Dr. Farhad M. Othman
Director of
The Center

The Center of Continuous Education was established at the end of the seventies, and it had made great efforts in the organization and plans programming for the preparation and training of employees in various institutions of the state. The philosophy and objectives of continuous education are derived from the main objectives of the foundation of the University of Technology in 1975. This university was preemptor and distinct in this aspect. The center of continuous education has witnessed a remarkable growth in the number of courses and seminars carried out by the Center for Continuous Education in the engineering and scientific disciplines and other general and precise specializations that are related to the need of labor market. It is worth mentioning that the increase in these activities are not limited to the number of courses carried out by the center, but also the biggest focus was on the scientific and practical level of these activities. From this basis and within this trend , the efforts have intensified in putting the plans and programs at the beginning of each academic year for the activities carried out by the center in collaboration with the scientific departments at the university and in collaboration with external lecturers who are specialists and experts in various fields.The center was consistently abided from the date of its establishment on the preparation of the scientific and training programs for workers in the directorates , institutions and various state companies and it is used to prepare a comprehensive annual programs for the development and rehabilitation of engineers and technical staff in various labor sectors in various specializations to improve the levels of performance and for the purposes of promotions . The University of Technology has become a leader and a pioneer in introducing distinguished services among Iraqi universities.