During a meeting with the Director of the British Council in Iraq, Mr. Jim Petrie, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Nabeel Kadim Abid Al-Sahib reviewed the prospects for cultural and academic cooperation. Dr. Abid Al-Sahib called on setting rules for cooperation and the formulating of joint academic programs, including the proposal of the Iraqi British University project. His Excellency highlighted that this approach would provide a scientific environment that would achieve a number of goals, including the employment of Iraqi competencies, investment in the fields of education with rare specializations, the meeting of ideas between the Iraqi and British peoples and the provision of a joint opportunity for scientific research in heritage excavation and modern specializations in the medical and engineering fields. Dr. Abid Al-Sahib added that the determinants of this aspect between the two sides require prioritizing programs and fellowships. His Excellency confirmed on that twinning universities and specializations and holding memoranda of understanding in light of the orientation and privacy of Iraqi universities represent a necessity, importance, priority and primacy of the joint cooperation programmers. Dr. Abid Al-Sahib also reviewed that moving towards strengthening relations, opening prospects for future opportunities and strengthening cooperation at the educational and investment level requires a special agreement to provide quality scholarships to Iraqis and focus on benefiting from British expertise in modernizing academic programs and curricula in line with the needs of the labor market in light of the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. His Excellency highlighted that Iraqi graduates from international universities, especially British ones are distinguished by their ingenuity. For his part, Mr. Jim praised the arrangement of the priority map of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, as well as expressing his hope to develop relations with university institutions in Iraq, overcome the accelerating economic and health challenges and adapt academic cooperation programs that can be a gateway to the transfer of knowledge and expertise. Mr. Jim stressed on the importance of enhancing cultural exchange, providing a sustainable environment for cooperation, proposing the selection of a number of Iraqi university leaders to meet with their counterparts in British universities to achieve the required communication according to the agreement that signed between the two countries. Mr. Jim reviewed the challenges that faced education in the world and praised the decision of the Iraqi Higher Education to adopt the mechanisms of blended education in universities, to employ the field aspect and digital services in completing and providing educational requirements and overcoming the impact of exceptional circumstances. It is worth mentioning that the meeting was attended by the Ministry's Advisor, Dr. Alaa Abd Al-Hassan and a number of representatives of Scholarships and Cultural Relations.