Academic Promotions

The Academic Promotions Committee at the University of Ninevah is the authorized body responsible for reviewing applications for academic promotion submitted by faculty members and for implementing ministerial regulations and university bylaws related to promotions. The committee examines whether applicants meet the formal and academic requirements, including academic qualifications, the number and quality of scientific publications, supervision of postgraduate theses, academic activity points, and criteria for the rigor and credibility of scientific publishing. These procedures are based on official academic promotion instructions issued by the competent authorities, such as the Academic Promotion Instructions No. (167) of 2017, ministerial circulars issued by the Department of Research and Development, and the amendments and new regulatory instructions implemented as of 28/1/2018.

Summary of the Duties of the Central Academic Promotions Committee

Administrative Review

All academic promotion files received from colleges are reviewed to ensure completeness of documents and required data. Any deficiencies are identified and completed. This stage is referred to as the initial administrative review.

Scientific Review

The committee reviews research papers, publishing venues, and fields of specialization. This stage is known as the scientific review.

Selection of Reviewers

The committee selects scientific reviewers from inside and outside Iraq to evaluate the research submitted by faculty members applying for promotion to the rank of Professor, while ensuring the credibility and quality of the journals and indexing databases in which the research was published.

Evaluation of Research and Academic Activities

The committee examines reviewers’ reports as well as reports on teaching activities and community service, and submits its recommendations to the University Council.

Follow-up and Coordination

The committee follows up on the work of subcommittees in colleges to address any challenges encountered during the promotion process and coordinates with relevant administrative units to ensure smooth workflow.

Issuance of Final Decisions

Upon completion of the evaluation procedures, the committee holds meetings to discuss promotion applications and issue appropriate decisions, either approving the promotion or returning the file due to deficiencies.

Preservation and Archiving of Files

All promotion files are preserved and archived after the issuance of official university orders to maintain accurate and organized records.

Monitoring of Scientific Journals

The committee is responsible for reviewing scientific journals to ensure compliance with approved regulations and instructions and to verify that they are not predatory journals and are indexed in recognized academic databases.

Application Forms

Application forms constitute one of the most essential requirements in the academic promotion process for faculty members at the University of Ninevah. This section includes all official forms and documents that applicants must complete and submit when applying for promotion, in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the regulations of the University’s Central Promotions Committee.

These forms aim to organize the application process, standardize procedures, and document the various stages of the promotion file, starting from submission at the academic department, followed by approval by the dean and the college council, and ending with evaluation by the specialized academic committee.

Application Forms

Access to the Academic Promotions System

The Central Academic Promotions System is affiliated with the Department of Research and Development at the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
The primary objective of launching this system is to facilitate the submission of promotion applications, whether the applicant is an employee at a public or private university, or at other ministries and institutions in Iraq or the Kurdistan Region.

Academic Promotion Instructions

Amended conditions for academic promotion (2017)

Journal Quality and Scientific Publishing

Credible and non-credible publishing and the requirements researchers must fulfill prior to publication

New Academic Promotion Instructions

Effective as of 28/1/2018

Plagiarism Criteria and Similarity Ratios

Similarity standards in doctoral dissertations and master’s theses

Academic Plagiarism

Adopted recommendations regarding procedures for academic plagiarism

Scientific Publishing Regulations

Regulations governing the rigor of scientific publishing and supervision of postgraduate students

Academic Promotions Completed at the University

College of Electronics Engineering

College of Nursing

College of Law

College of Medicine

College of Pharmacy

Continuing Education Center

Academic Promotions Completed in 2025

No.	New Academic Rank	Specialization	Faculty Member Name	College
1	Professor	Digital Communication Engineering	Dr. Diaa Mohammed Ali Ali	Electronic Engineering
2	Assistant Professor	Computer Engineering / Signal Processing Systems	Dr. Zainab Rami Saleh	Electronic Engineering
3	Assistant Professor	General Medicine and Surgery / Diagnostic Radiology	Dr. Mohammed Maisar Nayef	College of Medicine
4	Assistant Professor	Pharmacy / Pharmacology	Dr. Saif Khalid Yahya	Pharmacy
5	Assistant Professor	Electronic and Communication Engineering / Communication Engineering	Dr. Ahmed Jameel Abdul Qader	Electronic Engineering
6	Assistant Professor	Computer Engineering / Real-Time Systems	Mr. Sohaib Rajab Awad	Electronic Engineering
7	Lecturer	Pharmacy / Pharmacology	Ms. Mais Muzahim Qasim Al-Khayyat	Pharmacy
8	Professor	Modern History / Ottoman History	Dr. Hisham Sawadi Hashim Matar	Electronic Engineering
9	Professor	Digital Signal Processing	Dr. Younis Mahmoud Aboosh	Electronic Engineering
10	Assistant Professor	General Medicine and Surgery / Neurology	Dr. Abdullah Shakir Mahmoud	College of Medicine
11	Lecturer	Mechanical Engineering / Applied Mechanics	Mr. Ismail Khudair Abdullah	Electronic Engineering
12	Lecturer	Electronic Engineering / Electronics	Ms. Dina Numeir Abdul Jabbar	Electronic Engineering
13	Lecturer	College of Medicine / Pathology	Ms. Sura Abi Saeed Al-Diwaji	College of Medicine

