Vision, Mission and Goals

To prepare female students in line with scientific and technological progress, and to prepare qualified personnel who possess subject-specific and professional competencies, competencies for continuous development, and competencies for community service, to work at the levels of higher education.

The College aims to nurture generations capable of shouldering responsibility for the comprehensive development of society and to support the full development of young women's personalities. It seeks to help them acquire knowledge, interests, and skills; develop their creative abilities; and learn to use scientific methods of thinking to confront and solve problems. The College also prepares female students to play a positive role in scientific research that contributes to progress in the sciences and humanities, so that they become professionals and responsible members of society. It seeks to establish and apply a system for developing all supporting academic programs in order to contribute to community service through continuous interaction between colleges, on the one hand, and their environment and society, on the other, and thereby spread cultural, social, educational, and scientific awareness.

The College of Education for Women seeks to lead in teacher preparation by drawing on the latest educational research and providing the academic expertise that equips female students with the knowledge and specialized skills needed to advance society amid the rapid social changes affecting the country. It seeks to sustain these efforts to advance teaching, learning, scientific research, and community service. Through its programs and activities, the College also aims to:

1- Prepare qualified personnel to work effectively in education; offer postgraduate programs in the College's various educational specializations and update them to serve development plans; keep pace with scientific and technological progress; and engage positively with developments in educational, academic, and cultural programs at colleges of education in neighboring countries and beyond.

2- Develop the educational process and encourage research and independent learning among female students so that they can fulfill their duties to the best of their ability.

3- Update the College's educational programs, provide pedagogical preparation for university teachers, and contribute to developing the various aspects of Iraq's education system.

4- Keep the College's courses and programs abreast of global and regional developments in order to achieve internal efficiency.

5- Keep pace with scientific and technological developments in education generally and in teacher preparation particularly.

6- Help provide the local community with qualified master's and doctoral degree holders in the various educational specializations.

7- Develop and evaluate the College's new undergraduate study plan.

8- Introduce new bachelor's and master's programs and prepare proposals for doctoral-level programs.

9- Improve scientific research activity at the College so that it contributes more effectively to developing the education system, and work to make the College of Education a center of expertise that leads change and renewal in educational work by focusing on strategic educational issues and finding solutions to obstacles facing education.

10- Promote the publication of scientific research by developing the College's peer-reviewed journal and expanding its distribution at the regional, Arab, and national levels.

11- Build an international reputation in educational research by participating in and organizing various scientific forums.

12- Introduce new postgraduate programs in the Departments of English Language and Computer Science.

13- Develop laboratories for teaching English, Arabic, and Quranic Sciences, as well as laboratories for the Departments of Geography, Kindergarten, Home Economics, and Computer Science.

14- An increase in the number of female students, and consequently in demand for higher education, together with a growing need for renewal and reform in light of future needs and the state's comprehensive plans.

15- Develop the work of the College's faculty by training them in student-centered, discovery-based, problem-based, independent, cooperative, and dialogue- and discussion-based teaching models.

16- Adopt a lifelong learning approach by enabling and encouraging students to enjoy the process of learning and develop intrinsic motivation to keep pace with present and future demands.

17- Encourage faculty members to use modern methods and make the necessary changes to existing teaching approaches to support distance learning.

18- Recruit competent faculty members, continue to develop and retain them, and send a number of students to earn master's and doctoral degrees at a range of well-established universities.

19- Provide a dedicated building for the College in place of the current one, designed according to the latest international architectural standards for colleges of education and equipped with laboratories, courtyards, spacious classrooms, and central air conditioning.