*- Admission criteria for undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the College of Education for Pure Sciences

First: Undergraduate admission criteria

  • Admission criteria for morning undergraduate studies

*- Central admission criteria in Iraqi universities

  • The applicant must hold Iraqi nationality.
  • The applicant must hold the Iraqi preparatory (secondary) school certificate, certified by the General Directorate of Education in the governorate, or an equivalent certificate.
  • The student must be born in 2005 or later.
  • The student must have passed the medical examination according to the required conditions.
  • The student must study full-time; combining employment and study (at the same time) in morning colleges is not permitted. This applies to employees of all government institutions, who must obtain study leave from their employers in accordance with the regulations in force.

Combining two programmes of study is also not permitted; if proven otherwise, the Ministry will be asked to cancel the admission.

  • The applicant must be a graduate of:

a- The current academic year.

b- The previous academic year, provided they were not centrally admitted to any college or institute; they are admitted according to the minimum scores of their graduation year. If admission to any college or institute is proven, they are returned to their original admission and the year is counted as a failed year.

  • Admission criteria for evening study in Iraqi universities

 

  • Iraqi nationality
  • Holding the Iraqi preparatory school certificate certified by the General Directorate of Education in the governorate, or an equivalent certificate.
  • Graduates of the current academic year are entitled to the same privileges as their peers applying for central admission when calculating totals for admission ranking.
  • Applicants for evening study in colleges must have an average of no less than 60%.
  • The university nominates students to the college and department for which their preparatory-school total qualifies them.
  • Graduates of institutes may not apply for evening study; the top 10% of institute graduates are nominated by the Ministry for admission to colleges, exclusively in corresponding specializations in their graduation year.
  • Students whose registration in morning studies was cancelled may apply for evening study in colleges other than those in which their registration was cancelled, provided the cancellation was not for cheating or attempted cheating or disciplinary penalties, and that they meet the other general conditions.
  • A student who has received a central admission may not register for evening study unless they apply to cancel their registration after enrolling or cancel their central admission, and they may not return to that admission again.
  • Resident non-Iraqi students holding the Iraqi preparatory certificate are initially admitted to evening study and must contact the Ministry within 30 days of the university admission order regarding exemption from tuition fees in foreign currency; the student and the college bear responsibility if the student continues without an exemption letter.
  • Members of the armed forces, the intelligence service and the internal security forces must provide a letter confirming that their employers have no objection to their admission to evening study / general admission channel.
  • Ministers and those of equivalent rank, members of the Council of Representatives, holders of special grades, directors general, and members of provincial and municipal councils may not apply for evening study.

*- Qualifying certificates for admission:

1- Preparatory school certificate (scientific stream)

 2- Applicants holding the preparatory certificate (scientific stream) must have an average of no less than 60%.

*- Admission procedures

The procedure for registering and admitting students in Iraqi universities, as set out in the Student Affairs Procedures and Admission Requirements Guide for 2023–2024 issued by the Directorate of Studies, Planning and Follow-up at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

 

1- Central admission results announced on the Ministry's official website are adopted, and after the announcement an official notification is sent to the college to begin registration. The working day following the announcement of results is the official start of registration at the college for nominees, for a period of 15 days from the start date.

2- Students who received no nomination in the central admission results for any reason are given 10 working days from the announcement of results to appeal, and 10 working days from the issuance of their admission orders to register.

3- Students must register even if they have appealed their admission. If the appeal is upheld, their nomination is amended, registration procedures are completed, and the documents they submitted are returned so they can submit them to the college of their new nomination to complete registration in accordance with paragraph (1) above.

4- The college from which a student's nomination was amended or transferred (transfer of faculty members' children) sends the files of those students to the colleges to which they were nominated or transferred.

5- Students whose nominations were amended are distributed to academic departments according to their results, like their peers in their graduation year rather than the year of the amendment.

6- Regarding students applying for evening study in public universities or for study in Kurdistan Region universities.

 

a- The body (college) to which the student was centrally admitted shall::

 

 1- Cancel the student's registration after the student submits a confirmation from the college applied to, stating the examination number.

2- Provide the body to which the student applied with the documents, an official letter and a handover record, keeping a copy.

b- The body to which the student applied completes the document-authenticity verification with the Ministry of Education and the Directorate of Studies, Planning and Follow-up..

 

c- A student whose registration was cancelled in order to join evening study may not return to the college of central admission.

Tuition fees:

Tuition fees for evening study at the College of Education for Pure Sciences are shown in the table below.

*- The same fees apply to students admitted to the first year when they progress to subsequent years.

 

Department

Year

Tuition fees (IQD)

Biology

First year

1,500,000 IQD

Biology

Years 2, 3 and 4

1,500,000 IQD

Mathematics

First year

1,500,000 IQD

Mathematics

Years 2, 3 and 4

1,500,000 IQD

 

Second: Postgraduate admission criteria

*- Applicants (non-employees)

 * Average: applicants for a master's degree or higher diploma on the general admission channel must have an average of no less than 65%, except for the top quarter in medical and engineering specializations; applicants for a doctorate must have no less than 70% on all application and admission channels.

*- Age: applicants for postgraduate studies inside Iraq (non-employees) are exempt from the age requirement when applying on the general admission channel.

*- Service: exempt, as the applicant is not an employee.

*- Full-time study: full-time study is required.

 

 

 

 

For applicants (employees), in accordance with Study Leave Instructions No. 165 of 2011

 

*- For applicants to a master's degree or equivalent

*- For applicants to a higher diploma lasting one or two years

*- Average: the applicant's average on the general admission channel must be no less than 65%, except for the top quarter in medical and engineering specializations.

*- Age: if the applicant's average is no less than 65%, an employee may apply on the general or private admission channel regardless of age.

*- Service: if the applicant's average is no less than 65%, two years of actual service after appointment or after obtaining the last degree are required.

 

 

 

 

Public funding

  *- Applicants (employees), in accordance with Study Leave Guidelines No. 165 of 2011

  *- For applicants to a master's degree or equivalent

 *- For applicants to a higher diploma lasting one or two years

 *- Average: the applicant's average on the general admission channel must be no less than 65%, except for the top quarter in medical and engineering specializations.

 *- Age: if the applicant's average is no less than 65%,

*- an employee may apply on the general or private admission channel regardless of age. Service: if the applicant's (employee's) average is below 65%,

 

 

the following are required:

 

*- Satisfactory service of no less than five years after the last degree, and application through the private-funding channel.

*- An exemption letter from the competent minister, i.e. the minister of the ministry to which the employee belongs.