The Department of Communications Engineering holds a training course in cooperation with Aswar Academy for Training and Development.

The Communications Engineering Department, under the direct supervision of the department head, Prof. Dr. Afaneen Anwar Abboud, and in cooperation with Aswar Academy for Training and Development, held an optical cable course in the optical cable laboratory for students and graduates of the department.The course was held under the direction of Dr. Hossam Hussein, responsible for the Scientific Division and Cultural Relations, and teacher Hussein Abdul Karim, responsible for the Graduates Follow-up, Qualification and Employment Unit.

The course included four theoretical and practical lectures on optical cables, their types, the mechanism of their use, and how to deal with them, in addition to optical cable networks for high-bandwidth Internet service for homes and institutions. The course concluded with a theoretical test for the trainees by Aswar Academy experts, in addition to that the trainees will be provided with certificates approved by the Aswar Academy for Training and Development.