His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi sponsored the conference of launching the electronic Higher Education identity.

Dr. Al-Aboudi emphasized that the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research implemented a strategic decision to move towards a comprehensive digitization of the university environment by adopting 120 electronic systems covering student services, resource management, education, and inquiries, leading to a smart digital university identity.

His Excellency added that the launching of the electronic identity represents a milestone in the path of digital transformation and smart governance for our educational institutions.

Dr. Al-Aboudi oversaw the distribution of the electronic Higher Education identity to a number of university students and emphasized that the achievement of digital transformation in the university education environment in Iraq comes within the context of strengthening the internationalization of education, global partnerships and international reputation in global forums, rankings and web of sciences.

His Excellency demonstrated that the conference launching the electronic Higher Education identity included delivering speeches and presentations on the digital transformation environment at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, as well as live footage illustrating the mechanisms for using the university digital identity.

It is worth to be mentioned that the conference was attended by the Chairman of the Parliamentary Higher Education Committee, members of the senior staff, presidents of public and private universities, the President of the Iraqi Academics Syndicate and students.