Academic Promotions Completed in 2024

No.	New Academic Rank	Specialization	Faculty Member Name	College
1	Assistant Professor	Histopathology	Dr. Zainab Waleed Aziz	Medicine
2	Assistant Professor	Diagnostic Radiology	Dr. Rasha Nadim Ahmed	Medicine
3	Lecturer	Microbiology	Abeer Hazim Al-Khaffaf	Medicine
4	Assistant Professor	Dermatology	Dr. Haitham Badr Fathi	Medicine
5	Lecturer	Accounting	Thabit Hassan Thabit	Electronic Engineering
6	Lecturer	Computer Networks	Abdul Hameed Nabil Hameed	Electronic Engineering
7	Assistant Professor	Educational and Psychological Sciences / Teaching Methods	Dr. Saad Mohammed Khudair	Nursing
8	Assistant Professor	Administrative Law	Dr. Bashar Rasheed Hussein	Law
9	Assistant Professor	Electrical Engineering / Control Engineering	Dr. Mohammed Abdul-Jalil	Electronic Engineering
10	Assistant Professor	Communication Engineering	Qusay Hadi Sultan	Electronic Engineering
11	Lecturer	Communication Engineering	Mohammed Zuhair Mohammed Fawzi	Electronic Engineering
12	Assistant Professor	Mechatronics Engineering / Control Systems	Omar Yaseen Ismail	Electronic Engineering
13	Assistant Professor	Mechatronics Engineering / Control Systems	Mohammed Nusrat Younis	Electronic Engineering
14	Assistant Professor	Pharmaceutical Analysis	Dr. Hassan Saad Al-Diwaji	Pharmacy
15	Assistant Professor	Surgery / Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)	Dr. Saad Younis Suleiman	Medicine
16	Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	Dr. Ali Adel Sharif	Medicine
17	Assistant Professor	Educational and Psychological Sciences / Educational Psychology	Dr. Azhar Othman Dhanoun	Continuing Education Center
18	Professor	Pharmacology	Dr. Qasim Saleh Al-Nuaimi	Medicine
19	Assistant Professor	Computer Engineering / Computer Networks	Dr. Sahar Lazim Qadoori	Electronic Engineering
20	Assistant Professor	English Language / Applied Linguistics	Dr. Khalid Ibrahim Al-Ahmad	Nursing
21	Assistant Professor	Anatomy	Dr. Ayman Ghanim Sheet	Medicine
22	Assistant Professor	Anatomy	Dr. Zahraa Abdul Qader	Medicine
23	Assistant Professor	Educational and Psychological Sciences / Teaching Methods	Dr. Saad Mustafa Ali	Continuing Education Center

Academic Promotions Completed in 2023

No.	New Academic Rank	Specialization	Faculty Member Name	College
1	Lecturer	Computer Networks	Mr. Omar Muwaffaq Ahmed Al-Sayyidiya	Electronic Engineering
2	Professor	Internal Medicine	Dr. Khaldoun Dhanoun Al-Abayji	Medicine
3	Lecturer	Electrical Engineering / Electronics	Ms. Hamsa Fawaz Dhanoun	Electronic Engineering
4	Assistant Professor	Optical Communication Engineering	Dr. Safwan Hafidh Younis	Electronic Engineering
5	Professor	Biochemistry	Dr. Mohammed Abdul-Ghafoor Ahmed Al-Qattan	Medicine
6	Assistant Professor	Diagnostic Radiology	Dr. Abeer Wali Ahmed	Medicine
7	Lecturer	Communication Engineering	Mohammed Sameer Salim	Electronic Engineering
8	Lecturer	Computer Engineering	Sama Nazar Mohammed	Electronic Engineering
9	Lecturer	Computer Engineering	Hiba Nabil Yahya	Electronic Engineering
10	Lecturer	Electronics and Communications	Hiba Abdul-Khaliq Dhanoun	Electronic Engineering
11	Assistant Professor	Analytical Chemistry	Dr. Tamadhir Abbas Hammoudi	Medicine
12	Lecturer	Private Law	Dr. Ni‘mat Mohammed Mustafa	Law

