User:أحمد البراشدي 11/College of Science (University of Basra)



The College of Science was established at the University of Basra in 1964 as one of the four ancient colleges included in the then-established University of Basra. When it was founded, it was located on the eastern bank of the Shatt al-Arab in the Tanuma area in the Shatt al-Arab district. In 1987, when the Iraq-Iran war was at its height, the colleges of the University of Basra moved to the other side of the Shatt al-Arab. The Faculty of Science was stationed in the northern section of the university, which is located on the western bank of the Shatt al-Arab in the Karma Ali area, which is about 15 kilometers from the center of Basra city. .

At the beginning of its formation, the college provided courses for preliminary studies only according to the annual system in the departments of chemistry, life sciences, physics, and mathematics. After the creation of the computer science branch, it was initially linked to the mathematics department, but this branch quickly developed to become the fifth scientific department in the college. In 1993, the sixth branch was created within the college’s branches, which is the Department of Earth Science, followed by the Department of Environmental Science in 2012. Since 1998, the college’s doors have been opened for evening studies in the specializations of life sciences and computer sciences, and in 2016 evening studies became comprehensive for all departments.

In 1972, the college introduced the curriculum system on the basis of experience, and this system continued for ten years, as the study pattern in Iraq’s universities was centrally unified according to the annual system. However, the third scientific conference of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research recommended returning to the curriculum system in Iraqi universities after the availability of the requirements. essential to its success. This is what happened in the year 1993, when this system was reintroduced in three colleges in Iraqi universities, until it was confined a few years later to the College of Science at the University of Basra, making it so far the only college in Iraqi universities that operates the curriculum system.

Since its founding, the College of Science has contributed to providing the country with graduates who hold bachelor’s degrees in the specializations that existed at that time. There are many graduates of this college who were sent to study outside Iraq to obtain a doctorate from English and American universities, and some of them currently work in the various departments of the college as faculty members in the departments from which they graduated. In 1972, for the first time, postgraduate studies (at the Master’s degree level) were created in the Departments of Chemistry and Life Sciences, but this step was soon extended to include other departments. Moreover, doctoral studies were introduced in the Departments of Life Sciences and Chemistry in 1986 and 1987, respectively.

The college has close ties of cooperation with the industrial sector through joint applied research between the college’s departments and these facilities. Several joint patents have been registered between the university and industrial facilities. On the other hand, the college has cultural and scientific relations with Arab and foreign universities and institutes, especially with regard to scientific and cultural exchange. Professorships and joint research projects.

Most scientific courses are taught in Arabic, while some selected courses are taught in English, at a rate of at least two topics for each stage, for the purpose of maintaining the level of graduates in terms of their familiarity with a living foreign language. In light of this, many methodological books have been translated and written, distributed among the topics. Specialist for various college departments.