On Wednesday, 5th April 2017, at 10:00 am, in the presence of Asst. Prof. Dr. Yaseen T. Mustafa, Vice President for Scientific Affairs and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Shlair Th. Noraldin, Director of Quality Assurance; the ICT & Statistics Center at the University of Zakho organized a training course entitled "UoZ Ranking System". It is designed for the heads of departments and their coordinators, under the direction of Mr. Karwan Fahmi, Director of the ICT & Statistics Center. The training course will be given to the staff of each faculty as a series of lectures, so all the staff knows how to deal with such system and provide the required information for the system. It is worth mentioning that Dr. Yaseen gave an explanatory picture about the subject of the system, speaking about the national university ranking and how to apply it to the departments of the university. Then, Mr. Karwan spoke in an academic and precise manner about the national ranking of universities and how to manage the ranking system at the university. At the end of the introductory session, Mr. Karwan answered the questions of the audience. The attendees expressed their gratitude to Mr. Karwan for delivering this system, wishing for the continuation of these academic works for the purpose of scientific service. The schedule for the training course is as follow: