The President of the University of Baghdad, Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdulhussein Attiya Hassan, received a delegation from the Cultural Attaché’s Office at the Embassy of the United States of America in Baghdad, headed by the U.S. Cultural Attaché, Mr. Johnny Hashma, and joined by the Assistant Cultural Attaché, Mr. Tyler Brent, and the accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by the Assistant President of the University for Scientific Affairs, Prof. Dr. Suhail Najm Abdullah, the Deans of the Colleges of Artificial Intelligence and Political Science, and a number of officials, to discuss ways of expanding academic and training cooperation and supporting researchers.
The meeting reviewed the course of previous cooperation with American universities, international cooperation programs, and Fulbright scholarships. The University President invited American students to join the academic programs at the University of Baghdad under the “Study in Iraq” initiative. The meeting also addressed artificial intelligence specializations and their link to the labor market, the project of teaching political science in English, and the establishment of a career center that would train students from their first year in their fields of specialization.
For his part, the U.S. Cultural Attaché expressed his aspiration to build future partnerships with Iraqi universities, and with the University of Baghdad in particular. He indicated the Office’s readiness to support Iraqi researchers and to bring in experts from American universities in the fields of artificial intelligence and political science, in addition to discussing the exchange of professors, the training of students in the United States, and the expansion of academic cooperation and its alignment with labor market needs.
As part of becoming acquainted with the academic environment and scientific capabilities of the University of Baghdad, the American delegation, accompanied by the Assistant President of the University for Scientific Affairs, toured the Colleges of Political Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Excellence. During the tour, the delegation learned about the educational reality, infrastructure, and scientific equipment, and viewed the laboratories, lecture halls, and educational facilities, as well as the capabilities that the mother university provides in support of its academic and scientific programs and activities, strengthening the university environment in line with the requirements of higher education and rapid knowledge and technological developments.
This activity contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, namely Goal 4, which calls for quality education, in addition to Goal 17, which relates to partnerships for the goals.
