College Council Overview:

The College Council is the highest scientific and administrative body within the College of Agriculture at Wasit University. Chaired by the Dean, its membership includes assistant deans, heads of academic departments, representatives from the founding body, faculty, and students. The council convenes monthly to make decisions and recommendations, which are then sent to the university for approval and endorsement.

Powers of the College Council:

A. Scientific Powers:

  1. Develop the college’s policy in alignment with the university’s overall policy and fulfill its mission.
  2. Prepare admission plans for undergraduate studies in the college.
  3. Develop the scientific research plan for the college.
  4. Recommend the use, merger, or cancellation of scientific departments or branches.
  5. Recommend the establishment of postgraduate studies in the college.
  6. Review the plans of scientific departments regarding inviting visiting professors, scientific conferences, seminars, internal and external missions, and scientific branching, recommending them to the university for approval.
  7. Approve dissertation topics for postgraduate studies and agree on the appointment of supervisors and examination committees.
  8. Periodically review and distribute the curricula for postgraduate and undergraduate studies across academic stages.
  9. Approve the results of postgraduate and undergraduate examinations submitted by the scientific departments.
  10. Approve final exam schedules submitted by the scientific departments.
  11. Approve the scientific promotion of faculty members, forwarding it to the university for official issuance.
  12. Recommend to the university president the promotion of faculty members to the rank of professorship after completing necessary procedures by the Scientific Promotions Committee at the college.
  13. Approve the extension of the academic year for college students based on compelling justifications and required documents.
  14. Approve the first extension (6 months) for postgraduate students upon the department’s recommendation.
  15. Recommend to the university president the approval of the second and third extensions for postgraduate students based on proposals from the departmental scientific council.
  16. Recommend the appointment of faculty members and lecturers for postgraduate studies as needed and for the duration determined by the departments.
  17. Conclude scientific and cultural agreements with equivalent colleges inside and outside the country, submitting them to the university for approval.

B. Administrative Powers:

  1. Supervise the affairs of the college and ensure the various aspects of its scientific, cultural, educational, and sports activities.
  2. Prepare the college’s staff structure by the end of the academic year based on the dean’s and department councils’ input.
  3. Periodically review the positions of technicians and administrators within the approved staff structure.
  4. Form committees to assist in scientific, administrative, and educational tasks.
  5. Impose disciplinary penalties on students.
  6. Recommend disciplinary penalties for faculty members and staff for violating laws and regulations.
  7. Recommend the annulment of imposed penalties on faculty members and staff after fulfilling their purposes.
  8. Recommend the cancellation of penalties imposed on faculty members and staff after satisfaction with the justifications.

C. Financial Powers:

  1. Propose the annual budget plan, import plan, and investment plan for the college, submitting them to the university for consolidation with other colleges and institutes, and forwarding them to the university council for approval.
  2. Recommend the university’s approval of the college’s final accounts.
  3. Review the report from the Financial Control Bureau regarding the college and discuss it, expressing opinions on the included observations.

Members of the College Council:

  1. Dr. Hakem Sultan Abdul – Dean of the College.
  2. Dr. Naseer Fahem Yasir Al-zamili – Assistant Dean for Administrative Affairs.
  3. Dr.Jawadayn Talib Al-kooranee – Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs.
  4. Dr. Mehdi Wasmi Saheeb – Head of the Soil and Water Resources Department.
  5. Dr. Hussein Ibrahim Tarsh – Head of the Field Crops Department.
  6. . Dr. Hassan Hadi Faraj – Head of the Plant Protection Department.
  7. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Amir Rashid – Head of the Animal Production Department.
  8. Rassol hassan khlati college council secretary