Majaz Architectural Competitions were launched in 2025 as a competition among architecture graduates from Iraqi universities. This initiative encompasses a competition between graduation projects in architectural departments in Iraqi universities. The competition aims to be a motivation for distinguished students and one of the most important reasons for a strong start for them to work at the highest levels. The competition aims to develop the path of architecture in Iraq by encouraging the design of buildings that respect their context and surroundings. The competition is a contest between final year students in all architectural departments in Iraq, and it is an opportunity for students, their supervisors, and departments to compete to prove their capabilities and design skills.
In this round, which is the first round, projects will be received electronically. A registration link will be announced, through which students register their projects to receive a special code for their projects. Submitted projects should be free from any indication pointing to the student, supervisor, or university from which they graduated. Participation is free for the first round. Projects will be collected in August 2025. After that, the organizing committee arranges the submitted projects and prepares them for evaluation by classifying them, removing names, and preparing the projects for evaluation. The organizing committee includes architects and university professors, and it is important to mention that any member of the organizing committee is not entitled to express any opinion in the evaluation, as the evaluation committee is a completely different committee. Projects are evaluated in September 2025 and contestants are announced a month later. If it is decided to hold an awards ceremony, it will be in October 2025, and invitations will be sent to the winners and their supervisors then.
In Summary: Projects will be collected in August 2025. Then evaluation takes place in September 2025 and winners are announced a month later. If the ceremony is decided to be held, it will be in October 2025.
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Participating UNIversities
Graduated Students
Projects Submitted
Ramal Al-Hadara Architecture & Construction Company
Al-Tanasuk Engineering Consultancy Office
Farook Resturants Group
Tishk International University
Participation Steps:
• First: Fill out the registration form at the provided 📋 Form Link: Register; a special number will be sent to you shortly via email.
• Second: Prepare your project, including three A0-size boards and a short project summary (maximum 500 words) in a Word file; ready-made A0 templates will be sent to you after registration.
• Third: Collect the three boards and the Word file in one RAR file and send it to 📧 majaz.competitions@gmail.com;
make sure the boards do not include any information revealing the student’s identity or university, and ensure the final compressed file size does not exceed 100 MB.
Iraqi architect and academic. He completed his undergraduate studies in Egypt and obtained his PhD from Yale University in the United States. He founded the office (Bayaty Architects) and designed many important buildings in Iraq and abroad. He holds certificates and memberships from prestigious architectural organizations and is a winner of several architectural competitions. He currently works in Abu Dhabi.
Architect and academic specializing in landscape design. She obtained her degrees from Iraq, the United States, and Britain, and worked as a lecturer in Iraq and Lebanon. She has several publications in the field of landscape design and currently heads the Middle East branch of (IFLA), which is the International Federation of Landscape Architects.
Iraqi architect and experienced academic. He completed his studies between Egypt and the United Kingdom. He headed architectural departments in Iraq and held the position of President of Diyala University. He was responsible for supervising many major architectural and planning works in Iraq in the eighties and nineties of the last century. He worked as a lecturer in Canada and currently resides and works there.
Iraqi architect and academic with the rank of professor. He graduated from the University of Mosul, supervised many architectural dissertations and theses for graduate studies, and headed the architectural department at the University of Mosul. He designed many buildings and also served as a member of judging committees and advisory committees in Iraqi and international competitions.
The Majaz Architectural Competition has pushed me to enhance my skills and showcase my work!
Participating in Majaz has opened doors for my career in architecture.
This competition truly motivates students to design with purpose.
