Results were announced today, 24th May 2025. The University of Human Development team from Iraq won Third Prize in the Computing and Cloud Tracks in the Huawei ICT Competition 2024—2025 Global Final, which was held in Shenzhen, China.

Around 210,000 university students across 2,000 institutions in over 100 countries and regions globally participated in the Huawei ICT Competition 2024—2025, with 170 teams from 40 countries and regions advancing to the Global Final. The UHD team, consisting of four students from the College of Science and Technology at the University of Human Development, succeeded in country and regional competitions and advanced to the Final. The UHD team won Third Prize in both the Computing and Cloud Tracks.

Areen Omed, Rawaz Mansour, Muhammed Abdullah and Abdullah Taha successfully completed the first and second rounds of the competition in both Computing and Cloud at the national level (Iraq) and regional level (the Middle East), proudly representing their university (UHD) and their country, Iraq, at the Huawei ICT Competition 2024—2025 Global Final in China. Click here to read more about this achievement.

The Huawei ICT Competition is an annual event held for university students, aiming to showcase and enhance students’ ICT knowledge and practical skills. The competition is initially conducted at the state level. Successful students then participate at the regional level, with those who win travelling to China to compete in the final rounds for prizes, including the Grand Prize, First, Second, and Third Prizes, along with other honourable awards.

Last year, at Huawei ICT Competition 2023-24, UHD students reached the final and won First Prize. This was a significant achievement, as two out of the three students who comprised the Iraqi team were from UHD. Due to the knowledge and expertise of the UHD students, Iraq was among the winners of the First Prize in the competition. Click here to read more about this achievement.