses to learn postgraduates to visit the virtual library and benefit from their sources to complete their research and scientific studies.

Higher Education, Huawei in Academic Cooperation

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09/09/2018

Higher Education announced that Huawei Company launched the second edition of the competition to develop and support the information technology and communication (ITC) sector and link it to the labor market in Iraq, Director of Research and Development, Dr. Hana’a Abd Al-Hussain said. Dr. Abd Al-Hussain added that the (Huawei ITC Skill Competition Middle East 2018) is dedicated to students of the second stage and above to obtain Master's degree in Iraqi universities in the specialties of (ITC, Computer Engineering and Software and Computer Science). Dr. Abd Al-Hussain reviewed that the candidate should be no more than 30 years to be adopted by the company to support the ITC sector in Iraq, the submission should be via the Company’s website (www.huaweiacad.com) and not after Monday, 10/9/2018.

Iraq Obtains Scopus’s Top Score

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27/12/2017

High Education obtained a top score in the international Scopus, Director General of Research and Development, Dr. Ghasan Hameed Abdul Majeed said. Dr. Abdul Majeed added that the number of Iraqi registered researches is 23213 in the international Scopus database and Iraq obtained the 10th top score among 18 Arabic countries. Dr. Abdul Majeed reviewed that the Scopus celebrated publishing 70 Million researches for 160 countries.

Higher Education: On Publishing House Frankfurt Exhibition

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19/010/2017

Higher Education’s delegation participated in Frankfurt International Publishing Exhibition on promoting research and scientific cooperation, Director-General of Research and Development, Dr. Ghasan Hameed said. Dr. Hameed added that the participation aimed at providing modern scientific sources to enrich the virtual library via adding new publishing houses. Dr. Hameed reviewed that the delegation reviewed with 12 international publishing houses in order to contract with them to provide researches from international recognized journals for Iraqi researchers and students within the project of the virtual library.

Higher Education, Huawei in Academic Cooperation

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27/09/2017

In cooperation with Huawei, Directorate of Research and Development launched a competition to develop and support the ICT sector and link it to the labor market in Iraq, Director General of the Directorate, Dr. Ghasan Abdul Hameed said. Dr. Abdul Hameed added that the competition was allocated for the university students of the second stage and postgraduates of Master’s degree in the specialties of (Information and Communication Technology, Computer Engineering and Software and Computer Science). Dr. Abdul Hameed reviewed that the applicant should not be more than 30 years of age and should have good English language in order to be well trainer in the company. Dr. Abdul Hameed also reviewed that the submission will be via (www.huaweiacad.com) and not after 10th of October.