journal of sustainable studies joss
Dr. Sahira A. Q. Al-Saadi / University of Technology
Dr. A. H. G. Sakhi Al-Maliki /Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Salman H. Omran Al-Saadi / The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Abstract:
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq has focused on university education in various scientific disciplines, including engineering education, because of its importance in building cities and their infrastructure, and the civilizational and cultural development of societies.
As there is a major development in this type of education, whether in governmental universities or private colleges, the number of universities that have engineering departments or branches is (27) out of (35) universities since the first engineering department was established in the University of Baghdad in 1958, as it reached The number of engineering branches in them is more than (184) engineering departments or branches, and by approximately (25) different engineering specialties, and the number of admitted students has reached more than (10,000) ten thousand students according to the statistics of the academic year 2017-2018.
There is also a clear development in engineering education in colleges and private universities since the establishment of private university education in 1996, and the number of private colleges and universities in which engineering education is available has reached (45) out of (63) private colleges and universities, and it has nearly (85) Engineering department or branch in various disciplines of (21) majors, and the number of admitted students reached (6331) male and female students for the academic year 2017-2018
The paper also presented a number of ideas and future prospects that would develop engineering education in Iraq.
Key words: Engineering education, government engineering education, private engineering education, engineering departments .