The President of the University of Basra, Dr. Saad Shaheen Hammadi, and the deans of the faculties of engineering, pharmacy, computer science, and information technology participated in the opening of the Iraq Education Exhibition and Conference 2023, which was held on the grounds of the Baghdad International Fair, with Arab and international participation and a distinguished academic presence.

 The conference aims to open up to global academic spaces and move towards quality and development of innovations.

 His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, confirmed in his speech that the Ministry succeeded in establishing an environment of openness to global academic spaces and took a decision that Iraqi universities carry the non-stereotypical identity that is gained from the international track in interaction, presence and competition, pointing out that the projects of the Higher Education Institution are characterized by methodology and are characterized by  With strategic vitality, he pointed out at the same time that the most prominent of these projects is the unprecedented educational transformation to the Bologna path, which was implemented through partnership and cooperation with UNESCO in technical universities and that it will take its path to implementation in more than 600 specialized departments in the faculties of engineering and science in government university formations.  Eligibility and the pioneering project (Study in Iraq), in which more than three thousand international students registered to study in Iraqi universities.

 Dr. Saad Shaheen toured the exhibition halls, which included pavilions for Iraqi governmental, private, Arab and foreign universities, technology and education companies, and a number of organizations.