The University of Kirkuk has launched the 'visiting researcher' program to enable researchers from within the university to complete qualitative studies that benefit from the available research resources and specialized expertise.The launch of the 'visiting researcher' program comes as an embodiment of the University's motto " University of Kirkuk towards internationalism, enhancing scientific research, expanding research partnerships locally and internationally, and enabling researchers to access reliable knowledge sources that contribute to the production of qualitative studies in various fields and disciplines.In this regard, the University of Kirkuk and its faculties received a number of visiting researchers from France, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Sultanate of Oman, to exchange experiences and scientific research experiments, and to hold seminars on sensors Biopharmaceutical, medical and pharmaceutical applications, stem cell research, as well as lectures and application of ideas and research projects in the agricultural, scientific and humanitarian field and mechanisms for the formation of joint research teams between scientific institutions.