Universities are connected to promote long-term collaboration
Region: Middle East
Long-term and self-sustaining university-to-university partnerships are at the heart of the Iraq University Linkages Program. The program connects four universities in Iraq with four in the United States. Staff and faculty from each university collaborate to modernize curricula and teaching practices, conduct faculty and student exchanges, author joint research papers and engage in online academic communities and video conferencing. Departmental partnerships from the University Linkages Program include English education, petroleum studies, engineering, computer science and business. Program staff also guided the establishment of first-of-its-kind career centers at each Iraqi university to connect students with the country's growing private sector. This fall, the program will feature a third installment of career-center staff training along with a sustainability conference involving leadership from all eight university partners.
Funder: United States Department of State/United States Embassy, Baghdad
