Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Marwan Al-Halabi announced that the Ministry, following its meeting with members of the committee for merging Qamishli and Ain al-Arab universities, has adopted a series of decisions regarding the integration of the two universities into the national higher education system, and resolving the status of faculties, students, and academic and administrative staff within them.
Al-Halabi clarified in a statement to SANA today, Sunday, that the Ministry has decided to maintain registration in some faculties during the current year, and suspend admission of new students in several other faculties for one academic year, with the aim of evaluating academic standards, reviewing the existing situation, and completing infrastructure requirements and academic accreditation.
Continuity of study and financial autonomy
Al-Halabi affirmed that no existing faculty has been permanently closed, and that all currently enrolled students will continue their studies normally until graduation, noting that admission to suspended faculties will resume immediately upon completion of mandatory accreditation requirements. Al-Halabi pointed out that members of the academic and administrative staff of both institutions will be merged into the new organizational structure, and distributed according to their specializations and expertise.
He added that faculties will enjoy financial autonomy under the Higher Education Ministry, concurrent with studying the approval of a new salary structure that ensures improving the conditions of academics and workers. Al-Halabi had discussed last Thursday with members of the merger committee the mechanisms for implementing the decisions of the Higher Education Council regarding the integration of the two universities into the national higher education system.
Previous Higher Education Council decisions
He indicated that the meeting aims to resolve the status of faculties, students, and academic and administrative staff, ensuring the unification of academic and administrative reference and enhancing the integration of higher education institutions in Syria. It is worth noting that the Higher Education Council approved during its session held on October 18 the merger of Rojava University with the Euphrates University and attaching its affiliated faculties to it.
The Council also approved the merger of Kobani University with Aleppo University and attaching its affiliated faculties to it, in a step aimed at enhancing institutional harmony within the university education sector in the country.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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