During chairing the meeting of the Third Advisory Board with the attendance of the advanced staff of the Ministry and Universities’ Presidents, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Nabeel Kadim Abid Al-Sahib reviewed that the Iraqi universities faced the challenges of the current situation effectively and responsibly and they are continuing to complete the requirements of the current academic year according to the mechanisms of blended education and in light of the approved university academic calendar. Dr. Abid Al-Sahib highlighted that the Ministry is following a vision in dealing with changes and moving with procedural flexibility to accommodate the increasing demand for universities that linked to indicators of escalating population growth. His Excellency that the Ministry provided during the academic year of 2021/2020 via the notes and formulas of international and cultural cooperation for six hundred and fifty paid scholarships In various universities around the world, as well as all of them have been occupied by students with high averages. Dr. Abid Al-Sahib added that the program for the next academic year 2022/2021 will cover the actual need for academic and teaching services, will take into account the importance of digital technologies and will adopt the mechanisms of attendance education performance and examination at the same time urging the promotion of community health and protection from epidemics via vaccination and the required vaccine. His Excellency stressed on keeping pace with the acceleration of knowledge in various fields, following up on its developments according to a systematic methodological perspective, responding quickly to the requirements of scientific and technological development via the specialized research centers in universities and educational institutions, paying great attention in the field of university and postgraduate studies and the establishment of electronic repositories indexed for theses and dissertations and benefiting from students and scholarships who have completed their education in international universities. Dr. Abid Al-Sahib said that the meeting reviewed the items on the agenda, and the members of the advisory board voted on a number of decisions as the following: -Continuing with the same approved amounts of tuition fees in the morning private governmental education channel for the next academic year, and a 10% reduction of the tuition fees for fraternal students from the morning private governmental education channel for each student, whether their studies are in public or private universities and colleges, starting from the academic year 2022/2021. -Authorizing university councils to take decision-making powers regarding students who were absent from participating in the final exams for the first semester, first course, or half-year as a result of the compelling circumstance of the epidemic, and to allow them to participate in exams for the second semester of study curricula that they did not examined according to Article (10) of the exam instructions. -Recommending an increase in admitting of graduates of the vocational branch to 20% in the evening university study coordinating to the Ministry of Planning in this regard. -Voting affirmative to make the minimum period of doctoral study without courses for the faculty members holding a Master’s degree who hold the title of professorship for thirty months according to the instructions of postgraduate studies. -Approving the national policy for open access (OA) for Iraqi universities. It is worth mentioning that the members of the advisory board concluded their meeting by reviewing the criteria and requirements for opening private colleges and departments within the supporting medical and health specialties, as well as demonstrating the project of the independence of the admission management for postgraduate studies in Iraqi universities and highlighting university projects within the regional development program.