College Council Secretariat
The college council is the foundational body for finding appropriate solutions to any potential challenges (administrative or scientific issues) facing the college that would restrict the institutional operation, in addition to making decent recommendations accredited by the college council, unanimously or partially, to send them to the university’s presidency for endorsement in accordance with the ministry’s laws and regulations.
The main duties and responsibilities of council members include reviewing and approving meeting agendas submitted by the scientific departments, referring them to authorized personnel for scientific and administrative feedback, and then making suitable decisions or resolutions. Moreover, receiving meeting minutes and agendas of every session held at the university’s presidency, communicating them to the dean’s assistants to take the necessary actions by communicating directions to the college council, and subsequently to the respective departments
Additionally, communicating the official notes sent by email from the engineering college’s dean’s committee for responding after taking scientific feedback from specialized personnel.
It is worth mentioning that at the college council, outlines requesting to be presented to the council members are formatted and organized through rephrasing what was discussed during the session, such as recommendations and resolutions. These are then forwarded to the university‘s presidency for endorsement; afterward, they will be referred to the dean’s assistants to take the necessary actions.
Permanent Members of The College Council
The college council includes the following permanent members:
1-the dean of the college (chair of the council),
2-the dean’s assistants,
3- the manager of the university’s performance and quality assurance division,
4-The representative of the faculty members’ union.
College Council Minutes 2025-2026
First meeting session
First session came to order from (2-7)/9/2025.
- Recommendation for approval to award the student (Murtadha Shuker Mahmoud / Mechatronics engineering department) a master’s degree in Mechatronics engineering.
- Approved the research proposal of the master candidate (Sarah Sabah Idan) of the academic year 2024/2025.
Second opened session came to order from 24/9 to 1/10/2025
- Recommendation for approval to award the master candidate (Ali Adel Hanun/ Biochemical Engineering Department) a master certificate in Biochemical engineering.
- Recommendation for approval to promote the lecturer (Yasar Nuri Lafta/ Mechatronics engineering department) to professor position due to complete promotion requirements.
- Recommendation for approval to promote the lecturer (Adel Fadhil Mushatt /Communications and information engineering department) to assistant professor position due to complete promotion requirements.
- Recommendation for approval to promote the lecturer (Tarek imad Ali /Communications and information engineering department) to assistant professor position due to complete promotion requirements.
- Recommendation for approval to endorse updated curricula according to Bologna system for the scientific departments (Biomedical, Communications and information, Biochemical, Mechatronics, and Automated manufacturing) for all stages of the academic year 2025-2026.
- Recommendation for approval to co-supervise the two master’s candidates (Amer Hisham Majeed/ Biomedical engineering department) and (Iman Fasil Lelo/ Communications and information engineering department) according to scientific need and integrated goals to achieve optimal results.
- Approved the research proposal for a number of Postgraduates students /sole master thesis supervision for the academic year 2025-2026.
- The college council decided to approve the examination results and the success percentages of post graduates (MSc) participated in final term exams / second attempt for the academic year 2024-2025 scoring noticeable percentages.
- The college council decided to approve the examination results and the success percentages of Biochemical post graduates (Ph.D.) participated in final term exams / second attempt for the academic year 2024-2025 achieving 100% success rates.
Third session resolutions held in Oct 15th, 2025
- Recommendation for approval to award the master candidate (Raghed Muhammad Hadi/ Biochemical Engineering Department) a master certificate in Biochemical engineering.
- Recommendation for approval to award the master candidate (Duaa Hatem Mdhy/ Biochemical Engineering Department) a master certificate in Biochemical engineering.
- Recommendation for approval to co-supervise the two master’s candidates (Tamar Maythem Alwan; Israa Farhad Fatih; Tarek Hassun Muhammad /Mechatronics engineering department) according to scientific need and integrated goals to achieve optimal results.
- The college council decided to approve the results and the success percentages of graduates participated in final term exams / second attempt for the academic year 2024-2025 after making certain adjustments.
Fourth session resolutions held in November 5th, 2025
- Recommendation for approval to promote the faculty member (Sadeem Nabil Saleem/ Biomedical Engineering department) to lecturer position due to complete promotion requirements.
- Recommendation for approval to endorse assistant professor (Azzah Abdulrazzaq Abdul Kareem) as a second supervisor for the Ph.D. student ( Basma Luay Mahdi / Mechanical engineering/ College of Engineering /University of Sains Malaysia) in the major of Robotics and Automation Engineering.
- Recommendation for approval to co-supervise the two master’s candidates (Baraa Abdulrazzaq and Dania Muhammad Ibrahim/ Automated manufacturing engineering) according to scientific need and integrated goals to achieve optimal results.
- The college council approved the appointment of scientific and postgraduate studies committees in the scientific departments for the academic year 2025-2026.