The University of Information Technology and Communications organized a celebration on the occasion of (University Day) and a party for its graduating students for the batches of 2019-2020 / 2020-2021, and the celebration was attended by a number of university presidents, deans of colleges and some political and security figures.

The celebration began with an official review of the members of the University council, followed by professors and students of the University, after which the words of welcome and blessing began by the president of the University, Professor Dr. Abbas MohsenAl-Bakri, who congratulated all the graduate students and the teaching staff on this scientific achievement, in addition to congratulating the teaching staff and University employees on the occasion of (University Day), followed by a speech by the representative of the Ministry, Prof. Dr. Munir Al-Saadi, President of the University of Baghdad, who conveyed the congratulations and blessings of His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research to the graduate students and urged them to persevere by completing the scientific career in the service of the country.

Dr. Al-Saadi pointed out that “the philosophy of higher education goes through many stages, and information technology is the third stage in the philosophy of higher education, which includes the manufacture and marketing of knowledge, and that the Ministry is concerned with these two goals simultaneously, and it is not hidden from everyone that this University plays a great and prospective role, both with its scientific and research output, as well as from its dear graduates, with what they will achieve by qualifying them to enter the labor market and fill its needs in this field”.

And then a speech by the advisor to the former Prime Minister, Dr. Walid Al-Hilli, in which he encouraged the students to proceed with the application of what they learned in the school stages in a way that serves the country and the citizen, especially in light of these global conditions in which modern technology is used in all aspects of life.

During the celebration, some films and video clips of the University and its faculties were shown, and eloquent poetry and folk poetry played a role in inflaming the graduation ceremony with joy and waves of applause.

After that, the first students who graduated from the Colleges of Business Informatics and Engineering were honored, and a number of distinguished employees and professors were honored following the celebration of the founding of the University.

For their part, the representative of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. Munir Al-Saadi, presented a bouquet of flowers to the President of the University of Information Technology and Communications, Prof. Dr. Abbas Mohsen Al-Bakri, and Prof. Dr. Abdul Mohsen Naji, President of the Middle Technical University, presented a bouquet of flowers on this occasion, and the President of Karkh University, Prof. Dr. Thamer Abdul-Amir, presented the shield of creativity to the President of the University, Prof. Dr. Abbas Al-Bakri, who received congratulations, blessings and bouquets of roses from the various personalities present for the celebration.