A Concise Guide of University Idea and preparation: Prof. Dr. Muhsin Abdulhussein Al-Dhalimi (President of University) Prof. Dr. Hassan Latif Al-Zobaidi (Vice-president for legal and administrative affairs)

Translated by: Asst. Prof. Dr. Hussein D. Muzhir Asst. Prof. Dr. Mussab Alkhazaali (Faculty of Languages)

Technical production: Aseel Alkhattat Ahmed Latif Kadhim

Photograph: Husain alghrabi Introduction: By: Prof. Dr. Muhsin Abdulhussein Al-Dhalimi (President of University)

Kufa University inherited the glorious past for the historic schools of Kufa and , which is more than fourteen centuries old with the spread of Islam in this blessed land. It is authoritative that we put into this program the development of this great scientific project from the establishment of stable bases in the sound academic research and ascendance in the preliminary and higher studies to originality, innovation and creativity in order to become a university at a scientific level close to the world advanced universities. Today, Kufa University includes: • Twenty-two colleges and six research and service centers. • 2144 teachers, 2,478 employees. • There are 27,007 students in the morning and evening undergraduate studies. • 2078 students in postgraduate studies. In its new era, the University of Kufa seeks to expand the horizons of cooperation with Arab, Islamic and foreign universities by initiating scientific agreements, exchanging visits to and students and encouraging research and writing. The University has signed a number of agreements with Arab, regional and foreign universities. And today, it provides Iraqi institutions with a wider horizon, serving the people of our country and our city, and so as to achieve more scientific and cognitive development and progress. And in Allah we trust.

3 A brief note The University of Kufa was founded on the 27th of December 1987 in three faculties: , Education for women and Arts, and then grew and developed over time; to include twenty-one faculties in various scientific domains and humanities, as well as the Deanship of Postgraduate Studies which was established in 2017. We plan to expand horizontally and vertically to encompass all , literatures, and arts. It has faced great challenges and difficulties due to the sectarian nature of the policies followed by the former regime since it was a private university project in the 1960s; this promising and firm university is a cultural extension of the Kufa and Najaf schools. Hence, the Baathist regime argued to abolish the university because of the blessed Sha’baniya Uprising, in March 1991. The decision was taken to stop it. It was also resumed by a political decision in the same year; it continued its academic career with diligence and patience until it attained its fame and progress in the stairway of University performance and sober academic accreditation. For more information visit our website: http://www.uokufa.edu.iq

4 Kufa University Date of establishment: 1987 Sections and scientific branches: 102 The Number of students: (12734) female, (8908) male students, and (21643) total in the morning study, (2177) female students, (3187) male students and (5364) total in the evening study. Number of graduate students: (1098) female students, (980) male students, (2078) total. Number of employees: 2,478 staff members. Number of teaches and tutors: (230) professors, (629) assistant professors, (723) lecturers, (562) assistant lecturers. No. Faculties BA.(*) Diploma MA, MSc. PhD. 1 Faculty of 5 0 2 2 2 Faculty of medicine 1 7 8 6 3 Faculty of Education for Girls 10 0 8 4 4 Faculty of Arts 6 0 5 4 5 Faculty of Administration and Economics 5 5 5 2 6 Faculty of 6 0 4 2 7 Faculty of 6 1 3 0 8 Faculty of Agriculture 5 0 5 2 9 Faculty of 1 0 1 0 10 School of Law 1 0 2 0 11 Faculty of 1 0 0 0 12 Faculty of 1 0 1 0 13 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 1 1 3 0 14 Faculty of Computer Science Mathematics 2 2 2 0 15 Faculty of Physical Education and Mathe- matical Sciences 1 0 3 0 16 Faculty of Basic Education 3 0 2 0 17 Faculty of Education 4 0 1 0 18 Faculty of Physical Planning 3 1 0 0 19 Faculty of Archaeology 2 0 0 0 20 Faculty of Political Science 1 1 0 0 21 Faculty of Languages 2 0 0 0 Total 67 18 55 22

(*) NoTotal of Programs 5 Faculty of Medicine: Established: 1977 Scientific branches: Clinical scientific branches include: Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urology. The basic scientific branches include: member functions (physiology), pathology and forensic medicine, medicine, family and community medicine, chemistry and , microbiology, human anatomy. Number of students: (482) female students, (375) male students, (857) total. Number of postgraduate students: (118) female students, (75) male students, (193) Total. Number of employees: 146 Number of teachers: (40) professors, (89) assistant professors, (82) lecturers, (22) assistant lecturers.

For more information visit our website: http://med.uokufa.edu.iq BA Diploma M.Sc. PhD. Clinical branches

Internal Medicine    Surgery   Pediatrics   Gynecology and Obstetrics   Urosurgery   Basic scientific branches physiology    Pathology and forensic    medicine Pharmacology     Family & Community Medicine   Chemistry and biochemistry    Microbiology     Human anatomy 

6 Faculty of Education for Women: Established: 1987 Scientific branches: Arabic language, geography, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, computers, physical education, history, and the Department of Education and Psychology. Number of students: (3392) female students, (0) male students, (3392) total. Number of graduate students: (341) female students, (7) male students, (348) total. Number of employees: 153 Number of teachers: (59) Professors, (95) Assistant Professors, (84) Lecturers, (44) Assistant Lecturers.

For more information visit our website: http://edu-girls.uokufa.edu.iq

BA Diploma M.Sc. PhD. History   Physics   Chemistry    Geography    Mathematics   Biology    Arabic    Physical education   Computers  Psychology 

7 Faculty of Arts: Established: 1989 Scientific Departments: Arabic Language, History, Philosophy, Geography, English Language, Civil Society. Number of students: (966) female students, (921) male students, (1887) total. Number of graduate students: (89) female students, (98) male students, (187) total. Number of employees: 81 Number of teachers: (35) professors, (45) assistant professors, (41) lecturers, (19) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://arts.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Geography    History    philosophy    Arabic    English  

8 Faculty of Administration and Economics: Established: 1993 Scientific Departments: Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance and Banking, and Tourism. Number of students: (772) female students, (1497) male students, (2269) total. Number of postgraduate students: (102) female students, (242) male students, (344) total. Number of employees: 77 Number of teachers: (19) professors, (29) assistant professors, (44) lecturers, (17) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://mng.uokufa.edu.iq BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Economy     Business Management     Accounting   Banking and Finance    Tourism 

9 Faculty of Science: Established: 1993 Scientific Departments: Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Pathological Analysis, Environment, and Earth Sciences Number of students: (808) female students, (744) male students, (1552) Total. Number of graduate students: (122) female students, (117) male students, (239) Total. Number of employees: 126 Number of teachers: (23) professors, (83) assistant professors, (68) lecturers, (67) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://sci.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Chemistry    Biology    Physics   Pathological analyses  Environment   Geology 

10 Faculty of Engineering: Established: 1993 Scientific Departments: Civil Engineering, Mechanics (HVAC 2017), Electricity, Materials Engineering (Medical Materials Branch 2014), Facilities and Water Resources, and Communications Number of students: (733) female students, (680) male students, (1413) Total. Number of graduate students: (38) female students, (50) male students, (88) Total. Number of employees: 148 Number of teachers: (2) professors, (51) assistant professors, (91) lecturers, (136) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://eng.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Civil engineering    Mechanics   Installations and water resources  Materials Engineering   Electrical engineering  Electronic Engineering and Communications 

11 Faculty of Agriculture: Established: 1997 Scientific Departments: Plant Protection, Horticulture and Garden Engineering, Animal Production, Food Science, Soil and Water Resources. Number of students: (345) female students, (436) male students, (781) Total. Number of graduate students: (46) female students, (50) male students, (96) Total. Number of employees: 114 Number of teachers: (5) Professors, (28) Assistant Professors, (44) lecturers, (23) Assistant Lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://agr.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Plant Protection    Horticulture & Garden    Engineering Animal Production   Food science   Soil and water resources  

12 Faculty of Pharmacy: Established: 1999 Scientific branches: Pharmaceuticals, clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical chemistry, drugs and toxins, clinical laboratory sciences, and drugs. Number of students: (642) female students, (334) male students, (976) Total. Number of postgraduate students: (12) female students, (8) male students, (20) Total. Number of employees: 109 Number of teachers: (1) , (25) assistant professors, (21) lecturers, (42) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://phar.uokufa.edu.iq BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Pharmaceuticals   Clinical Pharmacy  Pharmaceutical Chemistry  Drugs and toxins  Clinical Laboratory Sciences  Pharmacology 

