The department of network engineering was established in 2009
where it admitted its first batch of students by the Central Admission Plan of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the academic year 2009/2010. The first batches of students were admitted by the Central Admission Plan of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the academic year 2009/2010. . The specialization in this section was considered as one of the new trends in the world, where the information revolution and data transmission and the urgent need to provide networks communications able to keep up with cutting-edge applications day after day. The network engineering department is the first section open in this specialization at the level of the country.
The academic programs of the department were formed to be in accordance with international contexts used in prestigious universities in the world to cover all the theoretical and practical aspects of the field of specialization. The graduate of this section will be awarded B.A. of Science degree in network engineering. The B.A.’s study program in the section includes all courses of study approved within Al-Nahrain University requirements for B.A. study, as well as the requirements of the approved study at the college of Information Engineering, and of the curriculum for the department which covers the following aspects:
• Study of digital communications networks globally adopted.
• Study of the theoretical and practical side of the foundations of the work of data transmission in wired and wireless networks.
• How to handle, store and analyze data sent over networks.
• The use of software for the design and inspection networks.
• Study and use of appliances and equipment used to build networks of all kinds.
• Theoretical analysis of the efficiency of the performance of computer networks.
• Study and application of methods to maintain the security of networks and data sent through them and encrypted.
• Efficient methods to manage computer networks.