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Higher Education: Quotes of Interview by Al-Thamina (The Eighth) of Al-Rasheed TV with His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, as follows:

· We faced deliberate political targeting to tarnish the reputation of Iraqi universities through unaccredited indicators that have no connection to official international rankings.

· Our universities achieve significant results in international rankings, and our scientific research is documented in accredited international databases.

· The number of Iraqi scientific research indexed in international databases has reached approximately 185,000, with 60% of this academic output achieved during the current ministerial term.

· The achievements made over the past three years are distinguished by their pioneering nature in the history of higher education in Iraq.

· Among the most notable of these achievements is Iraq’s international recognition from the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME).

· Iraqi universities host more than 3,000 international students from over 40 nationalities as part of the Study in Iraq program.

· We signed an agreement with the Chinese side to establish the first subcritical training reactor in Iraq.

· We will soon lay the foundation stone for advanced scientific laboratories, the first of their kind in the Middle East.

· We implemented an exceptional plan for graduate admissions based on the actual need of university institutions, and we accommodated the largest number of applicants.

· Private universities compete with their public counterparts in the Ministerial evaluation exam.

· We launched a unique program to send gifted school students to prestigious international universities.

· We will Inaugurate the College of Excellence and the College of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Baghdad in early September, those admitted into these colleges will receive a monthly salary and privileged admission to graduate studies