Bologna track
The Bologna Process

The Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research joined the Bologna Process in 2022.

What is the Bologna route?

The Bologna Process is a collaborative framework aimed at unifying higher education systems in Europe. It was first signed in 1999 by education ministers from 29 European countries, and has since been joined by 49 other countries.
It is a multi-purpose process concerned with establishing a framework that makes qualifications in higher education similar in terms of their certificates and the information available in them, facilitates the path of comparison in university degrees in European Union countries, enables the adoption of similar standards in quality, and helps higher education in student employment and global competition.

Improving educational transparency.
Strengthening the reputation of universities and the Iraqi educational system internationally.
Improving the quality of education.
Reducing the gap between the education sector and the labor market.
Use tools with multi-dimensional transparency.
Designing new curricula that meet the needs of the labor market and enhance job opportunities for graduates.
Making education fun and practical for the student to enjoy the teaching and learning process through group work.
Learning there may be student-centered with the characteristic of international cooperation and student mobility.
Facilitating the transfer process of students between universities and countries that adopt the Bologna Path.
It adopts a system for reading, comparing, and harmonizing grades, which makes academic grade standards and quality standards more comparable and compatible with the requirements of the labor market and international universities.
Establishing a system for academic units, such as the European system for transferring academic units, facilitates the process of transferring students between universities.

Unified Grading System: It consists of three main degrees: Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate.
Credit system: A system for measuring students' academic workload.
Quality Assurance System: Ensures that all participating universities meet specified quality standards.
Mutual Recognition System: Allows students to have their degrees and qualifications recognized in all participating countries.