The University of Baghdad (UOB) ( ar, جامعة بغداد ''Jāmi'at Baghdād'') is the largest

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, tenth largest in the

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, and the largest university in the Arab world outside

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Nomenclature

Both University of Baghdad and Baghdad University are used interchangeably.

History

The College of Islamic Sciences claims that it originated in 1067 A.D. as Abu-Haneefa. However, the College of Law, the earliest of the modern institutions that were to become the first constituent Colleges (i.e. Faculties) of the University of Baghdad, was founded in 1908. The College of Engineering was established in 1921; the Higher Teachers Training College and the Lower College of Education in 1923, the College of Medicine in 1927, and the College of Pharmacy in 1936. In 1942, the first higher institution for girls, Queen Alia College, was established. In 1943, proposals for further new Colleges appeared, leading to the foundation of the College of Arts and the College of Science in 1949, and Abu Ghraib College of Agriculture in 1950. In September 2018, the university was listed in the ''

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Presidents

* Dr. Matti Aqrawi — 5 October 1957 – 1 August 1958 * Dr.

Abdul Jabbar Abdullah Abdul Jabbar Abdullah ( ar, عبد الجبار عبد الله) (1911 – July 9, 1969) was an Iraqi wave theory physicist, dynamical meteorologist, and President Emeritus of Baghdad University. Abdullah earned his Sc.D. degree in meteorology f ...

— 19 March 1959 – 8 March 1963 * Dr. Abed Al-Azeez Al-Duri — 10 February 1963 – 27 November 1965 and 10 September 1966 – 7 August 1968 * Dr. Jassem Mohammad Al-Kallaf — 9 September 1968 – 8 August 1970 * Dr. Abed Allatif Al-Badry — 8 August 1970 – 1 March 1971 * Dr. Saad Abed Al-Bakki Al-Rawi — 15 June 1971 – 23 January 1974 * Dr. Taha Ibrahim Al-Abdalla — 14 March 1974 – 15 October 1977 * Dr. Sulttan Abed Al-Kader Al-Shawi — 18 October 1977 – 1 March 1978 * Dr. Taha Tayh Diab Al-Ne'ami — 30 June 1980 – 27 December 1990 * Dr. Adil Shakir Al-Tai — 10 July 1990 – 28 February 1991 * Dr. Khidir Jasim Al-Duri — 1 March 1991 – 10 November 1993 * Dr. Abed Al-Iillah Yossif Al-Kashab — 14 November 1993 – 7 June 2001 * Dr. Mohammad Abed Allah Falah Al-Rawi — 12 June 2001 – 30 April 2003 * Dr. Sammi Abed Al-Mahdi Al-Mudaffar — 24 May 2003 – 28 September 2003 * Dr. Musa Juwad Aziz Al-Musawi — 28 September 2003 – 20 November 2012 * Dr. Alaa Abdulrasool Alkashwan — 20 November 2012 – 13 May 2019 * Dr. Qusi Alsuhil — 13 May 2019 * Dr. Nabeel Alsahib — 22 July 2020

Campuses

Al-Jadriya campus

* College of Engineering * Al-Khwarizmi College of Engineering * College of Science * College of Political Science * College of Physical Education * College of Science for Women * College of Education for Women * Institute of Laser for Postgraduate Studies * Institute of Urban and Regional Planning * Institute of Genetic Engineering * Institute of Accounting & Financial Studies * College of Agricultural

Bab Al-Muadham campus

* College of Medicine * College of Dentistry * College of Pharmacy * College of Nursing * College of Education – Ibn Rushd * College of Arts * College of Languages * College of Information * College of Islamic Sciences

Al-Waziriya campus

* College of Physical Education for Women * College of Law * College of Administration, Business and Economy * College of Education –

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* College of Veterinary

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Notable alumni

Mohammed Alkobaisi Mohammed Eyadah Alkobaisi ( ar, ; الدكتور محمد بن عيادة الكبيسي; also محمد عيادة الكبيسي; محمد الكبيسي) is an Islamic scholar with PhD in specialized Islamic studies. Academic Study He holds ...

