The University of Basrah Council, headed by Dr. Saad Shaheen Hammadi, received the President of the Republic, Dr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, and the accompanying ministers and representatives, to view the reality of the university and its needs.
The President met with department directors at the university, academic figures, and a number of advisors and employees, and he was accompanied by a ministerial delegation that included the Minister of Health, Dr. Saleh Mahdi Al-Hasnawi, the Minister of Environment, Mr. Nizar Muhammad Saeed, the Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Awn Diab Abdullah, the Minister of Electricity, Mr. Ziyad Ali Fadel, the Deputy Minister of Oil, Mr. Karim Hattab, and the Representative Dr. Aso Feridun.
His Excellency expressed his pleasure and happiness at being in the reputable University of Basrah, which is distinguished by its academic and scientific reputation. He also expressed his love for the city of Basra, which has historical, geographical and vital economic importance for Iraq. The President of the Republic affirmed that he would strive to solve the problem of salinity in cooperation with specialists at the University of Basrah.
Dr. Saad Shaheen Hammadi welcomed this blessed visit, which gave an incentive and motivation to its staff to move towards developing the educational process, stressing the increase in the number of colleges and departments in the university with the increase in the number of accepted students from inside and outside the governorate.
Shaheen added that our university is the only one that entered all international rankings, the latest of which is the Shanghai ranking for this year, and we do not forget the challenge we faced during the pandemic period and which we fought.
