Department of Science of Forensic Evidence

🔍 Vision: To be a leader and achieve excellence in forensic science education and criminal research, and to build an academic institution that provides consulting and technical services contributing to the achievement of swift justice by presenting irrefutable physical evidence.

✉️ Mission: To prepare specialized personnel in the field of forensics who possess the scientific knowledge and field skills to handle crime scenes and analyze samples (biological, chemical, and digital), while adhering fully to professional ethics and legal standards to support the judiciary and security institutions.

🎯 Goals: The department's objectives revolve around graduating a well-rounded "forensic expert" through:

Academic Qualification: Providing students with fundamental knowledge in forensic chemistry, forensic biology (DNA), toxicology, and forensic medicine.

Practical Skills: Training students in the use of advanced laboratory equipment and methods for collecting evidence from crime scenes without contamination.

Supporting Justice: Graduating qualified personnel capable of writing forensic technical reports that courts rely on as evidence for or against a crime.

Analytical Thinking: Developing students' abilities to connect evidence and analyze the circumstances surrounding a crime in a scientific and logical manner.

Institutional Partnership: Strengthening cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Justice, and forensic medicine institutions to provide students with practical field training.

Cybersecurity: Keeping pace with the evolution of emerging crimes through the study of digital forensics and data analysis.

Admission for 2026–2027 is centralised through the Qaddim platform of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

• Eligible applicants: graduates of secondary school in the biological, applied and scientific streams.
• Minimum average to apply: 59.5% for morning study, 57.5% for evening study.
• Places are allocated competitively by average, order of preference and capacity.
• Applicants for morning study must have been born in 1996 or later.
• A medical examination meeting the requirements of the programme.

Annual tuition for 2026–2027: IQD 2,500,000,. Discounts are explained under “Fees and scholarships” on the admissions page.

Graduates work in fields including:

• Forensic evidence laboratories
• Crime scene investigation
• Forensic medicine and toxicology laboratories
• Security agencies and investigation departments