13 Faculty of Law: Established: 2004 Scientific Departments: Law Number of students: (357) female students, (602) male students, (959) Total. Number of graduate students: (33) female students, (64) male students, (97) Total. Number of employees: 44 Number of teachers: (6) professors, (17) assistant professors, (15) lecturers, (9) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://law.uokufa.edu.iq BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Public Law    Private law  

14 Faculty of Jurisprudence: Established: 2004 Scientific Departments: Islamic Jurisprudence and its Principles, Sciences of the Holy Quran, Arabic Language, Islamic Faith and Thought, and Department of Hadith Sciences. Number of students: (697) female students, (406) male students, (1103) total. Number of postgraduate students: (57) female students, (131) male students, (188) Total. Number of employees: 51 Number of teachers: (15) professors, (30) assistant professors, (20) lecturers, (7) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://fqh.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Islamic jurisprudence and its principles   

Science of the Holy Quran   (*) Arabic  Faith and Islamic thought  Science of Hadith 

(*) 15 Faculty of Dentistry: Established: 2006 Scientific branches: Basic sciences, oral and maxillofacial surgery, dental industry, dental treatment, oral medicine, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics and preventive medicine. Number of students: (339) female students, (231) male students, (570) Total. Number of employees: 118 Number of teachers: (4) professors, (17) assistant professors, (14) lecturers, (28) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://dent.uokufa.edu.iq BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Basic sciences  Oral and maxillofacial surgery  Dental Industry  Dental treatment  Oral medicine and diseases  Pediatric dentistry,  orthodontics and preventive medicine 

16 Faculty of Nursing: Established: 2007 Scientific branches: Basic sciences, nursing basics, adult nursing, maternal and newborn health, child nursing, mental and psychological health, community health nursing. Number of students: (414) students, (100) students, (514) Total. Number of graduate students: (28) students, (16) students, (44) Total. Number of employees: 76 Number of teachers: (1) professor, (8) assistant professors, (11) lecturers, (13) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://nurs.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Basic sciences   Nursing Basics   Adult Nursing   Maternal and newborn health   Child Nursing   Mental and psychological health   Community Health Nursing  

17 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: Established: 2008 Scientific branches: Anatomy, physiology, public health, clinicals, microbiology, and diseases Number of students: (84) female students, (144) male students, (228) Total. Number of graduate students: (4) female students, (11) male students, (15) Total. Number of employees: 77 Number of teachers: (1) professor, (16) assistant professors, (33) lecturers, (10) assistant lecturers.

For more information visit our website: http://vet.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Anatomy  Physiology    Public Health  Clinical Sciences  Microbiology   Pathology  

18 Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics: Established: 2008 Departments: Computer Science and Mathematics. The Faculty offers a bachelor's degree, a higher diploma and a master's degree in computer science and mathematics. Number of students: (330) female students, (279) male students, (609) Total. Number of graduate students: (63) female students, (41) male students, (104) Total. Number of employees: 57 Number of teachers: (6) professors, (6) assistant professors, (21) lecturers, (30) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://mathcomp.uokufa.edu.iq BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Mathematics    Computer Science   

19 Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences:

Scientific Departments: Theoretical sciences, individual games, team games, and sports education sciences. Established: 2008 Number of students: (83) female students, (253) male students, (336) Total. Number of graduate students: (2) female student, (38) male students, (40) Total. Number of employees: 39 Number of teachers: (6) professors, (8) assistant professors, (7) lecturers, (9) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://phys-edu.uokufa.edu.iq BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Theoretical sciences   Individual games   Team Games  

20 Faculty of Basic Education: Established: 2009 Scientific Departments: Arabic Language, Islamic Education, and Kindergartens. Number of students: (674) female students, (905) male students, (1579) Total. Number of graduate students: (20) female students, (21) male students, (41) Total. Number of employees: 64 Number of teachers: (9) professors, (22) assistant professors, (18) lecturers, (8) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://baedu.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Arabic   Islamic education   Kindergartens 

21 Faculty of Basic Education: Established: 2009 Scientific Departments: Arabic Language, Islamic Education, and Kindergartens. Number of students: (674) female students, (905) male students, (1579) Total. Number of graduate students: (20) female students, (21) male students, (41) Total. Number of employees: 64 Number of teachers: (9) professors, (22) assistant professors, (18) lecturers, (8) assistant lecturers.