Academic Promotions Completed in 2022

No.	New Academic Rank	Specialization	Faculty Member Name	College
1	Lecturer	Computer Engineering	Mr. Ahmed Abdul-Sattar Mohammed	Electronic Engineering
2	Assistant Professor	Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery	Dr. Fawaz Mahmoud Al-Faqi	Medicine
3	Lecturer	Computer Engineering	Mr. Sohaib Rajab Awad	Electronic Engineering
4	Professor	Plasma Physics	Dr. Qais Dhanoun Najm	Electronic Engineering
5	Assistant Professor	Control Engineering	Mr. Abdullah Ibrahim	Electronic Engineering
6	Lecturer	Computer Networks	Ms. Noor Raad Saadallah	Electronic Engineering
7	Assistant Professor	Solid State Physics	Dr. Laith Rabah Mohammed	Nursing
8	Assistant Professor	Power Electronics	Dr. Harith Ahmed Mohammed	Electronic Engineering
9	Assistant Professor	Medical Physics	Dr. Khalid Ghanim Majeed	Medicine
10	Assistant Professor	Urology	Dr. Mu’min Junaid Salim	Medicine
11	Assistant Professor	Communication Engineering	Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Salama	Electronic Engineering
12	Lecturer	Mechatronics Engineering	Mr. Mohammed Salim Qasim	Electronic Engineering
13	Lecturer	Medical Physiology	Hanaa Abdul Qader Khudair	Medicine

Academic Promotions Completed in 2021

No.	New Academic Rank	Specialization	Faculty Member Name	College
1	Assistant Professor	Communication Engineering	Dr. Ali Othman Mohammed	Electronic Engineering
2	Assistant Professor	Control Engineering	Dr. Ibrahim Khalaf Mohammed	Electronic Engineering
3	Assistant Professor	Communication Engineering	Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Mahmoud	Electronic Engineering
4	Lecturer	Communication Engineering	Mr. Ahmed Abdul-Bari Jasim	Electronic Engineering
5	Lecturer	Mechatronics Engineering	Mr. Ali Khalil Mahmoud	Electronic Engineering
6	Lecturer	Computer Engineering	Mr. Mohammed Muzahim Aziz	Electronic Engineering
7	Assistant Professor	Communication Engineering	Dr. Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Habbar	Electronic Engineering
8	Assistant Professor	Communication Engineering	Dr. Aws Zuhair Younis	Electronic Engineering
9	Lecturer	Mechatronics Engineering	Mr. Mohammed Nusrat Younis	Electronic Engineering
10	Lecturer	Control Engineering	Mr. Salam Ibrahim Khudair	Electronic Engineering
11	Assistant Professor	Internal Medicine / Cardiology	Dr. Ahmed Mu’ayyad Hussein	College of Medicine
12	Assistant Professor	Internal Medicine	Dr. Miqdad Mohammed Ubaid	College of Medicine
13	Professor	Pathology	Dr. Shatha Dhanoun Ahmed	College of Medicine
14	Professor	Psychiatry	Dr. Mahfoudh Suleiman Hassan	College of Medicine
15	Lecturer	Embedded Systems	Mr. Fahad Laith Mallallah	Electronic Engineering
16	Lecturer	Mechatronics Engineering	Mr. Omar Yaseen Ismail	Electronic Engineering
17	Assistant Professor	Neurology	Dr. Waseem Hashim Al-Khaffaf	College of Medicine
18	Assistant Professor	Computer Engineering / Intelligent Systems	Dr. Mohammed Abdul-Muttalib Mohammed	Electronic Engineering
19	Lecturer	Mechatronics Engineering	Mr. Muhannad Nihad Naaman	Electronic Engineering
20	Lecturer	Electronics and Communication Engineering	Mr. Khalid Fazaa Mahmoud	Electronic Engineering
21	Lecturer	Communication Engineering	Mr. Qusay Hadi Sultan	Electronic Engineering
22	Assistant Professor	Computer Communication Engineering	Dr. Sidqi Bakr Dhanoun	Electronic Engineering
23	Assistant Professor	Computer Engineering / Image Processing	Dr. Sinan Hussam Mahdi	Electronic Engineering
24	Assistant Professor	Computer Engineering / Digital & Data Communications	Dr. Bilal Alaa-Al-Deen Jabr	Electronic Engineering
25	Lecturer	Computer Engineering	Mr. Mohammed Jasim Mohammed	Electronic Engineering
26	Lecturer	Mechatronics Engineering	Mr. Yazan Hudhaifa	Electronic Engineering
27	Professor	Digital Communication Engineering	Mr. Ma’an Ahmed Shahadha	Electronic Engineering
28	Professor	Internal Medicine	Dr. Nabeel Najeeb Fadhil	College of Medicine

