During the Iraq Education Exhibition and Conference 2023, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr.  Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi affirmed that the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research succeeded in establishing an environment of openness to global academic spaces and took a decision that Iraqi universities should bear the non-stereotypical identity that is gained from the international track in interaction, presence and competition.

Dr. Al-Aboudi reviewed that the projects of the Higher Education’s Institution are characterized by methodology and strategic vitality.

His Excellency highlighted that the most prominent of these projects is the unprecedented educational transformation to the Bologna Process, which was implemented through partnership and cooperation with UNESCO in technical universities and that it will take its aspect to implementation in more than six hundred specialized departments in the colleges of engineering and science in public and private university formations and the pioneering project, (Study in Iraq), in which more than three thousand international students have registered to study in Iraqi universities.

Dr. Al-Aboudi added that the Ministry has focused on the quality of university outputs and the advancement of solid scientific publishing in international institutions, in which Iraqi researchers have achieved important percentages worthy of praise.

His Excellency stressed that moving towards quality requirements and adopting the foundations of electronic governance represents a foundation for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in order to achieve the highest rates of solid achievement for university formations and represents the conclusion of the careful review and evaluation of the methodological paths and the analysis of their outcomes according to an objective, purposeful vision that enables academic institutions to respond to the requirements of the labor market and achieve dimensions of community service that represent the clearest form of academic performance and assuming responsibilities.

Dr. Al-Aboudi toured the exhibition halls, which included pavilions for Iraqi public, private, Arab and foreign universities, technology and education companies and a number of organizations.

It is worth to be mentioned that opening activities included a number of official speeches from the presidency of the Parliamentary Higher Education Committee and representatives of international institutions and companies, including the Business Empowerment Company, which expressed its high appreciation for the interaction provided by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the fields of employment and scientific work, as well as the exhibition was attended by Arab and international participants and a distinguished academic attendees.