The University of Baghdad hosted the University Fine Arts Festival, organized by the Student Activities Department of the Supervision and Scientific Evaluation Authority at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Sixty-three public and private universities took part, along with a number of institutes. The festival was attended by the President of the University of Baghdad, Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdulhassan Atiyah Hassan; the Assistant President of the University for Administrative Affairs, Prof. Dr. Raghad Abdulrazzaq Al-Hashimi; and the Director of the Student Activities Department at the Ministry of Higher Education, Dr. Hussnain Basim Al-Shadidi.
The festival aims to give students the opportunity to showcase their artistic works and express their visions and ideas through the fine arts, as well as to develop aesthetic sense, discover young talents and abilities, and encourage artistic initiatives that enrich the university environment culturally and creatively.
The Director of the Student Activities Department at the University of Baghdad, Dr. Ali Sadiq, said that organizing the festival comes within the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research’s orientation toward strengthening extracurricular activities and expanding student participation in cultural and artistic events, in line with building a well-rounded university character that combines academic knowledge, artistic taste, and creativity.
This activity contributes to achieving two of the Sustainable Development Goals, namely Goal 4, which calls for quality education, in addition to Goal 17, which relates to partnerships for the goals.
