The department was established on 12/24/2014 as one of the most active departments in the university, it works on preparing a plan for academic study leave for both university employees and academics who wish to study inside or outside the country for better academic achievement and a better diploma.

The department deals with hosting professors from outside the country within the framework of cultural exchange program in terms of developing modern study methods and curricula, lending faculty members to the Universities outside country, conducting evaluation procedures for certificates of university employees’ envoys after completing their studies and preparing a database for them besides  establishment of units or departments in the colleges run by Department of Cultural Relations and missions to coordinate and communicate with other scientific departments and divisions.

Vision:

  Scholarships Department seeks to organize activities that represent a gateway to Al- Iraqia University’s openness to Arab and International Universities through the conclusion of agreements and memoranda of understanding related to cultural and scientific exchange and participation in Arab and international seminars and conferences, which contribute to develop the university and its proper advancement as a civilized scientific institution that contributes to the development of Country

Message:

 1- Preparing an advanced cadre of the university’s faculty and staff by activating scholarships and fellowships and facilitating the procedures.

2- Sign agreements and memoranda of understanding with sober universities.

3- Join international scientific organizations and unions.

4- Following up students studying outside the country from among the university’s affiliates step by step until they graduate and return to their job.

Tasks and Duties:

 1- Concluding agreements and memoranda of understanding with Arab or international universities.

2- Preparing a plan for study leave for the university’s faculty members or employees wishing to study outside or insideCountry for postgraduate degrees.

3- Hosting teachers from outside the country for cultural exchange with regard to developing modern teaching methods and curricula.

4- Sending or exchanging university teachers abroad.

5- Carrying out procedures for evaluating the certificates of scholarship students abroad who obtained higher degrees after completion of their studies.

6- Preparing a database for students studying outside the country who are affiliated with the university.

7 – Establishing divisions or units in the faculties of the University affiliated to the Department of Scholarships and Cultural Relations in order to coordinate and communicate with the scientific divisions as the rest of the departments.