The President of the University of Baghdad, Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdulhassan Atiyah Hassan, participated in the meeting of the Higher Committee for the Autonomy of Iraqi Public Universities, held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The meeting was chaired by the Undersecretary of the Ministry for Administrative Affairs, Dr. Miqdam Al-Jumaili, and attended by the presidents of Al-Mustansiriyah University, the University of Mosul, Al-Nahrain University, the University of Anbar, and the University of Technology, as well as the Director General of the Ministry’s Legal Department.
The meeting discussed the mechanisms and requirements for strengthening the administrative, financial, scientific, and academic autonomy of universities, and the means of facilitating procedures and developing institutional working mechanisms, so as to enable universities to perform their duties and responsibilities efficiently and effectively and to strengthen their ability to make decisions consistent with their needs and priorities.
The President of the University of Baghdad stressed the importance of expanding the institutional powers of universities within legal frameworks and applicable instructions, thereby contributing to developing administrative, academic, and research performance. He noted that university autonomy is a fundamental pillar for raising the quality of higher education and strengthening the ability of Iraqi universities to keep pace with scientific and academic changes.
This activity contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, namely Goal 16, which calls for peace, justice, and strong institutions, and Goal 17, which relates to partnerships for the goals.
