A delegation from the College of Pharmacy pays an official visit to Al-Mustansiriya University to enhance academic cooperation.

A delegation from the Deanship of the College of Pharmacy at Al-Zahraa University for Girls paid an official visit to the College of Pharmacy at Al-Mustansiriya University, as part of efforts to expand areas of academic cooperation and sign memoranda of understanding that enhance joint work between the two colleges.

The delegation included the Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Professor Dr. Noor Hatif Al-Dabbagh, the Assistant Dean for Scientific Affairs, Dr. Alaa Abdul-Hussein, and the Head of the Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Industry Branch, Assistant Professor Dr. Qasim Bader Alawi. The delegation was received by the Dean of the College of Pharmacy at Al-Mustansiriya University, Professor Dr. Munther Faisal Al-Amiri, where they discussed areas of future cooperation and agreements between the two institutions.

The discussions addressed ways to develop bilateral relations between the two colleges through joint programs that include the exchange of teaching and research experiences, the organization of specialized training workshops, and support for student projects, in addition to activating channels of cooperation in the field of accreditation and quality.

**Translation:** Both parties discussed the possibility of signing memoranda of understanding that would pave the way for broader initiatives in the fields of scientific research, laboratory training, and the pharmaceutical industry. They emphasized that integration between the two colleges would contribute to raising the level of pharmaceutical education in the long term, in addition to the role that academic institutions can play in developing the higher education environment in Iraq through sustainable partnerships that enhance the capabilities of teaching staff and improve students’ competencies.

Both sides expressed a shared readiness to move forward in formulating specific work programs during the next phase, in order to ensure that the proposed understandings are transformed into executive steps that support the educational process in the field of pharmacy.