Al-Yarmouk University College Participates in the Third Conference for Digital Transformation and Automation

Under the patronage of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, and in the framework of supporting and encouraging Iraqi universities to achieve maximum benefit in the digital transformation and automation project, the Dean of Al-Yarmouk University College, Professor Dr. Thabit Abdul Razzaq Dhahir, and the Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs, Assistant Professor Dr. Zaidoon Ahmed Abdul Karim, attended on Saturday, July 12, 2025, the Third Conference for the Digital Transformation and Automation Project, which was held at Bilad Al-Rafidain University – Diyala. The conference was attended by the ministry’s advanced staff, presidents of participating Iraqi universities, two members of the Parliamentary Education Committee, and a group of professors and students.

The Scientific Undersecretary of the Ministry, Professor Dr. Haider Abdul Dhahad, emphasized during his lecture at the conference the importance of the digital transformation project, which will pave the way for placing Iraqi universities among the ranks of global universities. He added that in order to complete the requirements of this major project, which is being implemented over twenty years and includes 120 integrated systems, the Department of Information Technology was established in the Ministry. He stressed that digital transformation is not an option but a necessity to keep pace with the development of advanced universities from the fourth to even the fifth generation (smart transformation), which the Ministry seeks to reach through the gateway of artificial intelligence to match the most prestigious global universities. He called for transforming this project into a culture among university professors to ensure its success, urging universities and their formations to adopt the strategy of automation and electronic transformation, and to focus on it as a gateway towards fourth-generation universities. The Scientific Undersecretary also called for preparing trained and qualified cadres from teaching and university staff to ensure the success of the project.

The Director of the Information Technology Department at the Ministry, Assistant Professor Dr. Abdul Amir Al-Thuwaini, reviewed the features of the system and all the services provided through it, along with a practical demonstration of how to obtain a student ID card.