Academic Promotions Completed in 2020

No.	New Academic Rank	Specialization	Faculty Member Name	College
1	Lecturer	Communications	Mr. Taha Ali Taha	Electronic Engineering
2	Lecturer	Electronics	Mr. Abdul Hameed Mohammed Jasim	Electronic Engineering
3	Lecturer	Electronics	Mr. Imad Abdul-Halim Abdo	Electronic Engineering
4	Lecturer	Communications	Mr. Karam Muzaffar Younis	Electronic Engineering
5	Lecturer	Power Machines / Control	Mr. Mohammed Abdul-Jalil	Electronic Engineering
6	Assistant Professor	Surgery	Dr. Imad Taher Saleh	College of Medicine
7	Professor	Pediatric Surgery	Dr. Osama Ismail Al-Mashhadani	College of Medicine
8	Assistant Professor	Pathology	Dr. Nizar Mohammed Taher	College of Medicine
9	Professor	Surgery	Dr. Taha Hassan Taha	College of Medicine
10	Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	Dr. Khalil Ibrahim Mahmoud	College of Medicine
11	Assistant Professor	Surgery	Dr. Saad Muwaffaq Attash	College of Medicine
12	Professor	Medicine	Dr. Nashwan Mustafa Al-Hafidh	College of Medicine

Academic Promotions Completed in 2019

No.	New Academic Rank	Specialization	Faculty Member Name	College
1	Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	Dr. Bassam Khalil	College of Medicine
2	Lecturer	Dermatology	Mr. Haitham Badr Fathi	College of Medicine
3	Assistant Professor	Signal Processing	Dr. Younis Mahmoud Aboosh	Electronic Engineering
4	Assistant Professor	Signal Processing	Dr. Diaa Mohammed Ali	Electronic Engineering

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Can participation in a Teaching Methods Course be considered for granting an academic title if the course was attended before appointment?

For the Teaching Methods Course to be counted toward granting an academic title, the faculty member must have attended the course after appointment, and it may be claimed only once.

Is it required to attach correspondence with the journal to the academic promotion application?

Article (9–First–B) of the Academic Promotion Instructions No. (167) of 2017 stipulates that accredited scientific journals must follow the scientific methodology in editing research papers and that published work must be subject to scientific evaluation.
To verify that the journals in which the research was published meet this requirement, the promotion applicant must attach correspondence demonstrating that the journal applies a scientific peer-review process.

Is supervision of students in academic stages counted under the “educational supervision” item in Table No. (2)?

No. Educational supervision refers specifically to the supervision of fourth-year students in Colleges of Education and Basic Education during their teaching practice in intermediate, secondary, and preparatory schools.
The current Academic Promotion Instructions do not include points for educational supervision in the following cases:

a) Scientific supervision of fourth-year students in Colleges of Education and Basic Education
b) Supervision of practical training for medical group students
c) Supervision of practical training for engineering group students

Can research papers published in the same journal and the same issue be counted?

Yes, provided that the publications are in internationally indexed databases (such as Scopus, etc.) and have an impact factor.

Are building maintenance and repair works considered extracurricular student voluntary activities?

No, they are not. Extracurricular activities include:

a) Supervision of innovation or manufacturing projects
b) Supervision of student voluntary work related to the educational process
c) Supervision of cultural festivals

Is it permissible to use one conference paper in Table (1) and another paper in Table (2) related to activities and community service?

Yes, this is permissible.

Which items are not counted in Table No. (2)?

a) Participation in scientific seminars and workshops is not counted as lecturing in training courses.
b) Linguistic editing or evaluation of theses and dissertations is not considered research.
c) Delivering lectures at other universities is not counted under educational cooperation with international universities and organizations.

What are the conditions for a community-based study?

a) Submission of evidence proving that an official body has benefited from the study, that it addresses a real problem in Iraqi society, and that the study has effectively treated that problem.
b) The similarity (plagiarism) rate must not exceed 20%.
c) The study must be consistent with the applicant’s general or specialized field of expertise (this condition also applies to all activities in Table No. (2)).

Can a single-authored or equivalent single-authored research paper be accepted for promotion if it is accepted for publication but not yet published?

For a single-authored research paper submitted for promotion at all academic ranks (Lecturer, Assistant Professor, and Professor), the paper must be published.

Can an academic title be granted to those appointed on a temporary contract?

Academic titles (Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer) may not be granted to individuals on temporary contracts under any circumstances.
For those appointed through the Federal Public Service Council with a bachelor’s degree, granting the academic title is linked to the recognition of the degree.
For those who have a university appointment order issued prior to commencing work, the date of granting the title is calculated from the actual date of commencement.