Activating Memoranda of Understanding of American Universities

 Within the scientific and cultural framework of exchanges that is drawn by the university in the development of its educational reality through cross-communication and coping with the most well-known international universities, University of Baghdad proceeded to make a series of agreements and protocols or memoranda of understanding with the best international American universities which occupy advanced ranks among international universities that have distinctive academic levels and within multiple scientific disciplines. According to this scientific and developmental approach, the university continues to develop its educational role. To activate this role the university opens prospects of cooperation and consolidation to help the student and professor at the University enjoy encouraging academic atmosphere. In order to activate the academic agreements with American universities, Prof. Dr. Riadh Aziz Hadi , the president Assistant of Academic Affairs met the delegation of American universities which included Dr. Brian A. Shott Cultural Affairs Officer, Benjamen G. Ziff Counselor for Public Affairs, Alfonso G. Cortes Cultural Affairs, and Allegra E. Klein Business Development Director of the University of Baghdad, and in the presence of Prof. Dr. Sabah al-Azzawi manager of cultural relations at the University of Baghdad, Assistant Professor Dr. Abdulbasit Salman, editor in chief of the website, and Ms. Aida Mustafa the official of central Library at the University of Baghdad. Dialogues are made to activate the signed agreements with American universities and open new horizons in the development of educational and cultural exchange aspects, Professor Dr. Riyadh Aziz Hadi had reviewed the reality of Baghdad University and its colleges and scientific institutes, with a summary of the overall signed agreements of the University of Baghdad with American universities, such as Harvard University , the University of Georgia , the University of Texas and the University of Massachusetts and other universities.Dr. Riadh also reviewed the nature of education at the University of Baghdad, its scientific potentials and colleges, institutes and disciplines in scientific and humanity studies. He provided as well the directory of the University of Baghdad and some publications to American universities to keep the scientific communication, and in turn the delegation of American universities initiated to submit publications about the reality of education and the developed American universities, revealing their desire to strengthen relations and receiving Iraqi scholarships.

  To develop the work of the Central Library of the University of Baghdad, a delegation of American Universities visited the library and looked at its work, in order to support the library with modern scientific publications of American universities ,and while roaming in the Central Library, the head of the delegation was very impressed and showed his admiration of the University of Baghdad and the hugeness of the central library, recording his pride telling Dr. Riyadh Aziz Hadi, “You should be proud of this university and the huge library “, then the delegation listened to the views and observations of the cultural relations unit and what can American universities provide the University of Baghdad, simultaneously some points have been identified that are obstacles in organizing and completing scholarships in America and the ways to overcome them at American universities of PhD and MA students, where the cultural relations unit explained that university of Baghdad ensures all costs of postgraduate Studies at American universities, and have more memoranda of understanding in the completion of these scientific missions that need to be activated by American cultural relations, which we hope to be accelerated in order to complete procedures of our students to study in American universities. The delegation explained that the nature of the discipline and the policies of the American universities may vary from one university to another, which may cause the delay in the admissions of students , where the student must determine his specialization in American universities and then organize applications for admission in accordance with standards and policies in American universities, which may be in accordance with privacy, which form a kind of difficulty in understanding and completing the scholarship. Wthin the interventions in this aspect, editor in chief of website Dr. Abdulbasit Salman suggested to create a website of American university to show more details and procedures of admission for students of the University of Baghdad, that identifies all scientific disciplines and branches, and the requirements and admission documents.

  As well as Dr. Sabah al-Azzawi explained that University of Baghdad has more than 500 candidates for admission to American universities in the disciplines of medicine, engineering, science, veterinary and agriculture, dentistry, nursing, and strive to be completed within the earliest opportunity, and the head of the delegation of American universities have asked for more ideas and proposals that will speed up the scholarships, as well as asked for more ideas for the establishment of seminars and CCTV between professors and students of universities on both sides, and among the inquiries about the lectures that most favourable to students of the University of Baghdad ,the audience showed that the terms of reference in the fields of technology, politics, sports, art and media are topics that students look for , there is also a desire in the development of the English language and pronunciation, particularly Baghdad University has made a set of training and development courses in language that has a project to establish courses to teach Arabic to non-native speakers.

  At the end of the meeting, head of the delegation of American Universities expressed his admiration and delight of the meeting displaying his efforts and the efforts of the delegation in the development of relations with the University of Baghdad and providing support for closer relations and consolidation, thanking all those present at this meeting, .The website team captures a series of photos in this meeting