The Center for the Revival of the Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad was established in 1977 and began its work on February 13, 1977 according to specific goals:
Resurrecting the Arab and Islamic scientific heritage by investigating and publishing manuscripts and scientific theses related to various scientific activities and working on translating references and published research to provide them to researchers and those interested in heritage affairs and to support the movement of heritage revival in the country materially and morally. It also seeks to collect Arab and Islamic scientific heritage in a special library that includes Manuscripts, letters that have not yet been published, books and studies at the disposal of researchers and those interested in the affairs of Arab scientific heritage, contacting the scientific center, museums, universities and libraries interested in Arab heritage, coordinating work with them and benefiting from their experiences and what they preserve of manuscripts and books related to the revival of Arab Islamic heritage and working to invite trusted orientalists In the field of Arab heritage and benefit from their experience. Organizing and participating in Arab national and regional conferences and international conferences in order to link the Arab and Islamic scientific heritage with contemporary scientific reality and reveal the innovations that Arab scientists contributed in the medieval era and the impact of these innovations on the scientific development witnessed by Europe in the modern era.
Encouraging professors to conduct pioneering research, and in fact 3 pioneering researches were accepted
Eliminate electronic illiteracy for all the center’s employees and teachers in particular
Continuing, communicating and following up on the mechanism of cooperation with the various state institutions, especially those close to the center’s various specializations
Sending research staff for training outside the country and increasing the center’s share of this program
Contacting Parliament to document Parliament sessions for previous sessions and this project will achieve contracts for the center’s affiliates because we have a Baghdad Documentation Department specialized in documentation, as well as openness to other state institutions for documentation purposes
We have a project to hold a conference with the security agencies of the National Intelligence Service entitled How to preserve manuscripts from theft and confront the smuggling of these manuscripts across the border
Working with the (Baghdad Provincial Council) by holding a conference on Ibn Fadlan, the Iraqi traveler who traveled to Russia.
Communicating with the Islamic Republic of Iran about the electronic treasury project, where the center’s teachers were sent to Iran for a period of six months
Strengthening work with the Hawza in Najaf by participating in its seminars