The College of Science is one of the Colleges of the University of Baghdad in Baghdad, Iraq. It was the first scientific college established in Iraq. The main academic activities held in this college vary between pure and applied science. Beside its eight departments, the college also holds two research units. Being one of the earliest academic institutes formed in the Republic of Iraq, the College of Science establishment marked the (Day of Science). This college was established on March 27, 1949, with the name of (The College of Arts and Science). The college was established with five scientific departments, namely: (Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Pathology and Anatomy). The Pathology and Anatomy departments were later joined together to form the (Department of Biology). Beside these, another four departments were added during the next fifty years, these are: Department of Geology (1953), Department of Computer Science (1983), Department of Astronomy (1998) and Department of Biotechnology (1999). The eight departments cover a wide range of branches of pure and applied sciences, which attracts many students as well as scientific researchers each year. Therefore, this college is considered as the largest scientific academic institute in the Republic of Iraq. Departments Department of Mathematics (1949) Department of Physics (1949) Department of Chemistry (1949) Department of Biology (1949) Department of Geology (1953) Department of Computer Science (1983) Department of Astronomy (1998) Department of Biotechnology (1999) Department of Remote Sensing and GIS (2015) Scientific units Remote Sensing Unit (1999) Tropical Disease Research Unit (2001) Other subdivisions Media and IT Unit CISCO Networking Academy Scientific Consulting Bureau Division of Quality Assurance and Performance Assessment Scientific publications The College of Science publishes three journals of pure and applied science, mainly attributed to the improvement of its faculty members as well as recent and noted researches from others. Being a nationally marked scientific college, the journals published in this college maintain an important degree of importance in Iraq. Since there is a wide range of topics covered by the departments of the college, its published journals also cover many general and specific research fields. The journals published at the College of Science-University of Baghdad are: The Iraqi Journal of Science Specialization: Pure and Applied Sciences Objective: Publishing original scientific researches, dealing with the following branches of science: -Physics and Astronomy -Mathematics -Geology -Biology -Computer Science and Remote Sensing -Chemistry Language: English Starting date of publication: Since 1956 Publish 12 issues