The speech of the Dean of the College of Control and Systems Engineering, Professor Dr. Ahmed Sabah Al-Araji, respected.

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful

First of all, we thank Allah Almighty for entrusting us with the responsibility and trust of the Deanship of the College of Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Technology. Moreover, we ask Allah, the Almighty, to bless us in our educational journey, to achieve the ambitions of our students, the graduates of the College of Control and Systems Engineering, in terms of their support to society with solid scientific and practical outputs that contribute to serving our beloved country.

While we are doing our best to achieve our goals and ambitions, we are fully confident that all our faculty members and employees at the college are working with high energy and dedication, which reflects their keenness and dedication to building a bright future for our dear students, with the aim of preparing effective and efficient engineering cadres.

The valuable efforts made by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, primarily, and the University of Technology, in particular, seek to build an educated and sound society that achieves realistic goals in economic, social and environmental development, through continuous follow-up to the development of curricula and scientific laboratories, in addition to developing engineering capabilities and skills, to create high quality for the teaching staff, by keeping pace with scientific development and progress, and supporting solid research and projects, which would advance the academic institution, to reach the first ranks in global classifications, especially the Shanghai classification. This is the strategic policy of the College of Control and Systems Engineering at this stage.

Finally, we ask Allah Almighty that we all be one hand, working and preserving the integrity of our educational institutions, to achieve a bright future for our students, who will have a fundamental role in building our beloved country, God willing.