Directorate of Scientific and Postgraduate Affairs

The directorate of scientific and postgraduate affairs coordinates all scientific affairs and higher education studies after undergraduate programs in the Sulaimani Polytechnic University (SPU). Postgraduate programs are actually resident in the various faculties and departments of SPU. This directorate operates under the division of the Vice President for Scientific and Postgraduate Affairs. The Directorate provides all scientific affairs SPU lectures and give the professional research support services to postgraduate students and their supervisors and coordinates postgraduate research endeavors in all faculties. The main function of the directorate is to coordinate all matters related to the provision of scientific affairs and higher education beyond the first degree. Doctorate, Master and Specialties Programs.

Mission

The Mission of the Directorate of scientific and postgraduate studies is to promote and maintain the excellence of the scientific affairs and postgraduate programs offered by Sulaimani Polytechnic University. It is stimulating and planning new scientific affairs and postgraduate programs which link its surrounding community locally or globally with higher education. Our research and learning environment is unique and in line to our mainstream policy to create an excellent academic community for brighter education in Iraqi Kurdistan region. The directorate main strategic plan is to work cooperatively and collaboratively with the faculty committees on research quality, Research Monitoring, Research Ethics, Research Development and Higher Degrees.

The Directorate of scientific and postgraduate affairs arranges to main activities that are:

Scientific Affairs Department

The activity of this department can be summarized as following:
1. Follow up and supervision of the process of offering academic titles for the university teaching staffs.
2. Supervision of the training courses on teaching methods for the teaching staffs who belong to the university and those who belong to other channels as well.
3. Checking, writing, and archiving of the memorandums which concern scientific affairs.
4. Supervising the meetings of the Kurdistan journal of applied research editorial committee as well as university academic promotions committee.
5. Supervising the evaluation of the scientific researches for the purpose of publication in the Kurdistan journal of applied research.
6. Construction of the terms and regulations of publishing the scientific researches in the Sulaimani Polytechnic University.
7. Supervision and archiving the evaluation of book editing process including academic, general, and research books.
8. Supervising of book and Kurdistan journal of applied research printing.
9. Construction of terms and regulations for book editing and book printing.

Postgraduate Affairs Department

it is responsible for the following activities:
1. Assist in arrangement and preparation of the yearly postgraduate study plans.
2. Help in implementation of postgraduate studies plan through the university faculties and departments.
3. Supervising and receiving all applications, sorting and consolidating them in preparation for the results and announce the names of the admitted students.
4. Delivering instructions, orders and generalizations related to postgraduate affairs to the colleges at the university and answer their questions and comments.
5. Preparing the statistics and tables that belong to the postgraduate studies and students.
6. Answering the queries of postgraduate students and their complaints and observations in coordination with the Ministry of higher education and the University guidelines, throughout the academic year.
7. Documentation of the date of the postgraduate and save them electronically.
8. Regulating and issuing the postgraduate certificates and all forms.

Staff of the Directorate:

Associated Professor Dr. Muhammed Babakir-Mina- (Director)
Dr. Belal Abdul-Rahman Muhammad (Head of KJAR SPU journal)

1. Ary Asadualla Hosain
2. Dyar Salih Ahmad
3. Harem Ali karem
4. Sargul Ali Hassan
5. Shamal Kizaqia Masho
6. Sara Jalal Saeed
7. Rana Kawa Abdul-Jabbar
8. Kwestan Talib Rashid

E-mail Address of the directorate: scientific@spu.edu.iq