During inaugurating the new classroom building at Al-Nahrain University, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi stressed on the progress of addressing lagging projects and developing the academic environment for universities.

Dr. Al-Aboudi reviewed that the completion and development of university buildings is an essential part of the aspect of improving infrastructure and modernizing and developing its environment based on meeting the needs of the educational process and achieving the goals and mission of institutions of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

His Excellency added that work is continuing according to the vision and policy aimed at improving the quality of education and developing scientific research via modernizing laboratories and classrooms and creating an advanced educational environment that enhances climates for scientific research and innovation in academic fields.

Dr. Al-Aboudi continued by saying that Iraqi universities are committed to the requirements of the global academic context, which was embodied in the implementation of the Bologna Process and the Study in Iraq program, obtaining international accreditation, competitive ranks in international rankings and an increase in their competitiveness index with universities in the region and the world.

His Excellency honored the engineering team responsible for supervising and following up on the implementation of the new academic building, which includes 80 diverse halls extending over an area of 8,100 square meters, as well as the exhibition halls and green spaces.

It is worth to be mentioned that the University President, Dr. Ali Al-Shawi demonstrated the completion of the project.