19th – 20th November, 2018
Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq

The symposium aims to strengthen the partnership between the German university TU Bergakademie Freiberg and its partner universities in Iraq, Salahaddin University-Erbil, University of Technology Baghdad, Erbil Polytechnic University, University of Diyala, Koya University, Al-Nahrain University, Dohuk Polytechnic University, Ishik University and Mosul University.
Focus of the symposium will be future areas of cooperation in the fields of engineering, processes, energy, materials, machinery, manufacturing and oil production between the universities and Iraqi and German companies and institutions.
The symposium is hosted by Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq, and funded by DAAD and the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.
Since 2009 the Faculty of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering of TU Bergakademie Freiberg has been coordinating the German-Iraqi academic partnership project Mechanical Engineering Germany – Iraq (MEGI). MEGI has been funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) since 2009. DAAD aims to support the reconstruction of higher education in Iraq.