Shafaq News- Nineveh
The graduation of Amir Khaled, the lone graduate from thearchaeology department at the University of Mosul, has renewed Iraqi debateover the future of low-enrollment university departments.
A source at the university told Shafaq News on Monday thatthe institution includes three departments with varying enrollment levels,noting that one department was recently established and another graduated fivestudents, while the archaeology program retained only a single studentthroughout the four-year course.
Khaled’s case also drew attention on social media and withinacademic circles to the broader challenges facing specialized universitydepartments with limited enrollment, particularly regarding staffing, funding,and their long-term sustainability under higher education regulations.
Iraq is one of the world’s oldest cradles of civilization,home to ancient Mesopotamian cities where some of humanity’s earliest writingsystems, laws, urban centers, and cultural traditions first emerged. FromBabylon to Nineveh and Hatra, the country contains thousands of archaeologicaland historical sites.
: From Babylon to Erbil: Iraq’s UNESCO sites and those next in line