For more information visit our website: http://edu.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Computer sciences  English Language  Fine Art Education   Quranic science and Islamic education. 

22 Faculty of Physical Planning: Established: 2011 Scientific Departments: Urban Planning, Environmental planning, Territorial planning. Number of students: (244) female students, (192) male students, (436) Total. Number of graduate students: (9) female students, (6) male students, (15) Total. Number of employees: 60 Number of teachers: (2) professors, (4) assistant professors, (22) lecturers, (17) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://physicalplanning.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Urban planning   Environmental planning  Territorial planning 

23 Faculty of Archaeology: Established: 2011 Scientific Departments: Ancient Iraqi Heritages, and Islamic Heritages. Number of students: (74) female students, (109) male students, (183) Total. Number of employees: 37 Number of teachers: (1) professor, (4) assistant professors, (4) lecturers, (11) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://arch.uokufa.edu.iq

BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Ancient Iraqi Heritage  Islamic Heritage 

24 Faulty of Political Science: Established: 2013 Scientific Departments: Political Science. Number of students: (164) female students, (338) male students, (502) Total. Number of postgraduate students: (3) female students, (11) male students, (14) Total. Number of employees: 34 Number of teachers: (1) professor, (10) assistant professors, (11) lecturers, (6) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://politicalsciences.uokufa.edu.iq BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Political science  

25 Faulty of Languages: Established: 2014 Scientific Departments: Dept. of English and Dept. of Turkish. Number of students: (261) female students, (130) male students, (391) Total. Number of postgraduate students: (3) female students, (11) male students, (14) Total. Number of employees: 28. Number of teachers: (4) professors, (4) assistant professors, (5) lecturers, (6) assistant lecturers. For more information visit our website: http://languages.uokufa.edu.iq BA. Diploma MA. PhD. Dept. of English  Dept. of Turkish. 

26 Deanship of Postgraduate Studies: Established: 2017 Scientific Departments: Null. Number of employees: 9 Number of teachers: (0) professor, (1) assistant professor, (0) lecturer, (1) assistant lecturer.

For more information visit our website: http://www.uokufa.edu.iq/postgraduate

27 Academic Research and Service Centres Centre of Kufa Studies Established: 1992 Scientific Departments: Methodology and Revision, Religion, culture and sects studies, Future and development studies. Number of employees: 18 Number of researchers: (4) professors, (7) assistant professors, (0) lecturer, (5) assistant lecturers.

Centre of Teaching Development and University Training Established: 2006

Centre of Information Research and Improvement Established: 2008

Centre of Continuous Teaching Date of establishment: 2008

TOEFL Centre Established: 2008

Centre of Remote Sensing Established: 2012

28 International Initiatives and Cooperation - The establishment of the UNESCO Chair for interfaith studies in the Islamic World (2016) which aims to enhance the study of non-Muslim societies and Diasporas in Islamic majority societies. It also aims to encourage the spirit of dialogue, coexistence and respect of others’ rights. - The establishment of the Unit of Teaching Arabic for Non-native speakers of Arabic (2017). - Partnership with EDUU project which is sponsored by the EU to connect universities and museums all over the world altogether and to enhance care for Iraqi history and heritage. In sum it involves: --Education and Cultural Heritage --Enhancement for Social Cohesion in - Partnership with WALADU project which aims to develop and structure the BA Courses in Archaeology in Iraq. - Other partnerships and agreements with international spheres and universities including Shanghai University of China, Sheffield University of UK, Burgh University of German, Dicken University of Australia, Iran Medical University, Ferdousi and San’ati Shaif Universities of Iran.

29 Central Library

This is one of the largest buildings of the University complex, with its attractive civilized, modern, architectural frame, to be one of the greatest libraries in Iraq. Established: 1987 Theses and Dissertations Books E-books 6000 30000 50468

University Press It is a modern and sophisticated press which is set to serve the university and near universities with new and neat printings and publications.

Services presented to the Faculty and Staff members -Housing in the University City for (married and single members) represented by houses and apartments. - A primary school. -A kindergarten. -Health service represented by teaching hospital, clinics, and clinics of dentistry. -A super market. -Hospitality House for hosting visitors and delegates.

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