– Islamic scholar *

Hisham N. Ashkouri Hisham N. Ashkouri ( ar, هشام أشكري, born August 15, 1948) is a Boston and New York-based architect. Ealry Life Ashkouri was born August 15, 1948 in Baghdad, Iraq. He graduated first in class in 1970 with a Bachelor of Architecture Deg ...

– architect * Serwan Baban – Minister in the

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* Venus Faiq (born 1963), Iraqi-Kurd Dutch writer, journalist, and poet. * Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz – former

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* Muzaffar Al-Nawab – Iraqi poet and writer * Emad Zaki Yehya – international petroleum consultant and former president of Reservoir Engineering in the Ministry of Oil * Saadoun al-Dulaimi – former Iraqi Defense Minister * Ghanim Al-Jumaily – Professor of Engineering at Southern New Hampshire University; former Ambassador of

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– diplomat and artist * Ahmad Obeidat – former Prime Minister of Jordan *

Sinan Al Shabibi Sinan Al-Shabibi ( ar, سنان الشبيبي; 1 July 1941 – 8 January 2022) was an Iraqi economist who served as the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq from September 2003 to October 2012. Early life and education Born in Baghdad on 1 ...

– former Governor of the

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Rihab Taha Rihab Rashid Taha al-Azawi ( ar, رحاب رشيد طه; born 12 November 1957) is an Iraqi microbiologist, dubbed Dr Germ by United Nations weapons inspectors, who worked in Saddam Hussein's Iraqi biological weapons program, biological weapons p ...

– biological weapons chief *

Jalal Talabani Jalal Talabani ( ku, مام جەلال تاڵەبانی, translit=Celal Talebanî; ar, جلال طالباني ; 1933 – 3 October 2017) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth president of Iraq from 2006 to 2014, as well as ...

– former President of Iraq *

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– President of

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– archaeologist * Muntadhar al-Zaidi – journalist *

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– spiritual leader (

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) of the

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Suad Jawad Suad Jawad, Arabic: سعاد جواد (born 15 February 1957) is an Iraqi/Emirati dubbing artist, theatre-maker and writer. She is known as the "Queen of Dubbing" and specialises in dubbing anime. Biography Jawad was born on 15 February 1957. Sh ...

– "The Queen of Dubbing" * Aqeel al-Mosawi – dentist, novelist, and photographer * Hazim Abdallah Khedr - historian and researcher specialized in Andalusian Arabic literature.

Notable development consultants

* Cyril Saunders, UNESCO Library Development consultant, 1952–1955 * Harold Bonny, UNESCO Library Development consultant, 1957–1958 * Donald Powell (

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/ICA Library Development consultant at Abu Ghraib College, 1957 * William S. Dix (

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, University of Princeton), Ford Foundation Library Development consultant, 1958 * Des Raj Kalia, UNESCO Library Development consultant, 1959–1960 * Stephen Ford (

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) and Paul Kebabian (

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), Ford Foundation Library Development consultants, 1961–1962. * Rudolph Gjelsness (Professor and Head of the Department of Library Science, University of Michigan), Ford Foundation Library Development consultant, 1962–1963 * David T. Wilder (University Librarian, University of Michigan – Oakland), Ford Foundation Library Development consultant, 1965–66 * Anand P. Srivastava (Head of the Department of Library Science,

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consultant, Graduate School of Library Science, 1968–1973 * Khalil M. H. Al-Shamma', Former Dean, College of Administration, Business and Economy, Reorganization of the University of Baghdad and The Higher Education sector, 1969, Donated his rich personal library with its complete furniture to the Central Library of the University of Baghdad /Al-Jadriya Campus 2012.

References

External links

Official website

University of Baghdad Website
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Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

Education in Baghdad Educational institutions established in the 20th century 1957 establishments in Iraq